From the floor

Coffee shop notes

What a Foshan furniture factory learns from the rooms it furnishes: seat counts that hold, budgets that survive, and furniture that is still right in year three.

• Planning Cafe Chairs Around a Real Floor PlanUsable area, service paths and the geometry that decides how many seats a room actually holds.
• Cafe Chairs and the Concept a Room SendsBefore the menu, the furniture explains the place. What the seat mix says about a coffee shop, and how to make it say one thing.