Dreampods Group

Imagine entering a café that feels alive — where every detail, every texture, every moulding and door frame works together to support the experience of community, comfort, and creativity. That’s what Savitri Gandakusumah with Dreampods Group has crafted with Room 31 at AMDC Bayswater: a commercial café space designed to balance aesthetics, practicality, and emotional connection.

From first glance, you’ll notice how this room is not just about looking good—it’s about how you feel when you walk in, how the space invites you to sit, linger, chat, sip, perhaps work. That is the power of well-conceived commercial interior design—and in Room 31, that power is expressed beautifully.

Who is Savitri Gandakusumah & Dreampods Group

Savitri Gandakusumah is the driving force behind Dreampods Group, a studio dedicated to creating commercial interiors that put people first. With over 20 years of experience in designing and documenting commercial spaces in sectors including hospitality, retail, health, and offices, Savitri brings deep technical knowledge (interior design, comfort design, construction management) alongside a strong intuitive sense of how people live and interact in space.

At Dreampods, the values guiding every project are Challenge, Support, Empowerment. These aren’t just words—they manifest in how they engage with clients, their transparent process, and how they thoughtfully consider comfort, psychological well-being, brand identity, and functionality.

Design Philosophy: Human-Centred Commercial Spaces

Savitri’s design philosophy draws on a delicate fusion:

• Biophilic design & natural elements: incorporating nature or natural references that support well-being.
• Modernist & brutalist aesthetics: clean lines, expressive forms, material honesty—tempered with warmth.
• Functionality & usability: spaces must accommodate the flow of people, accommodate acoustics, workflow, comfort.
• Expressive but not showy: rooms that elevate brand identity while solving real challenges of lighting, maintenance, compliance.

In Room 31, you’ll see expressive forms in lighting, in seating detailing, in how the mouldings and architectural joinery are used—not just as decoration, but as functional, proportioned, structural and emotional framing. AMDC’s high-quality mouldings, doors, and trims give Savitri the tools to work with precision and durability.

What You’ll Discover in Room 31

Walking into Room 31, designed as a commercial café, you sense that every decision was made in service of atmosphere, usability, and brand storytelling.

• Warm, tactile detailing: the mouldings and doors aren’t an afterthought—they frame light, transitions, thresholds. They add rhythm as much as elegance.
• Spatial flow with purpose: seating, circulation, service zones are laid out with real human behaviour in mind—entry, queue, waiting, sitting, connection.
• Materials & finish that withstand: from surfaces that can take daily wear to finishing that feels premium but accessible.
• Lighting & mood modulation: thoughtful placement to create zones of intimacy, zones of brightness; days when sun filters in and evenings when ambient lighting creates warmth.

Room 31 is a working example of how a commercial space can balance strict regulatory compliance, functional demands, and the joy of a well-designed environment. It isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s a canvas where business meets hospitality, where brand meets experience.

Why Clients Choose Dreampods

What sets Dreampods Group apart—and what many clients tell us draws them in—is:

• Human-centred process: Clients feel seen throughout the process. Their needs, habits, brand identity are always central.
• Reliability & technical integrity: Documentation, compliance, regulations, comfort design—all handled expertly, efficiently. No surprises.
• Adaptability across scales: Whether redecorating a café, outfitting a health clinic, or planning a suite of bars or offices, Dreampods has proven flexibility and depth. Their portfolio spans hospitality, retail, health, corporate.
• Brand & identity synergy: They take brand seriously—spaces are made to reinforce identity, messaging, culture—not just look pretty.

What Room 31 Teaches Us

There are valuable insights you can take from Room 31 into your own projects:

1. Design begins with people: Observing how users move, how sunlight shifts, how scale feels in reality—not just drawings—makes all the difference.
2. Detail elevates: High-quality doors, mouldings, joinery aren’t cost-only features—they’re components of longevity, identity, and aesthetic richness.
3. Materials matter: The choice of surfaces, finishes, textures—all contribute to how durable, warm, and cherished a space feels.
4. Form + Function synergy: A café that looks good but is hard to maintain, or difficult to clean, or awkward for staff, will lose more than it gains. Draught, acoustics, service flow, comfort—these must be designed in, not added in later.

Experience It Yourself

To fully appreciate the craft and thought behind Room 31, there’s no substitute for seeing it in person.

• Visit Room 31 at AMDC Bayswater Showroom. Step in. Feel how the mouldings frame shadows. Notice the quality in doors, the flow of seating zones, the mood of light.
• Explore how your own business, café, or office environment could benefit from such considered design.
• Connect with Savitri through her profile at the Australian Moulding & Door Company to discuss how the team can help you bring your own commercial dreams to life.

Your Invitation

We believe that great design is transformative—not just for buildings, but for people. Room 31 is more than a showcase—it’s a demonstration of what’s possible when craftsmanship, empathy, brand, and durability unite.

So here’s what you can do next:

1. Come and see Room 31 for yourself. Walk the space. Measure, observe, imagine.
2. Reach out for a design conversation with Savitri and the Dreampods team—bring your project brief, your brand story, and let’s explore together.
3. Use AMDC’s vast library of mouldings, doors, trims to realize your vision—not just as finishes, but as defining features.

Final Thought

In a world where commercial spaces can feel soulless or purely functional, Dreampods Group under Savitri Gandakusumah brings humanity back to design. Room 31 shows that we don’t have to choose between beauty and utility; community and brand; emotion and durability. When these come together, the result isn’t just a café—it’s a space people remember, feel good in, want to return to.

Let Room 31 be more than inspiration. Let it be the start of your own space’s story. We’d love to help you write it.