Ewan Waddell
Staniewski Toolroom: An Invitation to Dwell.
In the latest installment of our SPACES series, we collaborated with interior designer Łukasz Staniewski of nova studio, who explored modularity not as a system of parts, but as a way of thinking. Across a series of distinct but connected configurations, Staniewski reimagined the TERMINO framework through his signature language: architectural clarity softened by warmth; restraint offset by material richness.
An Aesthetic of Stillness
Known for his elegant, almost monastic interiors, Staniewski brings that same sensibility here—an attention to negative space, a preference for muted tones and elemental textures, and a belief that calm is something you can build. The kitchen modules, in their brushed Aluminium finish, form geometric islands that feel neither cold nor ornamental. They sit in quiet dialogue with their surroundings—anchored, but open. Walls clad in dark wood add texture and depth, gently breaking the continuity of the pale render. Light, when it enters, is treated with reverence: diffused through tall gauze curtains or captured in the gleam of a copper light fixture recessed into the wall.
Quiet Versatility
nova studio's layouts show TERMINO at its most versatile. Here, the same system operates as kitchen, storage, media console, and display. It doesn’t shout for attention—its presence is steady, infrastructural. In one frame, a single red lamp becomes a focal point not because it demands to be, but because the space allows it.
A Slower Tempo This is modularity at a slower tempo. Not just adaptive, but emotionally attuned. Each configuration suggests a life unfolding—meals shared, music played, books read and returned to. It’s an invitation to inhabit space without rushing through it. nova doesn’t ask TERMINO to perform; he asks it to support. To frame the everyday without defining it.
A Framework for Living Together
nova studio and TERMINO offer a new kind of flexibility. One that doesn’t compromise aesthetic clarity or spatial harmony. One that understands that systems, like homes, are most powerful when they quietly serve the people who live within them.
Designer: Łukasz Staniewski
Studio: nova studio
