Index
Index
For KPHD, the operator’s business is the brief, and front and back of house are one project. This map shows what that looks like across the work: seventeen projects, the six kinds of places they are, the phases each one moved through, and the Field Notes where we wrote down what we learned along the way. Tap a phase to see which projects and notes pass through it. Tap a project or a note to open it.
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Projects
- Dedo Coffee: Coffee; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Equator Coffees: Coffee; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Kensho: Restaurant; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Blacktop: Coffee; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Honeycut: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- The Barrelhouse Flat: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Seven Grand: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Bar Three Piece: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- The Assembly: Coffee; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Urban Palate: Kitchen + workplace; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Stumptown: Coffee, Retail + salon; phases: Schematic design, Design development.
- Guelaguetza — The Mezcal Bar: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Walker Inn: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- The Bungalow at The Lafayette Hotel: Hotel; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Crafted Kitchen: Kitchen + workplace; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- The Normandie Club: Bar; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
- Regne Haute Blow Dry Salon: Retail + salon; phases: Schematic design, Design development, Construction documents, Permits + expediting, Construction support.
Field Notes
- The room has two sides: related to Dedo Coffee, Equator Coffees.
- An operator-first design firm: related to Dedo Coffee, Equator Coffees.
- Evil Bread.
- What makes a space feel like it was designed for you?.
- Café design process: from concept to opening day: related to Coffee, Schematic design phase, Design development phase, Construction support phase.
- Five FF&E mistakes to avoid in hospitality design: related to FF&E + procurement phase.
- Is your hospitality project ready for design?: related to Discovery phase.
- What to look for in a hospitality designer.
- How to brief a designer: related to Discovery phase.
- Start your design brief with one visit: related to Discovery phase.
- The Invisible Threshold.
- We might be looking at different things.
- Who gets a seat?.
- You don’t have to arrive with the design solved: related to Discovery phase.
Phases
- Discovery: 0 projects, Is your hospitality project ready for design?; How to brief a designer; Start your design brief with one visit; You don’t have to arrive with the design solved.
- Proposal: 0 projects.
- Contract: 0 projects.
- Planning + entitlements: 0 projects.
- Schematic design: 17 projects, Café design process: from concept to opening day.
- Design development: 17 projects, Café design process: from concept to opening day.
- Construction documents: 16 projects.
- Permits + expediting: 16 projects.
- FF&E + procurement: 0 projects, Five FF&E mistakes to avoid in hospitality design.
- Bidding + GC proposals: 0 projects.
- Construction support: 16 projects, Café design process: from concept to opening day.
- Opening support: 0 projects.
Typologies
- Coffee: Dedo Coffee, Equator Coffees, Blacktop, The Assembly, Stumptown.
- Bar: Honeycut, The Barrelhouse Flat, Seven Grand, Bar Three Piece, Guelaguetza — The Mezcal Bar, Walker Inn, The Normandie Club.
- Restaurant: Kensho.
- Hotel: The Bungalow at The Lafayette Hotel.
- Retail + salon: Stumptown, Regne Haute Blow Dry Salon.
- Kitchen + workplace: Urban Palate, Crafted Kitchen.