DOT is a city café that is based in one of the most active neighborhoods in Kyiv and specializes in high-quality coffee drinks to go. The interior of the venue is our statement of modern city life. It is eclectic and sustainable with a soft rhythm and an urban vibe.
On a busy street in the heart of the city, frequented by professionals, students and vendors, it’s not easy to create a space that begs a double-take, and coaxes you to come inside. We aimed to design a small cafe that attracts attention not by its eye-catching solutions but by deeper narratives, openness, and a sense of modern coziness.
The cafe comes as a part of the city by means of its transparent facade. It has two little tables and a niche with a bench where a few guests can sit. Another seating place is the massive bench along with the building façade next to the café. The timber on both benches as well as on the counter is old beams that used to be elements of some barn a long time ago.
The focal points are the mosaic pixel art on the wall. It incorporates the dot as a pixel theme. The pixel as the starting point of every image. We deliberately chose not to convey any hidden message in this picture, but to create something weird, sincere and universal. Pure emotion that a regular metropolis inhabitant gets several times a day.
The stairs and part of the wall surface inside the café are covered with white mosaic tiles with some pixel art elements. Other walls show the bare brick that emphasizes the value of the building erected in 1900.
The second accent in the interior is a narrow screen with scrolling text. It creates the dynamics and sets the rhythm. It is like the adrenaline moving through the veins of the people who just got a double espresso. At the same time, it resembles a currency exchange signage you can see in any city.
Every guest of DOT, like a pixel in the bright Kyiv puzzle, is a person in the big city where every day is filled with energy, emotion, and coffee.