by Studio M Architects | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Restaurant signage design matters long before someone makes a reservation. It should, ideally, work its magic when they’re walking past, half-distracted, wondering where to eat, and something catches their eye. I’ve watched people (and sometimes been the...
by Studio M Architects | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Outdoor dining space design in Minnesota means reckoning with extremes: We have to reckon with the fact that July evenings can hit 90 degrees while March mornings still bite with winter’s last frost. And we also have to reckon with the fact that the growing...
by Studio M Architects | Nov 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Acoustical solutions for restaurants aren’t just about dampening sound, though that’s definitely part of it. Still, there’s a lot more to account for. After all, how people gather, how voices layer and build, and how the clatter of silverware against porcelain...
by Studio M Architects | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Six months of free rent. The landlord’s offer gleamed like gold in your negotiations, generous and full of promise. Until reality bites – because that’s precisely how long your restaurant build-out would devour. Most first-time restaurateurs stumble...
by Studio M Architects | Sep 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I think of retail store design, I think of when I watched a toddler trace her fingers along curved wooden shelves in a bookstore close to where I live. Her mother sat nearby, lost in a novel, coffee cooling. This is what great retail store design services create...
by Studio M Architects | Sep 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Three miles. That’s how far a line cook at a poorly designed Minneapolis restaurant walked during a single dinner service last month. He clocked it with a fitness tracker. Three miles of unnecessary steps between the grill and walk-in cooler, dodging servers,...
by Studio M Architects | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why does walking into most commercial interior design projects still feel like stepping back in time? Stark white walls, rigid cubicles, and that peculiar shade of corporate gray that seems designed to drain joy from the human soul – that’s what I’m thinking of....
by Studio M Architects | Sep 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
When you’ve been waiting for your pizza for a full hour on a Friday night, you’re probably not thinking about kitchen design. But the truth is, picking the wrong hospitality design experts can cost you. Because when things are designed to flow in the kitchen, that...
by Studio M Architects | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Commercial office renovation isn’t really about the space at all. That may sound confusing – so let me explain what I mean. I’m calling to mind an old conference room that hadn’t been touched since 2008. Beige walls, flickering fluorescents, and that one chair...
by Studio M Architects | Aug 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Walk into any thriving Twin Cities restaurant right now. What separates the packed places from the empty ones? The food matters, sure. But after 20+ years designing restaurant interiors, I can tell you another important difference. It’s whether the space makes...
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