The Deer Cafe

The Deer Cafe

A designer from Amelekhin Interiors came to us with a competition project. When the judges reviewed it, they assumed it had already been built. It hadn’t. Every detail, the warm light, the textures, the atmosphere, was pure visualization. The concept behind the cafe draws from a local legend: one day, deer wandered out of the nearby forest into the city. Residents fed them fruit and hay, spending time with them before the deer returned to the woods, taking a horse with them. The cafe was named in their honor, and that stolen horse lives on in the bar counter design. In the restroom, a quiet nod: a symbolic bundle of hay. Our task was to make this story feel real. Not illustrated, but lived in. We delivered the full visualization in under a week, without compromising on detail or atmosphere. The competition judges thought someone had simply taken very good photographs.

Client

Amelekhin Interiors

DELIVERABLES

Photorealistic still images Material & lighting setup Post-production and color grading

Year

2025

Role

3D Visualization & Visual Direction