Inside the Book
come in — every room remembers
Reflections Over a Pine-Needle Cocktail with Picasso, Matisse and Klee Interior Design Poetry
An interior design art book built around a house designed by Brani & Desi. Floors rise and fall, familiar rooms become painterly compositions, and the poems drift through them.
131
Pages
Hardcover.
60
Interior Illustrations
Full-color, in the visual languages of Cubism and Fauvism.
28
Poetic Texts
Each enters a room of the house through color, texture and thought.
Every room has its own poetry — color, shape, light, and the things that gather within it.
This book is for anyone who finds inspiration in color, who notices its rhythm across a wall, who reads a room like a verse and a corner like a thought.
Poet, artist, philosopher — or simply someone who loves what surrounds them. Step inside.
where the light first enters
Large Windows
A tall pine stands protectively beside a large plastered house, its heavy green door open. Light spills through in colored threads, catching the walls, the floor, my hand. On the table by the door, rose-shaped lamps rest beside two tilted faces in stone. I catch my reflection in a mirror — it plays with the dimensions around it. A few steps up, the drapes sway; there is a breeze.
In the dining room, a curtain touches the blue velvet of a chair. A white tablecloth, breakfast waiting: lime tea, a madeleine, a quiet moment. The chairs stir slightly, as if settling in for the morning.
Open planPoem 8
Open the Emerald Door
The koi-orange light cascades,
Across the glass, a shift, a play;
Vibrant greens in stillness fade,
As azure blues weave dreams’ array.
Bright yellow thoughts break through the night,
Pomegranate reds ignite the day;
Open the emerald door, take flight—
Where color speaks and shadows sway.
Poem 12
In a kitchen swirled
with lemon green light,
Oriole orange flickers, igniting delight.
Shades of purple settle, unhurried,
Distant hills soften beyond the glass.
Olive and forest green cradle the heart,
Yellow-green accents shape the space.
Furniture worn smooth by hands unseen,
Each curve a story, each surface alive.
Kitchen
Living RoomPoem 15
In echoes soft,
where Mozart plays,
With hues of red in twilight’s gaze.
Forest green wraps quiet air,
A tranquil path, free from despair.
Roses lean, while velvet holds,
A lacquered table warms the room.
In harmony, where time stands still,
Music and colors weave their will.
Poem 19
In the stillness of a room,
where shadows play,
Tall wall units cradle yesterday,
Books stacked like dreams on a twilight shelf
Keep stories of worlds into which we fall.
Soft light filters through as time unwinds,
With each page turned, a new path winds,
In this sanctuary of comfort and grace,
Relaxation blooms, deep in its embrace.
Home LibraryContents — 28 poems and the first room
- Large Windows9
- 1. Mysterious traces mark an ancient path12
- 2. In the blush of dawn16
- 3. Chartreuse-winged birds20
- 4. Light cyan breath24
- 5. In dusty lowlands where shadows drift28
- 6. In spring, the green grass breathes30
- 7. In gardens where the sunbeams play34
- 8. Open the emerald door36
- 9. A changing reflection38
- 10. Steps emerge, washed in hues of dawn42
- 11. In distant lands where stories dwell44
- 12. In a kitchen swirled with lemon green light48
- 13. Contours trace the secrets hidden56
- 14. In this universe, hues collide62
- 15. In echoes soft, where Mozart plays66
- 16. In a world where shapes converge72
- 17. In the calm of twilight’s grace74
- 18. In a sunlit corner where colors convene78
- 19. In the stillness of a room, where shadows play82
- 20. Upon a tower, steps unfold84
- 21. In an aqua lake90
- 22. Back down the stairs96
- 23. In the soft embrace of ocean blue sheets100
- 24. An amaranth pink chair sighs104
- 25. Beneath the filtering curtains, purest white112
- 26. A table sprawls in white and ultramarine116
- 27. A view of blue-green waters, softly grand118
- 28. From the prism of Home, colors unfold126
Brani & Desi
Working with color, geometry, and function, Brani & Desi bring together interior design, art, and an interest in how people perceive and experience space.
Based in Sofia, they have studied in Stuttgart, Sankt Pölten, London, and Florence.
Press
Interior Design Magazine (USA)
Cover feature, March 2015
Design Milk
“This duo thinks so far outside the box that the box isn’t even in sight.”
Dezeen
“The sisters are known for designing interior spaces with bold geometry and colours.”
ready when you are
Bring the house home.
Hardcover · $55 — 131 pages · 60 full-color illustrations · 28 poetic texts
Kindle Edition · $14.16 — 102 pages · optimized for Kindle
ePub · $19.99 — for Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and more
Available worldwide.