APARTAMENTO’S EVERYDAY AUTHENTICITY

When it comes to the world of interiors, there’s so often an image of perfection that comes with it: clean, minimal, carefully curated spaces that forgo the reality of everyday life. Apartamento launched in 2008 with its namesake magazine, which expanded to include a publishing house in 2015, serving as the antitheses to this: showcasing the living spaces and studios of various individuals — architects, designers, filmmakers and more — in a way that’s raw and authentic.

It serves as part publication, part anthropological exploration, offering us a glimpse into the reality of everyday life — showcasing that the real beauty doesn’t lie in spaces that are pruned and perfected, but spaces that are lived and worked in.

In light of that, we take a deep dive into the world of Apartamento’s everyday authenticity, showcasing a snapshot of some of the most iconic features published by the influential magazine and publication house.

Apartamento magazine, issue #4, Autumn/Winter 2009-10
Text by Tim Small / Photography by Marco Velardi

‘Look out the window. If everything you see outside is beautiful, and right, and you approve of it, there’s nothing left to design’.

Apartamento magazine issue #10, Autumn/Winter 2012-13

Interview by Evangelia Koutsovoulou / Photography by Juergen Teller

‘The way I make movies differs a lot from the way I like my space or surroundings to be. Actually I try to avoid my personal taste in my movies’.

Apartamento magazine issue #12, Autumn/Winter 2013-14

Text by Daniel Morgenthaler / Photography by Lukas Wassmann

‘Shortly after we met we wanted to realise both of our personal visions. Trix saw her house as a kind of cavern in the ground, with a hole towards the sky. I wanted a glass tower. It’s almost impossible to get more diverse…’

—Robert

‘I always said I was colourblind. I was always so annoyed by the common assumption that women always take care of colours and textiles’.

Apartamento magazine issue #18, Autumn/Winter 2016-17

Text by Michael Bullock / Photography by Vincent Dilio

‘What I do in my life is create a climate that allows me to be visited by my artistic muse. Your mood, if you’re open to it, tells you what it wants you to be’.

Apartamento magazine issue #23, Spring/Summer 2019

Interview by Maisie Skidmore / Photography by Ana Cuba

‘It might sound a bit whimsical, but I always think: time that is gone is forever gone. And I think artmaking is really about that. Especially photography. I think photography is one of the most melancholic media out there, because the second you take a picture, that moment is gone forever’.

Apartamento magazine issue #24, Autumn/Winter 2019-20

Interview by Jessica Piersanti / Photography by Wai Lin Tse

‘We are working on something for the future, and we believe in it. We are not nostalgic people. We are not just this romantic thing from nature, being ecological; it’s much more than that. It’s about engaging in your life, engaging in what you do and who you are. The hybridity of my work is clearly futuristic because it’s not yet there’.

Apartamento magazine issue #32, Autumn / Winter 2023-24

Text by Jina Khayyer / Photography by Heather Sten

‘For me, it’s all about, where do you sit on the power-map? And who is talking, who is correcting? Someone more powerful than you? Or someone less powerful than you? Because, if it’s someone who has less power than you, maybe you should be listening instead of punching down to shut them up’.