Former Starbucks designer on what makes a "third place" feel like home

Suppose you wanted to design a home away from home. What would you put in? What would you leave out? What kind of seating would you have? (Soft? Hard? Low? High?) What kind of tables - big working slabs or intimate little two-tops?

A good "third place" may seem casually homey, but its design is the end result of a million tiny decisions. This week on HOME: Stories From L.A., it's a conversation with Kambiz Hemati, who oversaw store design at Starbucks for two years and now owns Love Coffee Bar in Santa Monica, where he gets to think hard - and think small - about what makes a place feel like home.

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