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Design Details: Café Nuances
- Project: Café Nuances
- Location: 10 rue de la Tremoille, Paris, France (Google Maps)
- Size (interior): 22 square meters (236 square feet)
- Opened: September 2023
- Design firm: Uchronia (Paris)
- Photographs: Courtesy of Uchronia
Parisian specialty coffee roaster and retailer Café Nuances has turned to the firm Uchronia for all three of its colorful, enchanting coffee shops, the latest of which occupies a small space in the 8th arrondissement.
In a project description shared with DCN, Uchronia said the newest shop picks up on cues from the second shop, accentuating the brand’s “futuristic retro universe.”
“On the outside, the immaculate white facade contrasts with the interior, which intrigues passers-by and invites them to let themselves be carried away by the gaiety that reigns there,” the firm said. “The colors of the gradations were inspired by the recent travels of Uchronia’s founder, Julien Sebban. They remind him of the sunsets in the Tunisian desert, a veritable ode to the gentleness of summer days.”
Color gradations on the walls and floor work to draw the eye to the stainless steel bar counter, backed by orange lacquered shelves that have become a signature element within Café Nuances shops.
The new cafe features atypical materials not employed at the other locations, including graded lava stone for the floor and stainless-steel-effect fabric for the benches.
Uchronia’s custom-designed stools are reflected in the curves of the bench while providing modular capacity, acting as stools or as coffee tables.
“Finally, unlike its two big sisters, whose interiors feature striated shapes, here the poly-mirror tiles are complemented by half-spheres in saturated colors, accentuating the dreamlike feel of the coffee shop,” Uchronia said. “They create the illusion of floating balls, which could be mistaken for Saturn.”