The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe by Lizaveta Odintsova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.
ApamemeaTotonu· 2025
The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe
Client: The Larks Cafe
A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Totonu Category
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The Design
About The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe
O le Kafe The Larks o se nofoaga fiafia mo se fa'alapotopotoga mafaufau lelei e fa'ataua le sa'olotoga, fa'amaoni ma le tofo mo le ola. O le fale mo lenei kafe, lea e tu'uina atu ai taumafataga suamalie o le taeao i aso uma fa'atasi ai ma falaoa manogi ma kuasana, o lo'o tu'u i le malae nofoaga fa'aonaponei o le Podil Plaza i Kyiv, Ukraine. O le manatu o le sitaili mamanu e iai ni tulaga taua se tele: lanu pasitela, fa'ata'ita'i i vaega fa'avae, foliga lapotopoto mo meaaofi, ma le fa'aogaina o a'i. Na maua le fa'aosoosoga mai le igoa o le nofoaga: The Larks Cafe, o se manu e fa'atusa i le fa'amoemoe, malamalama, ma le fiafia.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Apamemea
O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. The Larks Cafe Nofoaga Kafe e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Cafe The Larks is a joyful space for a mindful community who value freedom, sincerity and a taste for life.
The premises for this café, which serves delicious breakfasts all day with fragrant bread and croissants, are located in the modern Podil Plaza residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine. The peculiarity of this project: unusual shape of the space - most of the walls were in the form of glass partitions of a radial shape. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The main emphasis was placed on the use of Ukrainian and Scandinavian design brands, such as: LITVINENKO DESIGN STUDIO, Diza, Babich studio, IKEA, Oitoproducts, FurFur, Kononenko ID.
- Tags
- cafe, beige design, cafe interior, mindful design
- Production Technology
- The design concept was to harmoniously place the technology zone and the landing zone for guests, and all this on a limited space of 50 m2. The project of this format required enormous energy and creativity, so as the making of the most exquisite dessert.
The main criteria in the technical design plan was to withstand all the necessary standards - ventilation, insolation, high strength of coatings and environmental friendliness of materials. Therefore, such types of finishes as microcement, self-leveling floor, decorative plaster, tiles and mirrors were chosen. - Design Challenge
- A mixture of such modern trends complements the space as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
- Research
- Entering this cafe, you immerse yourself in an atmosphere of freedom and sunny space. There you feel like you belong, in a big city, where everything is created for rest and relaxation.
- Inspiration
- The design style concept has several key standing points: pastel shades, graphic in the structural elements, rounded shapes for the furniture and usage of arches. The inspiration came from the name of the space – The Larks Café, a bird which symbolises the hope, light, and joy. Also the lark is “the highest form of human existence” (according to the Ukrainian philosopher Grigoriy Skovoroda).
- Project Duration
- Location - Kyiv, Ukraine
Duration - 6 months - Operation Flow
- The key colors chosen were shades of caramel and pistachio, combining the colors of sand and gray, which brought everything together into a single composition. The textures of natural materials of concrete, wood and glass gave these interiors naturalness and light, a feeling of purity and lightness of space. The space is complemented by a mixture of such modern trends as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
- Patents
- Buro Odintsova
- Image Credits
- Serhii Savchenko
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