SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.

SeeSaw Coffee, a homegrown Shanghai brand, opened a new location in the recently renovated Huarun Times Square in Pudong, Shanghai. The shopping mall stands at a very busy intersection and with Starbucks Reserve located on the first floor, it was pertinent for SeeSaw to maintain its originality. The designer TAKESHI HOSAKA architects focused on featuring coffee beans native to China in the design concept and aimed to provide a cozy and friendly atmosphere for their young clientele.

Stainless steel mirrors shaped like coffee beans hang from the ceiling throughout the store. The bustling intersection of cars, bikes and people outside are drawn into the store through the mirrors, invoking an urban atmosphere. The mirrors also reflect the appearance of baristas working inside the store. The youthful and vibrant interior contrasts with the dim lighting, creating a unique atmosphere.

The designer gave serious consideration to creating a relaxing setting for drinking coffee, since the fixed glass facade on the third floor could easily give a closed-off and stagnant feeling to the space. Shanghai is known to be a bustling city with lots of foot, bicycle and car traffic, so the designer took advantage of the “moving” city and incorporated the “floating coffee bean” mirrors to reflect not only the exterior views but also the daily scenes of people, bicycles and cars constantly moving. These reflections also give people a fresh perspective on the urban scenery that they are familiar with.

The mirrors take on a variety of different shapes and sizes, depending on where the customer sits. The shape of the coffee bean mirrors have also been carefully considered. The coffee beans are shaped like the number "0", with a "1" in the center. In the binary world, "0" and "1" can generate unlimited information. The designer uses ones and zeros to represent SeeSaw’s changing collection of fresh coffee beans from around the world, and the brand’s openness and willingness to take on changes and challenges.

At dusk, coffee beans emerge from the dimly lit store, captivating the interest of people waiting for traffic at the intersection outside of the mall. The middle of the space can be easily converted into a meeting space, perfect for hosting events. There are also spaces behind the pillars where customers can take off their shoes, relax and enjoy the view of the city through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

TAKESHI HOSAKA architects has successfully created a relaxing space that brings the urban scenery into a shopping mall, while showcasing SeeSaw’s efforts in helping China’s domestic coffee bean industry grow and prosper.