“It’s a little too Blade Runner and I need it to be slightly more Dune.”

We love a client with a vision, and the owner of this bachelor pad definitely had one. The project was guided by his love of sci-fi films and the worlds they create. Our goal here was to turn a postmodern apartment with very few right angles into a unique space for our unique client.

This home is filled with unique pieces and finishing techniques, including plaster walls created by a Vatican artist, as well as a custom milk-clay light fixture fired in Kyiv during the Russo-Ukranian War. Custom walnut furniture and millwork were designed for the office, bedrooms, living area, and kitchen to aesthetically maximize storage in the spatially apartment.

Custom Desk Fabrication: Sawhorse Woodworks
Millwork/Casework Fabrication:
Lane 17
Plaster Work:
Fresco Revival
Project Photography:
Ethan Hickerson & Tiffany Joy

Wooden hanging lamp above a round dining table with wooden chairs, minimalist interior decor with textured wall.

The client’s love of sci-fi provided the guiding design principles for this project, with rugs inspired by Denis Villenueve’s Dune, fixtures inspired by Alien, and Blade Runner-esque art and artifacts (including the film’s original promotional art).

Interior of a modern, minimalist room with concrete walls, a low bed with a mosaic headboard, patterned rugs, and a metallic door.
A man talking on a cellphone in a dimly lit room with patterned 3D wall panels and a microwave on a counter.
Group of six people seated around a circular table in a spaceship control room with high-tech equipment and monitors
A modern home office with a wooden desk, black leather chair, two black speakers, a vintage radio, a decorative black and gold sculpture, a black and gold desk lamp, and shelves with books against a textured gray wall.
Sketch of a bedroom with a bed, nightstands, shelves, and a wall-mounted lamp.