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Independent concept · Hospitality · Local ordering

Turning a neighbourhood coffee stop into a daily ritual.

Brief

Create a warm, distinctive digital experience for a fictional Copenhagen coffee shop that makes regular ordering feel as considered as the in-store experience.

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The challenge

Independent cafés often look interchangeable online. The concept needed to communicate atmosphere immediately while keeping opening hours, location and the path to an order obvious on every screen.

Strategic principles

  • Lead with the emotional promise before the product list
  • Keep practical visit information inside the first viewport
  • Use a deliberately small menu to reduce choice friction
  • Make the ordering interaction work without hiding the brand story

Design decisions

Every visual choice has a job.

01

Editorial warmth

Large serif type, close photography and restrained colour make the experience feel tactile without competing with the practical information.

02

Immediate utility

Opening hours, address and the primary order action are available before the visitor has to search or scroll.

03

Low-friction basket

Inline quantity controls and a persistent summary let visitors build an order without leaving the menu context.

What I built

A working concept, not a static mockup.

This is an independent concept, not a client commission, so it makes no claims about sales or customer results. It demonstrates how brand character and a working conversion flow can coexist in the same small-business website.

  • Responsive hospitality homepage
  • Interactive menu quantities
  • Live basket total
  • Accessible button labels
  • Mobile navigation and order states
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