Cost & Customizations

For cafés and bakeries, our Classic Black finish is the most popular when using Split Flap as a coffee menu and matches most modern café decor. Displays start at about $15k and scale up with size and customizations. Our standard ADA-compliant font ensures clear readability from up to 100 feet away for both customers and staff.

Curating An Analog Cafe Aesthetic with Split Flap

Brands like Nespresso and Starbucks are using mechanical Split Flap installations as coffee menus and statement walls to infuse analog charm into the cafe experience. Learn which four essential “sensory” layers are vital to modern cáfe decor in our recent Nespresso case study.

Using Our Interactive Coffee Menu

In a cafe or retail location, you can update your Split Flap coffee menu as much or as little as needed to build excitement and boost sales of key items. Our Portal (with similar functionality to Google Calendar) lets you schedule or send brand messages in real time. Learn how brands use Portal to meet their unique content needs with our custom API.

Mechanical Movement and Sensory Sound

The soothing sight and sound of a Split Flap is rhythmic and similar to white noise, and clients often compare it to soft rainfall. While enjoying their coffee, waiting for their cafe order, or sitting down to study with an espresso, the soft cascade of a Split Flap board with real electric gears creates a tactile, relaxing low-fi cafe soundscape.

CAFE & BAKERY USE CASES

Our Split Flap coffee menus are a great fit for enterprise-level organizations such as Starbucks and Nespresso that want to create architectural installations that prioritize presence and place while staying ADA-compliant. 

Beyond cafe menus and announcements, Split Flaps are used for:

• Adding Personality to Retail Coffee Shops
• Creating a Memorable Focal Point
• Immersive Brand Storytelling
• Designing an Instagrammable Space
• Rotating Through Seasonal Messaging

Explore some of our recent projects below.

Nespresso NYC Flatiron Flagship

21 Rows x 40 Columns Display in Classic Black

When creating a one-of-a-kind coffee shop-meets-speakeasy-meets-retail-store, Nespresso sought Oat Foundry to design a branded Split Flap statement wall. With custom-color flaps that create pixel-style animations, including the Nespresso logo, a cup of coffee, and whimsical patterns, the expansive 21-row by 40-column board infuses motion and energy into the space. 

Starbucks Hacienda Alsacia

3 Row x 24 Column Display in Classic Black

Starbucks’ Hacienda Alsacia Visitor’s Center, located in Costa Rica, is set on an open-air coffee farm, welcoming guests to immerse themselves in the magic of the signature Starbucks brew. Their custom classic black Split Flap display serves as dynamic signage that carries through Starbucks’ brand voice, even in the middle of the rainforest.

Crust & Crumb

10 Row x 40 Column Display in Classic Black

Outfitted with a custom Gotham font, branded logo, and color flaps, the black classic Split Flap display at Crust & Crumb in Kentucky goes beyond serving as a café menu—it’s a part of their brand identity. The display rotates through colorful graphics, fun quotes, and artisanal seasonal specials.

Julith Coffee

7 Row x 32 Column Display in Custom Enterprise Color

The vibrant cobalt blue Split Flap at Julith Coffee is an example of what our enterprise custom color can do, anchoring the brand identity at this Dubai-based coffee shop. The minimalist, modern cafe decor is complemented by the industrial aesthetic of the departures-board-inspired Split Flap, which often promotes social media hashtags and customized messages to customers.