A perusal of the three figures on the left shows three cafe environments which I take to be emblematic of modern coffee shops. Each depicts a casual atmosphere where on could enjoy conversation and coffee, or read alone. In the third image we see a coffeehouse/restaurant composed of a series of "living room" vignettes, which reproduce a domestic atmosphere in the public space of the restaurant. These domestic dioramas confound traditional notions of public/private space so that one might find an individual reclining in an armchair by a fire in the middle of the coffeeshop. This phenomenon is evident towards the back of the second image, where three armchairs are placed by the window. Here one can recline and sip a cup of coffee as if in a living room, but in full view of pedestrians on the street.