Voyager Craft Coffee -

From the beginning, we connected with Voyager’s “coffee inspired by our travels” concept. And in

many ways, our third collaboration with owners Lauren and Sam allowed us to deliver a fully realized

embodiment of their already successful brand.



For Voyager’s second Santa Clara coffee shop, The Alameda, we were finally gifted a whole interior

space – an empty palette with which we could express the “who, what, why” of the brand. Wall to

floor sailboat tiles, shelving that evokes a web of ladders in a ship, a wood service counter carved like

the hull of a boat, eclectic “zones” of seating evoking different regions of the world. The Voyagers

joined us through several iterations of the design, fine-tuning every detail as we traveled towards our

final destination on our two-year journey. Voyager’s nautical iconography was

implemented subtly – colorful tiles shaped like sailboats (by Fireclay Tile), hickory wood shelving

built like the ladders on a ship, and a shiny wooden coffee counter shaped like the hull. While the

inspiration might be obvious to the eye, the way we designed the space is less so. Distinct seating

zones – like continents united by passages of water – allow for diverse group sizes and seating needs

by way of custom laser etched planters. Here, the benefits become obvious the more you explore the

space.