* 그래픽적인 명료함과 경쾌한 대비 [ Mistovia ] A Graphic Designer's Home in Kraków

위대한 건축은 측정할 수 없는 것을 포착해 내는 것이다. - 루이스 칸 (Louis Kahn)

Graphic Clarity and Playful Contrasts Shape a Graphic Designer’s Home in Kraków by Mistovia

친숙함이 빚어낸 자유로운 설계
가까운 지인의 공간을 설계하는 일은 인테리어 디자이너에게 흔치 않은 특권입니다. 서로를 잘 안다는 친숙함 덕분에 디자이너는 평소보다 훨씬 자유롭게 자신의 창조적 본능을 펼칠 수 있습니다. 크라쿠프를 무대로 활동하는 스튜디오 미스토비아의 마르친 초페크가 그래픽 디자인 스튜디오 비손의 두 설립자, 아가타와 프셰메크 부부의 새 집을 맡았을 때가 바로 그런 경우였습니다. 마르친의 오랜 친구이자 스튜디오의 시각 작업까지 함께해 온 이 부부는 프로젝트 첫걸음부터 과감한 시도와 그래픽적인 명료함, 그리고 경쾌한 대비라는 미학적 방향성을 나눴습니다. 그 결과 표현력이 풍부한 소재와 조각 같은 형태, 생기 넘치는 포인트가 어우러지면서도 편안한 삶의 온기를 품은 매력적인 공간이 태어났습니다.

친구를 위한 집, 역할의 기분 좋은 역전
디자이너와 건축주의 인연은 수년 전 우치에서 열린 디자인 페어로 거슬러 올라갑니다. 이곳에서의 만남은 곧 오랜 우정으로 이어졌습니다. 아가타와 프셰메크는 미스토비아의 성장을 가까이서 지켜보며 스튜디오의 그래픽 정체성을 만드는 데 힘을 보탰습니다. 마침내 이들 부부만의 집을 꾸밀 때가 찾아오자 세 사람의 역할은 자연스럽게 뒤바뀌었습니다. 마르친은 친구를 위해 설계하는 일은 언제나 더 많은 감정이 교차하지만 그만큼 더 큰 만족감을 줍니다라며, 자신이 아끼는 사람들의 삶에 실질적인 무언가를 선사할 수 있다는 건 정말 멋진 일이라고 당시를 떠올렸습니다.

도심을 벗어나 찾은 새로운 작업의 터전
수년간 크라쿠프 도심에 살던 부부는 점차 조용한 환경과 넓은 작업실을 원했습니다. 그렇게 찾아낸 도시 외곽의 125제곱미터 주택은 이들의 바람을 완벽하게 채워주었습니다. 마르친이 가장 먼저 한 일은 개방감과 자연광을 한껏 끌어들이기 위해 1층의 구조를 바꾸는 작업이었습니다. 가벽을 허물어 현관과 주방, 그리고 거실 사이를 물 흐르듯 자연스럽게 이었습니다. 공간에서 유일하게 허물 수 없었던 구조적 제약인 굴뚝 기둥은 참나무로 마감한 조각 같은 볼륨 속에 숨겼습니다. 이제 이 기둥은 현관 통로와 거실, 주방을 이어주는 훌륭한 공간의 중심축이 되었습니다.

공간의 중심을 잡아주는 조각 같은 볼륨
이 중앙 볼륨의 부드러운 둥근 모서리는 실내 곳곳의 다양한 곡선 요소들과 어우러져 유연한 건축적 리듬을 만듭니다. 화려한 장식의 무늬목으로 마감한 얕은 벽감과, 뚜렷한 결을 뽐내는 흑백 대리석으로 감싼 작은 커피 스테이션은 이 집의 전반적인 색감과 소재를 미리 짐작하게 합니다. 그 주변으로는 역시 모서리를 둥글게 굴린 참나무 수납장이 분홍빛이 도는 프라다 골드 화강암 조리대와 짝을 이룹니다. 여기에 정밀한 그래픽 기호처럼 찍힌 선명한 붉은색 스위치들은 집주인의 직업을 넌지시 드러내는 유쾌한 장치입니다. 마르친이 직접 디자인한 곡선형 스테인리스 스틸 환풍기 덮개는 공간에 경쾌한 산업적 감성을 불어넣습니다.

