INI ANI COFFEE SHOP
New York, NY

Open Spring 2004
350 sq. ft.

Winner, ID Magazine, Design Distinction 2005
Winner, Interiors Award, Contract Magazine,
    Casual Restaurant, 2004

The project turns budget, site limitations and tight time frame into the generative solution for the project. In order to meet these restrictions, LTL designed and built all of the finishes in the space - including the cardboard and cast plaster walls, lights, curtains, door handles, cor-ten door and window frames, front sign and all the furniture - when no suitable stock item was available within the budget. The furniture was then designed to amplify the section of the banquette and made from the steel and wood used in other aspects of the space. Items and issues that might be problems were twisted into design opportunities through the fluid nature of design/build: Architectural Opportunism.