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Design Details: DOT. Coffee & Matcha
Project: DOT. Coffee & Matcha
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Area: 67 square meters (721 square feet)
Completed: 2025
Program: Coffee and matcha shop
Design: YOD Group
Design team: Volodymyr Nepyivoda, Dmytro Bonesko, Nataliia Tymoshenko and Serhii Prydkyi
Photography: Ivan Avdieienko
Tiered seating rises beside a massive reclaimed-timber bar inside DOT. Coffee & Matcha, a 67-square-meter cafe occupying a former power station building in Warsaw.
Large windows and minimalist, functional elements help transform the industrial space into a place designed for extended visits and social interaction. The Warsaw shop is the third location for the DOT. brand.
“Unlike DOT.’s Kyiv locations, which are primarily oriented towards a takeaway format, the Warsaw cafe is designed for staying — encouraging visitors to linger, spend time, and interact with one another,” YOD Group said in a project description shared with DCN. “A tiered seating area promotes informal communication. Guests sit at different levels, talk and observe the life unfolding around them. The idea works on the principle of a communal table, but without the table itself.”
Urbanism provides the interior’s central visual theme, the design firm said. The floor resembles asphalt, with markings that suggest a pedestrian crossing in the main room and parking spaces in the restroom.
“The minimalist design relies on a restrained yet expressive palette of materials and textures: stone and carpet flooring, stainless steel and reclaimed wood,” YOD Group said. “This honest material language creates a recognizable atmosphere and underscores the character of the space without overwhelming it with detail.”
Acoustic foam covers portions of the ceiling, reducing reverberation within the compact shop as coffee equipment, music and conversations generate competing sounds.
“At the heart of the interior is a massive bar counter made from reclaimed wooden beams,” YOD Group said. “It integrates the coffee machine, matcha station and dessert display, and serves as the visual anchor of the space. This heavy, sculptural form is a signature element across all DOT locations.”
The menu is projected onto the wall behind the bar. Customers can also play Pac-Man while waiting for their drinks, introducing an interactive element.
“We wanted to create an interior that reflects the essence of urban life,” YOD Group Art Director and Partner Dmytro Bonesko said. “Within a grey palette, rules and markings, people find a place to pause, enjoy warm communication, coffee, matcha and small everyday pleasures.”
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