Drive Café Summer Hill: Bringing Brand Identity to Life Through Interior Design

McCartney Design’s reimagined Drive Café BP Summer Hill as a welcoming stop blending retail efficiency with hospitality warmth.

Creating a memorable customer experience starts long before the first coffee is poured. For Drive Café at BP Summer Hill, the McCartney Design team transformed a high-traffic service stop into a destination that feels thoughtful, contemporary, and connected to its community.

Merging Convenience with Comfort

Located within one of Sydney’s busiest suburban hubs, Drive Café redefines what a roadside café can be. The space blends hospitality and retail sensibilities - offering a quick caffeine fix that doesn’t compromise on atmosphere.

Through warm tones, layered textures, and purposeful lighting, the design creates a welcoming environment that balances movement and pause - an essential harmony in modern hospitality design.

Designing for Brand Identity

Every McCartney Design project begins with brand understanding. Drive Café’s identity needed to align with BP’s modern direction while creating its own distinct personality.

This alignment of brand and interior forms the core of MCD’s approach - a process that turns physical spaces into storytelling tools. From furniture choice to material palette, every detail contributes to a consistent visual and emotional experience.

“We don’t just design spaces - we design how people feel within a brand,” says the McCartney Design team.

Building a Cohesive Retail Experience

The Drive Café concept connects hospitality and retail seamlessly, encouraging dwell time and customer flow. The result is an elevated environment that invites both regular commuters and new visitors to slow down, connect, and enjoy.

Strong commercial retail design ensures the space feels intuitive, familiar, and aligned with the café’s identity - turning a transaction into an experience.

The café’s coffee counter design reflects Drive Café’s commitment to quality, consistency, and brand-led detail.

A Case Study in Storytelling Through Space

The Drive Café at BP Summer Hill showcases how interior design can bring a brand’s values to life. From refined finishes to the ambient glow of lighting, the design tells a story of warmth, connection, and care - qualities that resonate deeply with customers and staff alike.

For McCartney Design, this project reinforces the importance of brand-led design - where storytelling and space work hand in hand to build loyalty and distinction.

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If you’re interested in how interiors can strengthen your brand’s identity, discover how our branding expertise shapes environments that people remember - across hospitality, retail, and workplace design.

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