Starbucks announces new store design partner

Coffee giant, Starbucks UK, announced that it has began a partnership with revolutionary furniture design company, Pentatonic. The bespoke furniture designer said they will use post-consumer waste for their products which will feature in a new pop-up cafe during the London Design Festival this September.

The coffee franchise group has said it is committed to reducing its environmental footprint and added that they have already reduced water and energy consumption in its Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified stores.

Starbucks vice president for Design in Europe, Ad de Hond said: “This fantastic collaboration with Pentatonic shows how working together we can find solutions that positively impact the environment. This partnership gives us new insights to achieve our ambition of environmental store design, including new routes for collecting waste and how we can give this post-consumer waste a second life in our stores. We’re excited for the potential of this project,"

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