Flowing walls

We found this apartment for a customer who was looking for a new home. He wanted a contemporary, trendy and comfortable interior and gave us carte blanche to accomplish this mission. We chose wood wall panels as a run-through architectural and interior design element. They look delicate and still eye-catching. Like a wave rolling over from the entrance hall into the living room, further onto the kitchen furniture, and into the bedroom, where it subsides behind the bedhead.

The wall panels are quite functional too. They cover hidden storage space, become jib doors to the dressing and utility rooms and protect recessed cabinets with artworks by Dashi Namdakov from the customer’s own museum-quality art collection.

Coming back to the details – we should definitely mention some of the original design elements. For instance, a small oval vanity table built into the corner windowsill in the bedroom. We designed this decor item which was produced on order using a mix of black Sahara Noir and white Calacatta Gold marble. A massive single-unit marble island with a tongue-edged granite worktop dominates the kitchen. We gave up on wall-mounted cabinets and extended the worktop onto the windowsill making the kitchen airy.

We chose two pieces of art for this design project, even before we started it: a bright round painting by Olga Tobreluts (now in the entrance hall) and a bigger mosaic painting by Anatoly Gankevich (now in the living room). A modest and quite neutral colour palette shifts the focus on works of art.

We used a whole lot of impressive decor items for this project, including an armchair by Bruno Moinard, chairs by Warren Platner, an elegant oval coffee table with a partly detachable top by Chi Wing Lo from Hong Kong, a living room cabinet designed by the brilliant Italian sculptor Giuseppe Rivadossi (this truly collector’s item is made of light rose lime wood), eclipse mirrors from the Rossana Orlandi gallery, among others.