tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics

the project puts up japan's flag colors, and their gradient tones, to illustrate the scarlet sun rising over the land and painting the sky with purple rays.

DA bureau edited by christina vergopoulou January 15, 2023 3 min

DA bureau merges french and Japanese cultures for cafe design

DA bureau creative studio designs ‘Tamago Kissaten’ coffee and pastry shop in Kaliningrad, Russia, specializing in French and Japanese desserts. Combining two different gastronomic cultures through Asian flavors, the space draws from the architectural aesthetic and visual identity of Japan. The project applies the country’s flag colors, white and red throughout, as well as the gradient tones between the two, illustrating the laid down metaphor of the scarlet sun rising over the land and painting the sky with purple rays. Minimal wooden furniture and curved pipe light installations adorn the interior, while ceramic chipped tiles decorate the floor surface.

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 1 — all images by Sergey Melnikov

interior design puts up visual references to Japanese landscape

The Japanese visual identity is embodied in the interior through large and small details. All the elements in the space are carefully selected to resemble the country’s natural landscape. The cast round table symbolizes the sun, whereas the curved lamps are a reference to the outline of the Japanese mountains. The gradient-treated walls evoke the sky at sunrise, combined with the chipped tiles of the flooring drawing from typical traditional roofs. The realization of the original idea keeps up with the spirit of the time, trends, and Japanese minimalism. ‘The word Tamago means ‘egg‘ in Japanese and it is an essential ingredient in almost every dessert’, shares the design team referring to the name of the project.

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 2 — the space draws from the architectural aesthetic and visual identity of Japan

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 3 — the café paints its walls illustrating the metaphor of the scarlet sun rising over the land and sky in purple rays

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 4 — the chipped tiles of the flooring draw from typical traditional roofs

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 5 — the cast round table symbolizes the red Japanese sun

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 6 — the curved lamps are a reference to the outline of the Japanese mountains

tamago kissaten cafe in russia fuses french pastry and japanese design aesthetics - 7 — the design paints the coffee shops cups in red and white, Japan’s flag colors

project info:

name: TAMAGO KISSATEN cafe
designer: Da Bureau | @da_bureau

design team: Anna Lvovskaia, Boris Lvovskiy, Fedor Goreglyad, Maria Romanova, Julia Kubitskaya, Elizaveta Rumyantseva

location: Kaliningrad, Russia

photography: Sergey Melnikov | @svmelnikoff

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