Coffee & hospitality / 2025Client website

Essbar

A little of the café, inside the browser.

My contribution

Digital Flagship Design & Front-End Engineering

Delivered through Forma Studio

In collaboration with

Essbar Management TeamRoastery Operations & Spatial Philosophy

Behind the work.

A website for a specialty coffee and bakery space in Ar Rabwah. The visual direction draws on its architecture and materials, connecting the physical place with the digital experience.

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A few decisions that shaped it

The space and its material palette establish the visual direction.

A quiet typographic hierarchy gives the menu room to breathe.

The visual system adapts from a wide introduction to a compact mobile menu.

Essbar interface on mobile — Considered at every size

A closer lookOpen any image to explore

01Essbar desktop homepage showing quiet luxury coffee sanctuary and editorial layout

02Essbar tablet view showing sanctuary atmosphere, single-origin offerings, and operating hours

03Essbar warm earthen color palette tokens

04Essbar UI component tokens and micro-interaction states

05Essbar bilingual typography pairing Latin serif with refined Arabic calligraphy

06Essbar acoustic sanctuary interior in Ar Rabwah District Jeddah

07Patron enjoying solitary focus with pour-over coffee at Essbar

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Behind the work.

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