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KAFE 288

Interior
Contemporary & Modern Design
Concept
Professional Category

Architect / Designer:

MEGRE INTERIORS

Studio:

MEGRE INTERIORS

“KAFE 2•8•8” is a place of power in the center of Moscow.
An atmospheric restaurant KAFE 2•8•8 designed by our studio has opened in the center of Moscow.

Everything in our world is energy, perpetual motion and transformation – places, food, people.
It is this unity that the KAFE 2•8•8 project, created by Mikhail Grigoriev and his team, is about.

“According to numerology and a number of philosophies, the meaning of the combination of numbers 2 • 8 • 8 says that if some door once closed for you and you have failed, then you should never be desperate and stop. It is necessary to keep moving forward and then other doors will open, you will see new horizons and opportunities. All life is a continuous movement forward” – Mikhail Grigoriev.

To implement this deep vision, Mikhail invited our interior studio to do so. From the very first meeting it was clear that the partners speak the same language. Every day the ideas has been becoming more drastic, and the project got more profound. The space, with its large-scale panoramic windows and seven-meter ceilings, with impressive proportions, filled with light and air, required an equally ambitious idea and thinking.

The result was a Feng Shui space dedicated to the five elements that hides many symbols and energies. All five elements – water, earth, air, fire and ether are present in the space of “KAFE 2•8•8”. In the perception of the project, the authors involve all six senses – smell, taste, hearing, sight, touch and intuition, so that attendance becomes a holistic immersive experience for guests. The goal of the project is to create a space that brings people together, gives delicious food for their body, warmth to their soul and satisfies the curiosity of their mind.

“KAFE 2•8•8” – consists of two halls, two moods, two different energies of space, large and noisy, chamber and cozy. Every guest here will find their place. Every guest here will find their own dish. Every guest here will find their people. This place is created with awe and love for you.

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