Monthly Archives: April 2017
Neighborhood and Coffee: Starbucks in Japan
Starbucks, the global coffee chain company is starting to try and do things a little differently. Famous for introducing its stores with their similar style and operations across the globe, with increasing competition the company has had to think about … Continue reading
Co-working and the cafe: an animation
Back in March I wrote a blog post highlighting some of my key points from a presentation around co-working and the café. Recently I came across a platform, PowToon, which allows you to create animations from presentations. So I thought … Continue reading
UK Coffee Week 2017 and Project Waterfall
My initial idea about researching the cafe industry was to focus on the economic and social impact of cafes on their local communities. While the local impact they have is definitely important there are ways in which cafes and the … Continue reading
Visualizing the London Coffee Festival through twitter
So after several caffeine fuelled days in Old Truman Brewery, the London Coffee Festival is over for this year. You can see some of the images from my visit this year over on my photography blog. For the days I … Continue reading
The Square Mile Challenge and sustainability at the London Coffee Festival
The #SquareMileChallenge is underway in the city of London. Led by the environmental charity Hubbub in partnership with the City of London Corporation, Network Rail and Simply Cups, the scheme aims to recycle five million disposable coffee cups in an … Continue reading
Spaces of Community: Dynamics in the cafe industry – Research Summary
The ‘Cafe Spaces’ blog was originally established to support the activities around the research project ‘Spaces of Community: exploring dynamics in the café industry‘, which sought to explore the growth and development of the café industry in the UK, and … Continue reading →