Then the apartment is processed flat than 80s full of playfulness

High above Ljubljana, Slovenia, an apartment of 731 square feet was converted with bold, inland interiors that feels equal galleries and home. Designed by Alto Design StudioThe Then apartment Remagines so that it might look inside the 1980s, while accepting the dynamic energy of their owner – award-winning visual artist and graphic designer with the desire of her space to reflect its world and experimental aesthetic.

When the client first moved to the apartment as a teenager, the Chamber spent all the features of his era: closed rooms, dark wood and dim furniture. The goal of the renewal was not to delete history, but to free the space from its weight. Instead of deleting the past, the renewal relies in it, weaving together the rest of the original apartment with fresh updates.

The first decision was to remove unnecessary doors and walls. By opening the floor plan, the light now fulfills the inside of natural light, full of a previously dark hallway and room connection in a way that feels natural. The change in circulation has changed the entire atmosphere, replacing the weight with better flow and lighting.

Budget constraints needed to make designers strategically act strategically, deciding what to keep and what to invent. Original oak parquet, marked by years of use, is carefully sanded, lubricated and obscured, borrowing heat and continuity.

In contrast, the kitchen was fully repeated, starting with four massive panels of marmers from Marmor Hotavlje, a Slovenian quarry known for its crafts. Installation of marble has become an adventure in itself – navigation plates through too low elevator needed ingenuity and perseverance. The result is a kitchen that feels monumentally, but playful, balancing its classic black and whiter plate on the plate with cabinets on a hill and a cherry-red tap that infused space with personality.

The design was built on contrasts. Natural materials – oak parquet, cork floors, fed marble – Set the stage with artificial: great plastic chairs, reform cabinets, and archisoom is a legendary superd in electric red vinyl. This conflict is intentional, intentional meeting of warm and cold, organic and industrial, timeless and avant-garde.

Tektures stretch away from tactile towards visual. The storage becomes a graphic statement with bold black and white vertical stripes, terminated with spherical knobs set almost accidental. Caused daylight filters in soft folds, while pink colored pipes are arranged via walls, transforming functional elements in the silver characteristics of design.

The living space embodies the spirit of the apartments most viced. Hardened Super Sofice in the center – the 1960s icon that can be reconfigured into seats, beds or platforms – the room feels like constantly moving the installation. Art part of the client line walls and additional pieces sit on the stand, strengthening the impression of a private gallery.

The bedroom continues the same creative vibe with striped bedding echo echo storage, while pink pipes anchored angle.

For more information on the study then apartments and Alto, visit Altodesignstudio.si.

Photography Ana Skobe.

Caroline Williamson is the editor-in-chief of design milk. It has BFA in a photo with SCAD and can usually be found searching vintage trenches, working in the transverse words of the New York Times in the pen or processing playlists on Spotify.