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Interior concept — a room that breathes

Pink Lake breath

Inspired by the rare phenomenon of pink lakes — where rose-coloured water meets white sand, and the eye rests.

Pink Lake Breath — the pink pool corridor
Brani & Desi Private residence Interior concept Published in Design Milk

The idea

Pink lakes are a beautiful phenomenon of nature — the pink of the water, the white of the sand. This interior borrows that blissful balance to provoke a feeling of deep connection with the inner self of its inhabitants. Philosophers and Zen masters say we perceive the world through our inner self — the world is our mirror.

№ 01 — arrival

A colour has the power to provoke feelings, emotions and intellectual thoughts — to lead the consciousness through the tree of the mind.

a pause between walls
a pause between walls
the long breath
the long breath
the room as landscape
the room as landscape
water, waiting
water, waiting
green hour
green hour
the bed, an island
the bed, an island

“If the mind is calm and relaxed, the body is also. The mind is the creator of the body.”

project notes
through the pink glass
through the pink glass
morning geometry
morning geometry
work, softly
work, softly
a desk for slow thoughts
a desk for slow thoughts

White is the air between the shapes

The palette of Pink Lake Breath balances shades of pink and red with notes of blue and green. The straight forms carry the motion of the wind; the white lets every colour breathe.

Air Whitethe space between shapes
#FBF1EC
Lake Blushfirst light on water
#F2D2D2
Flamingothe lake itself
#E86A92
Coral Reda single lamp, glowing
#D92B2B
Wind Orangemotion, caught
#F26A1B
Reed Greenthe far shore
#7A9B1E
Still Waterdepth, at rest
#8FB5AD
wind, made visible
wind, made visible
the shower garden
the shower garden
still water, still mind
still water, still mind

№ 02 — order

Nothing in nature is chaotic. Everything is completely, perfectly in order.

steps of colour
steps of colour
behind the curtain line
behind the curtain line
the corridor exhales
the corridor exhales

“A man perceives the world through his inner self — the world is his mirror.”

The state of the physical body depends on the state of the mind. When the mind is calm, the body follows. Pink Lake Breath is built as a landscape for that calm — colour as wind, white as air, geometry as perfect natural order.

the bath opens
the bath opens
light from above
light from above
rooms within rooms
rooms within rooms
white noise
white noise
a stool, a shadow
a stool, a shadow
the last room
the last room

exhale.

In the press

In print

Cover of Eigen Huis & Interieur
Pink Lake Breath, „Zoete adem”, in the Update pages of Eigen Huis & Interieur

Print · in Dutch

Eigen Huis & Interieur

Update · December 2019

“Zoete adem” — sweet breath

“The balance swings all the way in the other direction.” slaat de balans wel heel ver door in de andere richting

Set against the comeback of white, Scandinavian minimalism — Pink Lake Breath goes the opposite way.

Cover of Feeling Wonen, January 2020
Pink Lake Breath as the striking interior project in Feeling Wonen

Print · in Dutch

Feeling Wonen

Update · January 2020 · No. 202

“Opvallend interieurproject” — a striking interior project

“Bold colours and geometric forms on every surface.” felle kleuren en geometrische vormen op elk oppervlak

Presented as the month’s standout project, with the duo’s earlier Breakfast with Mondrian as the reference point.

Cover of Gael Maison, January 2020
Pink Lake Breath, „La vie en couleurs”, in Gael Maison

Print · in French

Gael Maison

Update · January 2020 · No. 202

“La vie en couleurs” — life in colour

“Yes, you can live entirely surrounded by colour.” Oui, on peut vivre entièrement entouré de couleurs

A vivid, graphic world, the writers say — somewhere between abstract art and Barbie’s dream house.

Project
Pink Lake Breath
Type
Private residence — interior concept
Design
Branimira Ivanova & Desislava Ivanova
Published
Design Milk · Eigen Huis & Interieur · Feeling Wonen · Gael Maison
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