Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon have transformed a rundown apartment in Israel into an airy space punctuated by delicate black frames and furnishings (+ slideshow).

The otherwise light-coloured Tel Aviv flat features strong door and window frames, a black pole that acts as a TV stand, and furniture that looks like line drawings.
These dark geometric shapes help to draw the eye around the space and define different zones.

"We wished for the apartment to open up as much as possible and feel airy yet framed," Zusman said.

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"Many features were used to execute this, including string lights by Flos and a mirror-image layout for the bathrooms and bedrooms that have a window segmentation between them."
The 95-square-metre open-plan apartment features two bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom sectioned off with a curtain.
These rooms are designed to mirror each other through features like identical, grid-like showers with white tiles and high-contrast black grout.

A double-sided pale green cabinet extends from the kitchen, down the corridor and to the front door. As well as concealing the fridge and creating ample storage space, it holds a small nook with a study desk.

Indoor and outdoor spaces are tied together through the placement of two identical pale pink tables on either side of the Belgian windows that face the balcony....