All of the home’s design elements unfold around the D-Tile kitchen island, with a Cosentino Brazilian Sensa Vancouver quartzite benchtop and induction cooktop. A strip of Rosso Levanto is adjacent to the pastel-toned cabinetry, which is repeated in the living room cabinet, and the floors are microcement.
An animated curation of dining chairs includes the Poodle armchair by Mati Sipora, the Moustache chair by BIG-GAME and the Vanity V2 chair by British makers Six Dots Design.
A Polish apartment is designed as a creative mise en place for a culinary blogger.
Warsaw-based food blogger and bestselling author Michał Korkosz has amassed more than 800,000 followers under the name ‘Rozkoszny’, which means ‘delightful’ in Polish. Rozkoszny isn’t just about the dishes Korkosz creates with a plant-based bent, but the cultural experiences, memories and vivid aesthetic that render his entire culinary universe so popular.
Korkosz contacted Marcin Czopek, founder of interior design studio Mistovia, based in Katowice, Poland, to design his apartment. He wanted to translate his uplifting-the-everyday approach to cooking into a home that would also double as his recording studio.
The 65-square-metre apartment sits opposite a former factory in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district, an area Korkosz gravitated towards for its local markets, cafes, and confluence of modern developments and tenement homes. “Korkosz deliberately chose this location because it combines tradition and modernity, inspiration and comfort,” Czopek says, adding that the opportunity to work in a new building offered a lot of design freedom. “We demolished most of the walls, creating a cohesive space, excluding the bathroom and bedroom,” he says. “We weren’t looking for any references here.”
The apartment is entirely open plan, with just the bedroom and bathroom separate. Curved edges soften transitions, designed to conceal uneven walls and awkwardly positioned chimney flues, such as the wavy line of joinery in the kitchen. Curtains in shades of peach, tangerine and burnt orange—each with a different opacity—temper natural light.
Michał Korkosz, one of Poland’s most celebrated food bloggers and the author of bestselling cookbooks, in his kitchen.
Mistovia’s unexpected material combinations can be seen in the Rosso Levanto marble and burl custom cabinet behind the sofa.
Experimental materials and unexpected combinations are the flavour du jour. “We weren’t afraid to combine several types of wood within a square metre,” Czopek notes, working closely with Korkosz to select a palette based on association with particular foods. “The underbench kitchen cabinetry is the colour of butter, and the shade of the kitchen island reminds us of Caesar salad.”
Naturally, the kitchen required the most design consideration, centred around the tiered island, clad in Dutch D-tiles that were custom-made over four months. The engineered stone worktop features an induction cooktop, and the ventilation was routed from the hood through the floor to facilitate taking photos and recordings. “Photogenicity right after functionality became the criterion for selecting details,” Czopek explains. “We selected the colours of the walls, tiles and cabinets by analysing how they would complement the food—and conducted numerous trials for this.
Korkosz’s effervescent online persona can be seen in the home’s furniture and lighting. The dining area spotlights homegrown design talent, in particular, the Szyszka Design handcrafted burl and metal dining table and the Poodle armchair by Mati Sipiora, inspired by the breed. The Moustache chair by BIG GAME and the Contemporary Vanity V2 chair by British makers Six Dots Design add to the playful conversation, alongside the metallic Verpan Hive pendant above, and the bell-like Verpan Pantop Ø23 table lamp in the bedroom.
Korkosz has built Rozkoszny on delighting the senses through Polish cuisine and sharing in this pleasure with his audience. As both a stage and a place for Korkosz to call home, Mistovia’s colourful, concentrated apartment achieves the same effect.
This feature originally appeared inside est magazine issue 58: ‘Creative Minds At Home‘.
Fantini tapware creates a bolt of colour against the Ceppo di Vagli marble-clad walls in the bathroom.
A custom Dedar fabric bedhead and Kafti Design pendant play to the orange tones throughout. A Verpan Pantop Ø23 table lamp sits in the corner.
