The project

Leisure Geometrism

Geometry, eased into leisure.

Geometric lines, but leisurely, diagonals and semicircles that keep the rooms informal. Strong verticals are softened with oval forms; earthy plaster, walnut and a sculptural pendant hold the living room in warmth rather than strictness.

Metal screens in bronze and anthracite, designed by the studio and made by local metal craftsmen, interpret Japanese shoji in an asymmetrical, contemporary way. They give the dining room and bedroom a distinct threshold without closing the plan.

Type: House
Designer: Irena Rumen
Area: 130 m²
Award: Iconic Design Awards 2023, Special Award
Editorial: Ideal Home, August 2023, cover

Living room with a white corner sofa, a sculptural plaster pendant and diagonal grey plaster.

A view through a bronze metal screen to the sofa and the grey geometric wall.

Living

Diagonal plaster, a hanging cloud of light.

The living room sets a grey plaster geometry against white seating, timber and a frayed plaster pendant. Diagonals on the wall and an asymmetrical balance keep the atmosphere casual; the screen to the dining room lets the two rooms share light without merging into one.

The living room toward the screen, the television and evening light through the curtains.

The living room toward a walnut kitchen and stone island, through the metal screen.

Dining

Shoji, redrawn in metal.

A bronze-toned metal screen, custom-made for this interior, divides dining from living in an open, asymmetrical grid. Behind it, a terracotta wall with a large black semicircle, a slatted walnut sideboard and a cluster of glass globes continue the same informal geometry.

A slatted walnut sideboard against a terracotta wall with a black semicircle and a white lamp.

Kitchen

Walnut, dark stone, a quieter geometry.

The kitchen is a denser register of walnut cabinetry and a dark stone island. A cubist tile splashback and a geometric painted door keep the diagonal language, now in a more practical, enclosed working volume.

Kitchen with walnut cabinets, a dark stone island and a lit geometric splashback.

The kitchen island toward a geometric door and the walnut wall.

Bedroom

The screen, again, as a threshold to rest.

In the bedroom an anthracite metal screen fronts a lit walk-in closet, the same idea as the dining divider, in a quieter colour. Ribbed sage panelling, a padded headboard and a plastered wall keep the geometry soft; the closet is open, organised and part of the room rather than a closed cabinet.