Cube
Architecture Magazine 3/20

Cube Magazine dedicated its 3/2020 issue to the work of Felix Schwake and its position between architecture, interior design, and functional art.

The publication focused on the question of how spaces and objects can be reduced to their essential spatial and functional qualities. The works follow a deliberately restrained design attitude in which clear geometries, materiality, and use form a coherent order.

The objects are not conceived as decorative standalone pieces, but as part of spatial interrelations. Furniture, architecture, and atmosphere are considered together. Functions are fully integrated into the form, allowing calmness and clarity to emerge. The reduction does not serve formal strictness alone, but instead creates conscious perception and concentration.

The works operate between object and space. They are not intended solely to be observed, but to be used and physically experienced. Architecture is not understood as visual staging, but as a background for human action and everyday life.

Particular importance is given to the relationship between material and atmosphere. Light, surfaces, proportions, and spatial order interact to create situations that deliberately resist visual overload and short-lived stylistic trends.

The publication in Cube Magazine also points to a design attitude that does not separate architecture and interior design as distinct disciplines. Spaces and objects emerge from the same questions of use, permanence, and spatial effect.

International awards in architecture and interior design confirm the relevance of this position within a broader design discourse. Ultimately, however, what matters less is public recognition than the continuous engagement with the responsibility of design toward perception, use, and everyday life.