João Vilanova Artigas

Blue: structural elements (columns and walls), yellow and red: nonload-bearing walls. Modernist logic. Or poetry? Any associations? Piet Mondrian! Two beautiful houses designed by Brazilian modernist architect João Vilanova Artigas.

via: domus


Piet Mondrian, Tableau 2, 1922

Stylish house in Denmark: modernistic poetry

I could immediately sense the presence of a creative soul - here lives a jewellery designer Julie Wettergren Andersen. These beautiful interiors are a tasteful mixture of old and new: Eames chairs and Octo4201 pendant lamps, rusted mirrors and colonial style wooden bench... and the mahogany coffee table designed by the lady of the house.

images via: femina

Swimming pool in the kitchen?

This spectacular house in Lidingö (Sweden) is an original 1950s building. Now a cosy family home, it boasts a pretty eccentric past - in the frivolous 70s it used to be a party place and a bastion of lush decadence. The swimming pool in the kitchen area is an obvious remainder of those days, but now the guests invited for sunday family dinners bring their swimsuits along. I wouldn't mind a nice swimming pool like this one :)

photography: Carl Dahlstedt via: mixr

The surreal emergency exit

So many options today...
This image reminds me of something. Have a look here: the surreal theme posts.

image via: gypsies gold

No Picnic Office by Elding Oscarson

I've just discovered one more fascinating interior design based on play-with-perception game: No Picnic office in Stockholm, located in an old stable building. The meeting rooms were concealed behind the mirrored wall, dividing the interior along it's axis. The wall, both see-through and mirrored, creates surprising illusion of space and seems to "disappear". Reflections and objects seen on the other side of the wall overlap at a certain angle. The autors behind this great concept is renowned Swedish design duo Elding Oscarson.

...and I really like this conference table, unusal office idea isn't it?

photographer: Åke E:son Lindman via: yossawat

Minimalist restoration

This spacious house near the Pyrenees was beautifully restored after the disastrous fire, that devoured almost all the interiors - just the bare walls remained. Paradoxically, the catastrophe was an opportunity to revival. A few tall windows were added and the house was filled with light. To emphasize the sense of open space, some dividing walls were designed lower - the ceiling has become a continuous plane. Concrete and marble surfaces create modern look and correspond with tasteful vintage furniture.

via: at casa

Styling inspiration: golden design

Is gold back? Have you noticed more and more golden interior design details? It's seems to be a new trend in general retro fever.  Here is some styling inspiration from Stockholm Furniture Fair - even Carl Malmsten's Little Aland chair is wearing a shiny finish. And have a look at Suburban Skyline lamp from Swedish desigh studio Folkform - 70's style incarnation?

via: mixr