경쾌한 대비를 이루는 주방 아일랜드
1층에서 단연 시선을 사로잡는 요소는 조각품을 닮은 주방 아일랜드입니다. 선명한 오렌지색 원통이 아일랜드 식탁을 든든하게 받치고 있습니다. 몸체는 소용돌이치는 그래픽 패턴의 검은색 베니어로 둘렀고, 상판은 주방 조리대와 같은 질감의 돌을 얹어 마무리했습니다. 그 위로는 잉고 마우러의 둥근 펜던트 조명인 블로우 미 업이 가볍게 떠 있습니다. 이 조명은 아래에 놓인 묵직한 소재들과 대비를 이루며 자유롭고 상징적인 매력을 뽐냅니다.

정교하게 짜인 거실의 시각적 운율
거실 공간으로 걸음을 옮기면 벽면을 가득 채운 책장이 넉넉한 수납은 물론 시각적인 운율까지 선사합니다. 이 집에서 가장 정교하게 짜인 이 가구는 하단부를 호두나무로, 수직 칸막이를 은은한 색감의 물푸레나무로, 서랍 앞면을 이국적인 부빙가 나무로 세심하게 빚어냈습니다. 이 책장 덕분에 부부는 방대한 책을 여유롭게 보관하는 동시에 텔레비전을 깔끔하게 숨겨 거실의 차분한 질서를 유지할 수 있습니다.

과감한 소재가 돋보이는 1층 욕실
작은 규모의 1층 욕실조차도 기발한 공간 실험과 유쾌한 소재의 대비를 마음껏 보여줍니다. 물결치듯 일렁이는 하얀색 수직 타일이 창문 없는 욕실을 포근하게 감싸줍니다. 화려한 무늬를 자랑하는 벌 우드 무늬목 수납장 위로 민트색 세면대와 붉은색 십자 모양 수전이 생기를 더하며, 바닥에 깔린 흑백의 석재가 과감하고 개성 넘치는 매력을 한층 끌어올립니다.

차분하게 정돈된 2층의 온화한 휴식처
참나무로 짠 구조적인 계단을 밟고 위층으로 올라가면 공간의 분위기는 한결 차분하고 온화한 휴식처로 바뀝니다. 참나무 표면이 침실과 드레스룸의 바탕을 이루고 그 위로 부드러운 직물들이 포개져 아늑함을 완성합니다. 2층 욕실 역시 짙게 그을린 훈연 참나무 가구와 아치 형태로 부드럽게 다듬은 질감 있는 유리 샤워 스크린을 활용했습니다. 여기에 따뜻한 빛을 머금은 빈티지 벽 조명을 더해 1층보다 한층 덜어낸 색감과 차분한 질감을 유지합니다.

개성들이 조화롭게 공명하는 집
아가타와 프셰메크의 집은 하나의 획일화된 스타일을 강요하지 않습니다. 대신 다채로운 분위기가 대비를 이루며 끊임없이 이어지는 시각적 경험을 선물합니다. 그래픽적이면서도 내밀하고, 통통 튀면서도 차분하게 정돈되어 있습니다. 마르친의 말처럼 이 공간은 서로 다르지만 조화롭게 울림을 만들어내는 개성들의 대화를 닮았습니다. 끈끈한 우정과 서로 나누었던 창조적 직감이 어떻게 하나의 멋진 집으로 탄생했는지 보여주는 가장 완벽한 은유입니다.
Write by Gemini & Jean Browwn

