Restaurants and cafés don't fail because the food is bad. They fail because the space doesn't make people want to stay.

I design hospitality interiors that work — spatially, atmospherically, and commercially. Every project begins with a single question: what does this space need to make a guest arrive, settle in, and come back?

My work covers the full design scope — from initial concept and spatial zoning through to full interior documentation, material specification, furniture layout, lighting strategy, and photorealistic visualization. I don't hand clients a mood board and disappear. I deliver a complete, buildable design with the renders, plans, and material references a contractor can actually work from.

My background is in architecture — Master's degree, 4+ years of professional practice — which means I think about restaurants as spatial experiences, not just decorated rooms. The difference shows in how zones are organized, how circulation flows, how privacy is built into the plan rather than added as an afterthought, and how lighting creates the atmosphere that keeps tables full on a Tuesday night.

Recent work includes Maweed Restaurant — a 250m² full-service restaurant in Algeria with a multi-zone program, custom arched booth sequence, biophilic planter island, and 37 photorealistic renders across all spaces. Also Mezghana Café & Restaurant in Algiers — a 144m² Islamic-contemporary interior that became my most appreciated project on Behance with over 200 engagements.

What I deliver: — Concept development and cultural identity strategy — Floor plan, zoning, and spatial organization — Full interior design documentation — Material and color palette with specifications — Furniture layout and FF&E guidance — Exterior façade design — Photorealistic 3D visualization — interior and exterior — Unlimited revisions until you are satisfied

What makes working with me different: I specialize in North African and MENA hospitality environments — spaces that draw on Islamic geometry, Amazigh heritage, Mediterranean color, and biophilic design to produce interiors that are culturally specific and internationally legible. If you want a restaurant that could be anywhere, I am not the right designer. If you want a restaurant that could only be yours — in your city, for your clientele, with a design identity no other venue in your market has — that is exactly what I build.

Available for remote projects internationally. Full project delivery or visualization-only engagements welcome.

Portfolio: behance.net/dhialachraf39