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“KAFE 2•8•8” is a place of power in the center of Moscow.
An atmospheric restaurant KAFE 2•8•8 designed by MEGRE INTERIORS 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 despairate 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 forwar” – Mikhail Grigoriev.
To implement this deep vision, Mikhail invited Yuna Megre and her team MEGRE INTERIORS 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.
MEGRE INTERIORS
Yuna Megre, the Founder and Principal of MEGRE INTERIORS, is a member of the Commercial Interior Design Association (IIDA), the Association of Interior Designers and Decorators (ADDI); a member of the Council of Experts for Interior Design and the Architectural Environment (CEID); a member of the HoReCa Designers Association; and one of foremost specialist designers in the HoReCa industry.
After graduating in Business Management from Cardiff University, and studying Interior Design at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, Yuna created a studio in partnership with an architect colleague. A year and a half later, she founded her own design studio, MEGRE INTERIORS. With her analytical frame of mind and a background in advertising and marketing, Yuna Megre is known for her investigative and conceptual approach to design – providing a valuable asset to her hospitality clientele.
