L&L Luce&Light / Retail
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ART & CAFFEINE
Milan, Italy
Faema Flagship Store
Art & Caffeine is the first Flagship Store
of Faema, the legendary Milanese coffee
machine brand. It’s a creative meeting space
for discussing and sharing everything to
do with coffee culture. The space has been
created by the renovation of a warehouse in
a small industrial zone in via Forcella that
arose between 1891 and 1931 along the
Milan–Vigevano railway line.
“Light” was the main material used in the
initiative aimed at making the most of the
operational areas. It was manipulated in
various scenarios to adapt it to the natural
exterior light and hallmark the experience,
linked to the different uses of the space.
Beams of cool light pick out the stainless
steel surfaces of the Faema espresso
machines, while warm, diffuse lights bathe
the work surfaces and cup racks. The
warehouse’s antique walls are lit with a
grazing, changing light that is integrated into
the floor to highlight the textures of the old
plastered brick walls, and to be able to vary
the way the space is perceived depending on
the activities in progress.
All photos by Alessandra Chemollo
