with 2024 Heading into the finale, Dezeen’s editorial team has each selected their favorites interior design Last year’s projects ranged from a Haussmann-era Paris apartment to a Stockholm office with a fully functioning rollercoaster.
Persona, Sweden, by Eric Bratsberg
Selected by Kajsa Carlsson, Deputy Editor
“Interior designer Eric Bratsberg fills out Persona restaurant StockholmThe luxurious Ostermalm area with self-made artworks, tactile materials and sculptural furniture pieces.
“The designer added brass and terrazzo Details of the fine dining space, which features a beautiful color palette of cream, green and brown.
“By introducing accessories and art pieces in organic shapes and choosing stone and wood for the furniture, Bratsberg created a space that feels both welcoming and peaceful.”
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Daphne, Canada, by Studio Paolo Ferrari
Selected by American reporter Ellen Eberhart
“Adventurous and dramatic, studio paolo ferrari took full advantage of it toronto Influenced by filmmakers ranging from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers, the space and rooms were created in completely different styles.
“This project exemplifies how much creativity can go into an interior – plus it makes going out to dinner even more of an event.”
Tea Guys, UK, by Soda
Selected by Editorial Assistant Star Charles
“This London cafe Tea brand Tea Guys’ first store in a cozy 55 square meter space by local Studio Soda, with a seating area at the front and a bakery at the back.
“Its warm palette of plaster walls and natural materials such as leather and wood establishes an inviting space that reflects the studio’s ambition to create a peaceful haven for visitors, where I would be happy to retreat.”
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Meow, Canada, by Ste Marie
Selected by architecture reporter Amy Peacock
“Moody, sultry and romantic, Canadian Studio ste marie The combination of pink colours, vintage floral patterns and dark wood paneling at Meo Cocktail Bar and Restaurant attracted me.
“Familiar with the Hong Kong of the 1970s and 80s, you will definitely feel like stepping into the past with this interior. I personally am taking my seat and enjoying a cocktail beneath a giant painting of a Persian cat am.”
Naïve, China, by Atelier Tao+C
Selected by China editor Christina Yao
“This light-filled café is designed by bookstore Atelier Tao+C Perfectly integrated with the snowy surrounding landscape.
“The open-plan layout and wooden furniture bring warmth to the original gray concrete space. I think it will be a perfect spot for cozy sunbathing in winter.”
Paris Apartment by Houvet & Madani, France
Selected by architecture editor Lizzie Crook
“On this Haussmannian apartment in paris, Howett and Madani Offering a masterclass on infusing a playful mix of colour, pattern and texture into interiors while creating a suitable backdrop for everyday life.
“Apart from being a renovation project, one of its most admired features is its diverse mix of furnishings and artefacts from different eras. It demonstrates the value of challenging trends and how it can bring character and personality to a home.” Could.
As designer Lucas Madani told Dezeen, the apartment proves that ‘whatever you like independently will work perfectly when put together.
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The Frontal Lobe, Sweden, by The Great Exhibition
Tom Ravenscroft, chosen by the editor
“Bizarre, highly impractical and perhaps a little silly, the creative studio great exhibitionCertainly the interior of the office stuck in my mind – for obvious reasons. In what was surprisingly a world first, the studio added a fully functioning rollercoaster to its office, giving employees a highly unusual break-time option for coffee.
“The bright red, 60 meter long rollercoaster runs through the ground floor of the office through all the communal areas and acts as a statement for the ethos of the studio.
“Although the studio’s creative director told me ‘not everyone is a rollercoaster person’, I was very jealous. It’s time to normalize the office rollercoaster!”
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Aesop Diagonal, Spain, by Mesura
Selected by Design & Environment Editor Jennifer Hahn
“My love for aesop The store outweighs my fear of how basic it seems, for me to choose the Aesop store as my favorite interior of the year – and that says a lot.
“Made by assembling pieces of 19th-century buildings like Lego blocks with minimal intervention, it is humble barcelona The retail space proves that sustainable interiors don’t require rocket science and that reclaimed materials can actually outperform box-fresh materials.”
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Le Cornichon, France, by Cleves
Selected by Features Editor Nate Barker
“If you described Le Cornichon to me I would be highly dubious. A trendy new café that serves traditional French dishes in a retro-pastiche setting from several different decades at the same time? I might even roll my eyes. .
“And yet, Cleves has somehow pulled it off. From the mosaic floors to the lacquered ceilings, the textures are rich and interesting, and the overall effect is classy but not stuffy. I especially like the look above the bar. Sitting comfortably enjoying the Neon Gherkin.
“I want to attend one of those green velvet banquettes and order something full of cholesterol.”
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Self-designed house by James Shaw, UK
Selected by Jane Englefield, Design and Interior Reporter
“Over the past year, I have found myself returning again and again to the designer’s unusual East London home james shaw and his wife Lou Stoppard, which, despite being almost entirely underground, was cleverly filled with natural light.
“The interior is an artful mix of things that shouldn’t work together but should. Low-back stainless steel and walnut co-exist with pastel-colored extruded plastic and my particular favorite – the couple’s cat, Rupert K. A finely mosaicked ballad, reflected in a mirrored bathtub. Stoppard’s eclectic art collection reveals a swirling personal story the way objects in any home should.
“After publication, I learned that architect Nicholas Ashby set an old iPhone 5 in the kitchen ceiling before casting it in concrete, creating a unique artwork frozen in time. This confidently built home “Will always offer something new to see.”
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Home and Studio, Canada, by Jean Verville
Selected by Ben Dreth, US editor
“Canadian interior design, especially in Montreal, remains one of the most dynamic in the world, and here we have a master of composition at the height of his powers.
“Both the studio space and the home jean vervilleThe office was constructed in a 1970s Brutalist apartment building and features monotone shades mixed with ‘graphic’ pops of color in the exposed concrete, glass partition walls and wall-mounted task lighting.
