design cafe in New Designers

I am sorry for missing the last meeting. I started a work placement and probably cannot be in the next meeting as well. I will try to manage to attend the next next one. This blog is actually really helpful to me.
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I met some people just after the last meeting and heard about the cafe idea briefly. As long as it will be allowed to serve drinks, I think it's great idea! We can stand out in Business Design Centre. Actually, in that kind of shows, people usually get tired to walk and see a lot of similar stuffs, and need a rest. We can give them some relax space in New Designers, like drifting people find an island in the sea.
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I think space can be more flexible and feel free. Otherwise, it's gonna be too packed and give some pressure to visitors. It's just abstract image of an idea of the layout without any details.
We take a place anywhere and welcome visitors. You can talk about your project with some portable images (like a portfolio) you will bring. No talking about project and just chatting is also fine. If we make a time table to allocate students to each table, we can put our shift with the show graphics on the wall.



Visitors can take an easy appointment by this. Of course you can sit anywhere as long as there are free places and talking with visitors whole day if you want.
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I like the idea giving some design in cups or objects in the cafe.

My textile friend printed her works on a mug as product and she said she did it in Jessops.
https://as.photoprintit.de/web/82719300/viewProducts.do?product=6394

Printing images of each student's work on the mug like our business cards is fun. I want to have mine. And also, if we display them on a shelf in the cafe, it must be sweet.

Or just buy a plain mug and draw something by pen.
Or vistors may draw something on the mugs, plate, table or something in the cafe. Normally we are not allowed to draw any graffiti in Starbucks or Cafe Nero or Costa... Probably using paper cups instead of mugs are good in this case.
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Personally, I'd also like to go extreme like just doing Design Cafe without showing individual works or just providing chairs to visitors take a rest in New Designers. But it depends on our common aim for the show...