CONTACT™ London pop up

CONTACT — Universal Space Initative™

During London Coffee Festival week, we brought something new to Shoreditch. Not just a pop-up, but a full-scale collaboration between three forces from two cities: A.M.O.C., Dark Arts Coffee, and formd.

Dark Arts has long been a fixture in London’s specialty scene, known not just for their coffee, but for their unapologetic aesthetic, bold energy, and a philosophy that treats coffee as both craft and rebellion.

formd., the design studio behind some of the sharpest retail spaces in Europe, from Stone Island to New Balance, brought their precision and eye for material to the project. Their ability to translate identity into physical space is incredible.

Together, we created CONTACT, a temporary shop on the corner of Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road that didn’t feel temporary at all. Bespoke shelving, raw slate tabletops, iconic branding, and lighting that made everything feel intentional. Formd. transformed the space into something real: not a display, but a presence making waves in the specialty coffee scene during the London Coffee Festival.

At the bar, Dark Arts and A.M.O.C. coffee rotated through their latest releases, brewed on a Slayer Steam 2-group, installed just for the occasion, pour over on the latest released Orea brewer and solid batch brews from the Fellow Aiden brewer.

We launched limited products, tested a new retail rhythm, and saw what happens when coffee, design, and shared values converge.

Thanks to everyone who came through. CONTACT might have been temporary, but it set something in motion.

Special thanks to Dark Arts Coffee, formd., Slayer Espresso, Fellow Industries, Sibarist and Orea.