By YSG Studio
This humble cafe emanates traditional Japanese rural life, existing in stark contrast to the modernism that surrounds its harbourside location. The highly textured yet all-black palette sits delicately upon a sculptural organic interior that harmoniously intertwines nature, artistry, balance, and flows in a manner that celebrates the imperfect.
Project: Edition Coffee Roasters Haymarket
Materials Used: Concrete, Render Rock, Shou Sugi Ban, Fujian Granite Cobblestones, Japanese Maple, Charcoal Dyed Cotton, Shirasu Kabe
Year: 2018
Location: Darling Square, Sydney
Square Meters: 110
Awards:
Stylist: Felicity Ng
Photography: Prue Roscoe
"The second edition of this Scandi-Japanese café is a Kyoto cool kid dressed in charcoal black."
- Time Out, Sydney
Immortalising moods from the inside out and outside in, YSG is a multi-disciplinary initiative combining Architecture, Interiors and Curation.
Providing holistic design experiences, it offers new builds, alterations and additions plus interior furnishing and curation services across the residential, hospitality and commercial sectors globally. Renowned for creating highly customised elements incorporating superbly crafted joinery, lighting and unique furniture pieces, YSG’s spirited designs reach every room and every surface.
Established in 2020 by Yasmine Ghoniem, YSG comprises a multinational team of over 15 interior designers and architects combined. Based in Sydney, with staff originating from Argentina, Japan, Brazil, Lebanon, the UK, China, France, Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand, Australia and the Middle East, their cultural backgrounds and professional experience both locally and abroad infuse the studio with illustrious insights and finely tuned expertise.
YSG has received numerous awards including Designer of the Year at the 2021 Interior Design Excellence Awards and Best Residential Design, Best Residential Decoration and Best of NSW state at the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards. In 2022 YSG featured in the European Architectural Digest’s definitive AD100 list recognising the most influential interior designers, architects and designers world-wide, bolstering its reputation as one of Australia’s most directional and respected design studios.