YND239-20 is a quirky cafe that’s delighting visitors to Seoul, South Korea, thanks to its super cute cartoon decor. Stepping into YND239-20 feels like entering the black-and-white world of a ...

Not coincidentally, W. follows the story of a man caught between two worlds, ours and an alternate cartoon reality. The flat-line aesthetic pervades every aspect of the space from chairs to ...

in which the characters are caught partway between the real world and a cartoon existence. A favourite show of one J.S. Lee, he set out to recreate that look and the cafe opened last November.