The answer: good design. The intense customization is meant to make the Starbucks brand a little less brand-y. There was a time when Starbucks really was the coffee shop next door, but that was a ...

Robert Schneider has been researching and writing about the design of cafés and coffee shops for over ten years. He has authored three books on design-led/architectural cafes in cities around the ...

Another impressive design comes in the form of New York City’s Bluestone Lane on the Upper East Side (one of five Bluestone Lane coffee shops), conceptualized by Caswell Design Group ...