Winner
Interior Innovation Award selection 2014
The Bed with integrated storage drawers by Felix Schwake, awarded the “Interior Innovation Award Selection 2014,” investigates the question of how radical spatial calmness can be achieved within the bedroom without abandoning the functional requirements of everyday life.
The design reduces the bed to a clear horizontal geometry. Backrests, visible technical elements, and additional furniture are deliberately avoided. The sleeping surface, seamlessly integrated into the frame, reinforces the calm and monolithic presence of the object while allowing flexible placement either freely within the room or against a wall.
Particularly notable is the complete integration of the functions of a conventional bedroom into the bed structure itself. The bed drawers serve not only as storage space, but simultaneously integrate cable management, power supply, and technical infrastructure invisibly into the object.
As a result, bedside tables become entirely unnecessary. Smartphones, chargers, personal belongings, and technical connections remain fully accessible without permanently shaping the visual atmosphere of the room.
It was precisely this combination of extreme formal reduction and high functional density that convinced the jury of the Interior Innovation Award. The design demonstrates that technical and organizational requirements do not inevitably lead to visual disorder.
The bed is not conceived as a decorative individual object, but as part of an overall architectural atmosphere. The objective is the creation of a calm and concentrated space in which materiality, light, and proportion can be perceived more strongly than technical objects or functional overlays.
The idea of the “empty bedroom” forms the conceptual core of the design. It is not the absence of function, but its precise spatial integration that enables the extraordinary calmness of the space.
The reduced geometry creates an almost sculptural presence while remaining fully oriented toward everyday use. Architecture, interior design, and functional art interrelate directly within the project.
The “Interior Innovation Award Selection 2014” particularly recognized this connection between minimalist form, functional precision, and atmospheric quality.
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