‘Credibility is what counts above all’: Mia Kepenek in the raumplus Intelligence Series | News | Architonic
Mia Kepenek, a German interior designer with Uzbek roots, works very successfully for international clients from her Zurich studio. We asked her which countries and cultures have influenced her work and what can happen when different styles and trends meet.
I think it simply requires a special flair to let different things, fabrics, colours and materials enter into an exciting dialogue. Furniture pieces can become cultural ambassadors, things and rooms can tell stories. But in all of this, it is important to create something that is coherent. For example, trends like ‘hygge’, which emphasise cosiness, and aesthetic approaches characterised by reduction and simplicity do not have to contradict each other. In the best case, places become reflections of a client’s personality, history and culture.
For example, when I was commissioned by a Swiss company to design, among other things, a lounge with a bar, din…
