Cafe Model Idea/Critic

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I wanted to change the money cafe aspect into one that has no money and uses skills in trade for coffee and food. Below is a flyer which I mocked up as an idea of one of the flyers a designer could create in exchange for coffee/food.

In the critic, it was made clear that the idea wasn't fully expanded and had quite a few holes. 
Such as; 
  • There would be a lot of people offering the same skill sets and some needed ones wouldn't be offered at all; 
  • Where would it be based because if it was in a big city there would be a lot of people and not many farmers and such; 
  • What if it was small community based and people could put a value on their time/skills and trade with others, not just the cafe. 
Also there was already a few of these "community style" cafes, so what put mine apart from theirs.

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