WorkCafe
Ember & Oak
Warm espresso tones, a steaming 3D cup and a menu you can read standing at the counter.
- Project
- Concept, not a real client
- Trade
- Cafe
- Location
- Melbourne VIC
- Year
- 2026
01The brief
What it had to do
An all-day café with small-batch coffee and long tables. Customers want the menu, the hours and how to order ahead, and they want to feel the room before they walk in.
02What we built
Inside the concept
- A home page with a steaming 3D coffee cup
- A full menu page, plus the menu as a PDF
- Pick-up ordering and table reservations
- Story, sustainability, experiences and press pages
- Opening hours, a map and a reviews page
03Design decisions
Colour and type
Espresso browns instead of black, so the page feels warm. One ember orange marks every action. A single handwritten flourish gives it a signature without hurting legibility.
- Page
#120D0A - Cards
#1C1511 - Text
#F3E9DA - Ember
#E0782B - Body text
#CFC3B1
- MontserratHeadings and body text
- Mrs Saint DelafieldA handwritten accent, used sparingly
04Speed
Measured, not promised
- 82Performance
- 100Accessibility
- 100Best practices
- 69SEO
Lighthouse 12.8.2, mobile preset, measured on 30 October 2026 against a copy of the concept served locally. SEO is held back on purpose: every concept is set to "noindex" so it never competes with real businesses in search.
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