Perfect Darkness is an apartment installation that shows how to make the most of tiles
Design studio H+O has fitted out an apartment in Milan's Brera district, showing how tiles can be used to create bold contemporary interiors.
H+O, a collaboration between Italian architect and designer Elisa Ossino and Danish creative director Josephine Akvama Hoffmeyer of tile brand File Under Pop, unveiled the domestic interior during Milan design week.
Designed as the antithesis of the "cold" showroom, the apartment will serve as an exhibition space for the duo's work, but could also function as a home.
For Milan design week, the pair entirely redecorated the space and installed furniture and artwork by nine other studios and brands, for an installation called Perfect Darkness, which will remain in place for the next 10 months.
The designers hope the space will also serve as a salon for a series of talks, dinners and cultural activities.
"At this moment it's much more interesting for people to see a real apartment. Showrooms are so cold and the home is something special," Ossino told Dezeen.
"When you go to see furniture or design it's because the home is where you live and where you spend most of your time, so it's very important to create a refuge. That's why we decided to create a real home."
On the third floor of a building set back from Via Solferino, the apartment has a single bedroom and bathroom, and four interlinked rooms that run along the front of the space and each look over an internal courtyard.
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