Richly patterned Alpi veneer and honey-coloured oak parquet characterise this Warsaw condo inside by rising Polish designer Dawid Konieczny.
Positioned in Warsaw’s Praga district, the condo is housed inside a Fifties property initially designed by Polish architects Jerzy Gieysztor and Jerzy Kumelowski.
Konieczny sought to honour the constructing’s post-war character when creating the inside, layering it with “hotter tones” and eclectic supplies so as to add a recent contact.
“I needed to attract on the architectural context itself, in order that the references to mid-century fashionable and modernism could be traditionally grounded within the constructing’s cloth,” he instructed Dezeen.
Unfold throughout 55 sq. metres, the condo’s structure was utterly reconfigured. Konieczny remodeled the previous front room right into a west-facing bed room, whereas an open-plan residing space was created from the unique kitchen and small bed room.
The residing area is outlined by a bespoke floor-to-ceiling shelving unit crafted from swirly California Burr veneer, a cloth initially designed by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass for veneer producer Alpi within the Nineteen Eighties.
“I selected the wooden because the defining texture that units the tone for the inside,” defined Konieczny, who crafted the shelving himself.
The designer restored the area’s oak parquet flooring by sanding it and colouring the wooden with a brand new stain to “deliver renewed vibrancy” to the inside.
Konieczny balanced these modern updates with mid-century furnishings items as an ode to the constructing, together with Brazilian architect Sergio Rodrigues’s slouchy 1959 Sheriff chair.
Eclectic Warsaw condo inside designed as “elaborate puzzle”
Angular timber eating chairs had been custom-made for the venture, knowledgeable by the work of modernist French furnishings designer Pierre Chapo.
A petite, galley-style kitchen was tucked into the nook of the residing area, enlivened by marble olive-hued tiles adorned with an summary sample.
The bed room has a delicate backdrop of sandy hues and encompasses a low-slung Konieczny-designed mattress body and delicate gauzy curtains.
A collection of gridded tiles clad the lavatory, together with a blocky crimson-red sink and black and white flooring and partitions.
“The tiles full the design and create a cohesive and balanced narrative all through,” stated Konieczny.
Konieczny based his eponymous inside design agency in 2021. Final 12 months, the designer furnished one other Warsaw condo to echo the compact dimension and class of a lodge room.
The Polish capital features a slew of different houses by up-and-coming creatives, together with a vibrant condo just lately designed by Mistovia for meals blogger Rozkoszyny. Mistovia was topped rising inside designer of the 12 months on the 2024 Dezeen Awards.
The pictures is by Oni Studio.
