Metagram has designed Fineprint's first store at Hong Kong International Airport. Located adjacent to Exit B in the Arrival's Hall, the Fineprint Kiosk is the first business arriving passengers see when entering Hong Kong.

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The project brief was complex - the designated space was within a landlord owned pavilion with a distinctly infrastructural style canopy. Other than two service binnacles, the space was clear of obstruction and had a high level of visibility out to the airport atrium space. The cafe would have extremely high traffic consistently through day and night. 

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The challenge of the design program was to create an atmosphere in line with Fineprint's other stores, which are typically located in more urban contexts - whilst managing high traffic and movement.

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Metagram's response was to create an innovative floor plan which would externalize all take-away high-speed traffic, whilst transforming the skylight covered center of the pavilion into an "urban oasis" - protected by the coffee bar and a series of blade walls, made of concrete, breeze blocks and blackened steel. 

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Throughout the space, the design incorporated a mixed selection of seating modes, constructed with carefully considered detailing - tables of HDL, solid oak and cantilevered powder-coated steel. Materials included micro cement, glass blocks, 70:30 brass, white oak veneer, blackened steel, black leather and rare Chinese grey granite known as "Sky Blue", only available from a single quarry in China's east.

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Design by Metagram 

Lighting Design by LightOrigin Studio

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Photography by Matte is the New Black