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Digital / 2024

Coool Café.

Coool Café is an in-house, community-built guide to work-friendly coffee spaces around the world. It brings city exploration, maps, café records, and saved places into one practical product for people who plan their travel around a good cup and a place to settle in.

Industry
Travel and coffee discovery
Scope
Product strategy / UX/UI design / Platform development
Engagement
In-house product
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Coool Café city explorer combining café cards, atmosphere filters, and a map of Chiang Mai
Coool Café city directory with destinations across Asia displayed as visual cards

The challenge

A map can show what is nearby, but not always what is worth the detour. The product needed to turn uneven place data into a clear way to discover cafés with character, while keeping the practical signals people need when choosing where to work or spend time.

We shaped the experience around city-first browsing, a global map, atmosphere and amenity filters, detailed café profiles, photos, ratings, pricing, favorites, and a full-screen gallery. The same system moves from a broad destination view to the details that make one café feel right.

Coool Café global discovery map showing city markers around the world
01 / System study
Coool Café detail page with a café image grid, ratings, price range, actions, and menu access
02 / System study

Outcome

Coool Café established a durable in-house foundation for a growing, community-built coffee guide. It gives people a better way to explore a city, compare spaces, and keep the cafés they want to return to.

The system was built to remain useful after launch, with clear rules the team can carry into future work.

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Coool Café full-screen photo gallery for a coffee shop in Koh Samui
03 / Working system
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