Designing a home for friends is a rare privilege for interior designers whereby familiarity brings with it an intimacy that allows creative instincts to unfold with an unusual freedom. Such was the case when Marcin Czopek, founder of Kraków-based studio Mistovia, was commissioned by Agata and Przemek, founders of the graphic design practice bisoñ studio, to remodel their new house in Kraków. Longtime friends of Marcin and collaborators on the studio’s visual identity, the couple shared an aesthetic alignment that shaped the project from the outset comprised of bold gestures, graphic clarity and playful contrasts. The result is an interior where expressive materials, sculptural forms and vibrant accents coexist with an atmosphere that remains unmistakably warm and liveable.

The relationship between the designer and his clients stretches back many years, beginning with a meeting at a design fair in Łódź that gradually evolved into a lasting friendship. Agata and Przemek followed Mistovia’s growth closely and contributed to it by developing the studio’s graphic identity. When the time came for them to create a home of their own, the roles naturally reversed. “Designing for friends always carries more emotion, but also more satisfaction,” Marcin reflects. “It’s great to bring something real into the lives of people I care about.”

After years of living in central Kraków, Agata and Przemek began to long for quieter surroundings and more space to work, and the 125-square metre house on the city’s outskirts that they ultimately chose offered precisely that. Marcin’s first move was to reorganise the ground floor to maximise openness and daylight, removing partition walls to create a fluid sequence between the hallway, kitchen and living area. The only immovable constraint, a structural chimney stack, was concealed within a sculptural, oak-clad volume that now serves as a spatial hinge between the entrance hallway, the living area and the kitchen.

With its gently rounded corners, this central volume establishes a soft architectural rhythm that is echoed in a series of curved elements throughout the interior. Featuring a recessed alcove lined with a decorative veneer and a compact coffee station wrapped in dramatically veined black-and white marble, it also sets the tone for a palette that moves between warm timber surfaces and graphic accents. Nearby, oak cabinetry, again featuring softly curved edges is paired with worktops and a backsplash in pinkish Prada Gold granite, while vivid red switches punctuate the composition like precise graphic marks—a subtle nod to the owners’ profession. A curvaceous stainless-steel extractor casing, custom-designed by Marcin, playfully introduces an industrial note.

Undoubtedly, the scheme’s most striking element is the sculptural kitchen island. Supported by vivid orange cylindrical bases, the island’s body is wrapped in black veneer engraved with a swirling graphic pattern and topped with stone that echoes the kitchen surfaces. Overhead hangs Ingo Maurer’s inflatable Blow Me Up pendant lamp, an irreverent yet iconic design that offsets the solidity of the materials below.

In the adjacent seating area, a wall spanning bookcase provides both storage and visual rhythm. Undoubtedly, one of the most refined interior elements in the house, its lower section is crafted from walnut, its vertical divisions from tinted ash, and the drawer fronts from exotic bubinga wood. The composition accommodates the couple’s extensive book collection while discreetly concealing the television, maintaining the room’s calm visual order.

Even the compact ground floor bathroom becomes an exercise in spatial invention and playful material contrasts. Wrapped in an undulating wall of white vertical tiles, the windowless space is animated by burr wood veneer cabinetry, a mint-toned basin and red tap fittings, with a black and white stone flooring adding to the design’s zany flair.

Moving upstairs, the atmosphere gradually shifts toward a more centred sense of calm where oak surfaces define the bedroom and dressing area combined with soft textiles create a subdued retreat. The upstairs bathroom adopts an equally restrained palette with smoked-oak joinery, a textured glass shower screen shaped into a gentle arch, and a vintage wall lamp that casts a warm glow.

Rather than impose a singular stylistic rhythm, Agata and Przemek’s home unfolds as a sequence of contrasting moods: graphic yet intimate, playful yet composed. As Marcin describes it, the interior resembles “a conversation between personalities that differ yet resonate in harmony,” a fitting metaphor for a project born out of friendship and shared creative intuition.

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