E2W

Interior Design

#Kurtos

Hospitality interior design for a compact food-service space, using arched frontage, warm timber, display shelving and controlled lighting to make a small footprint feel memorable and legible.

Status
CompletedType
Hospitality interior / café designClient
#KurtosDiscipline
Interior DesignYear
2024Location
IslamabadSource
Reviewed uploaded source material
Street-facing #Kurtos café interior render with arched glazing, timber surfaces and illuminated product display.
Processed source render selected as the public hero image.

Project typeCafé / food-service interior

Public statusCompleted

Client#Kurtos

LocationIslamabad

Year2024

E2W scopeBranding, social media, interior design, material selection and construction management / supervision

Covered area616 sq. ft. shown on source drawing

Real project case study

Context and Role

#Kurtos is presented as completed work based on user confirmation that the café was built in Islamabad in 2024. E2W’s role covered branding design, social media management, interior design, material selection, and construction management and supervision; separate contractors carried out the contracting work.

The interior is organised as a narrow café sequence: a public threshold and seating edge, a visible product and service counter, compact back-of-house support, and a small washroom zone. The source material shows an emphasis on warm timber, arched framing, white brick texture, integrated display and a playful spiral feature tied to the brand experience.

Completed

Design Brief

The design problem was a compact hospitality interior where frontage, customer dwell time and counter efficiency all needed to work together. The design gives the café a street-readable identity while still offering distinct seating moments inside.

Rather than treating the counter as a purely functional strip, the layout uses it as the anchor for product visibility, queue orientation and operational clarity.

Completed

Spatial Planning

The plan separates back kitchen and storage from the customer floor while keeping the service counter immediately legible from the entrance. Seating is distributed as small groups, a family seating zone and bar-height positions, allowing the footprint to support both short visits and longer stays.

Circulation follows the length of the room, with the counter and display spine guiding movement without overcomplicating the customer path.

Completed

Display and Atmosphere

The design uses arches, timber slats, white brick texture and warm light to create a recognisable café identity. Product display is treated as part of the interior architecture through shelving, counter lighting and a vertical feature element.

The material language is deliberately warm and tactile: pale timber, soft upholstery, light masonry surfaces, metal accents and glowing linear lighting.

Visual case study

Renders and Visual Assets

#Kurtos café seating area with curved banquette, small tables and warm wall lighting.
processedCustomer seating and threshold view.
#Kurtos café counter view with display service zone, timber cladding and pendant lighting.
processedService counter and product-display relationship.
#Kurtos café interior render showing the spiral display feature and compact seating groups.
processedSpiral display feature and group seating.
#Kurtos café interior view with timber arches, white brick surfaces and integrated lighting.
processedArched language carried into the interior.
#Kurtos café counter render with back kitchen edge and front customer zone.
processedCounter, service equipment and customer edge.
#Kurtos café seating render with timber wall treatment, pendant lights and soft neutral furniture.
processedMaterial atmosphere and seating rhythm.
#Kurtos café render focused on display shelving and illuminated interior feature.
processedDisplay and lighting detail.

Visual case study

Drawings

Cropped #Kurtos café floor plan showing seating, counter, back kitchen, washroom and circulation zones.
processedCropped source floor plan. Title block and private presentation pages were omitted from the public asset set.

Visual case study

Material Direction

#Kurtos mood and atmosphere reference board for a colourful café interior palette.
processedSource mood board used as a material and atmosphere reference, not as project photography.

Services

  • Branding design
  • Social media management
  • Interior design
  • Spatial planning
  • Material selection
  • Construction management and supervision
  • 3D visualisation
  • Technical floor-plan documentation

Credits

  • E2W scope: branding design, social media management, interior design, material selection, construction management and supervision
  • Contracting work carried out by separate contractors

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