Kikiwabu artisan coffee roasters & bake store design
Scope
Brand concept and Interior design
Concept
Communicate a North America First Nations inspired brand
What we did..
New artisan coffee brand Kikiwabu found its home in a warehouse. With its polished concrete floor, concrete block walls and metal framework, the rather hard, cold space, called for lots of warm, inviting and tactile wood to help soften the environment.
‘Muckadaymashkikwabu’, an Ojibwe word for coffee, provided the main inspiration for the brand and interior design. Working Haida-style inspired murals, a carved oak service counter and geometric lanterns into the coffee shop interior design scheme, the story of Kikiwabu is told. A glass walled retail area with feature coffee bean dispensers create an element of theatre.
Operating initially as a café and shop selling coffee and artisan products, plans are to bring bean roasting in-house in the future, and careful consideration was given to this during the design process.
