The Mask Cafe by Mea'ad AlAbboud is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.

IronInterior· 2023

The Mask Cafe

by Mea'ad AlAbboud

Client: The Mask Cafe's Owner Mr. Faris

A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About The Mask Cafe

The Mask is a cafe interior located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The design is inspired by the colorful masks of the Venice Carnival in Italy. The concept connects Venice and Jeddah, two cities that share several cultural and geographical similarities. A luxurious black and gold scheme forms the background for decorative masks brought from Venice and placed on the walls, where visitors take photographs. The indoor area covers about 300 square meters and the outdoor area about 180 square meters. The interior has one floor with a height of 4 meters.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

The Mask Cafe is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. The Mask Cafe is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. The Mask Cafe is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: AsymmetricBackground: No Clear Backdrop

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The main concept inspired by colorful masks in luxury black & gold interior design to stand out among other competitors cafes in Jeddah city.
There are so many similarities between Venice in Italy and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Dimensions & Packaging: The indoor area is around 300 sqm.
The outdoor area is around 180 sqm.
The interior is consist of one floor with 4 m height.
Tags: Cafe, Coffee, Mask, jeddah, interior, design. gold, modern, style, italy
Production Technology: All materials were from the local market. However, the furniture and decor elements were ordered from abroad. After receiving the Italian masks from Venice some modifications were done as needed.
Design Challenge: After having long complex research about the similarities between Venice in Italy and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in different aspect such as the geographical, cultural, historical,..etc. The result need to have Venice with its luxurious parties where they should wear mask to hide their identities as the main concept of this cafe but in a very unique and creative way.
Research: There was a challenge in having the Italian masks in the local market. The cafe opening was delayed until receiving them from Italy as it's considered one of the main design elements on the interior. However, it was worth to be waiting for it because it is used as background for photos taken by visitors.
Inspiration: After visiting the most beautiful city in Italy, Venice, during the Venice Carnival, one of the biggest events in Italy. I've found that the masks - the perfect attribute - make the Venetian Carnival unique from other famous Italian carnivals.
So, I decided that the mask would be the main concept for this coffee shop project.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2022 in Jeddah and finished in February 2023.Project Fit-Out took around six months.
Operation Flow: The operation and the work flow was very smooth because all the interior furniture and accessories were ordered the moment the construction work starts on the site.
Once the building was ready, they items and goods were arrived on time. This was happend because of the good planning and the full design package such as visuals, BOQ,..etc.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Meaad AlAbboud, 2023.
Trademark 2023 Meaad Design.
Team Members: Mea'ad AlAbboud
Image Credits: Image #1 Photographer Adel bin Afif, The Mask Cafe, 2023.
Image #2 Photographer Adel bin Afif, The Mask Cafe, 2023.
Image #3 Photographer Adel bin Afif, The Mask Cafe, 2023.
Image #4 Photographer Adel bin Afif, The Mask Cafe, 2023.
Image #5 Photographer Adel bin Afif, The Mask Cafe, 2023.