LAcrete♥
2/3(s) Cafe
1/3(s) Printing and Mounting services & Retail outlet
A big table of measurements for mounting and cutting ( glue, mounting spray and pen knife provided)
A computer by the corner of the cafe fully equipped with A3 scanner and printer
all for loyal patrons use
Selling DIY accessories, such as bangles, necklaces, pendants, tote bags and rings
Cafe has a huge table where the patrons can feel free to express themselves through drawings and scribbles and doodling.
Exhibit artwork, designs and fashionable items created by local, new up and coming designers(They have to book a timeframe with the shopkeepers that they can
exhibit their works)
In a way, we are helping them to start up their business freelance ventures because by exhibiting their works, patrons can order stuffs from them.
The space is user friendly for student to study and to do their projects which require large space.
CASEstudy♥
Helen a native from shanghai who came to singapore and open a shop in bras basah complex with the original intent to sell books from china. However, it didn’t bring much profit, thus she resort to selling stuff that interest her, mostly, vintage and items of nostalgia which to her surprise, captivates and aroused the interest of singaporeans.
Catsocrates, as the name suggest, is a shop which has no concept other then being a shop that Helen liked, in other words, the shop sells only things she liked, the shop look like the way she liked and it even have a small “café” which sells the drinks and cakes which she likes. The concept of the shop is her own personality and interest.
Being a former fashion designer from shanghai, the items, clothes, and accessories found in her shop is a reflection of her former occupation. However, this is where the link to her past ends, as she wanted to escape the hectic lifestyle of a designer and enjoys a more relax and a little laidback lifestyle by joining the retail industry.
In catsocrates, the customers are encouraged to be free in expressing their own individual creativity, in forms of scribbles, guitar playing and even photography or in any other way the customers could think of. Customers are free to do or be anyone they want to be, this in a way, is only unique to Catsocrates.
p.s. staying true to Helen’s concept, catsocrates is named after her favourite animal, a cat.
