A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

 

Occasionally I try to resist sharing the same old “conventionally beautiful” stuff you’ve come to expect from Yellowtrace, and occasionally like to throw a curve ball that extends my own aesthetic sensibilities. Today’s project is one such example – it’s utterly bonkers and technically kitsch, but something about it feels strangely alluring (at least in certain moments), so bear with me on this one.

When the architect and production designer Attila F. Kovács, and his wife, art director and stylist, Zsuzsa Megyesi, came across a giant industrial volume reminiscent of a movie set, they knew they found the perfect place to make their home. The HFF knitting factory complex is located in the southern part the Hungarian capital Budapest, dating back to the early 1900s. It was originally built as a weapon factory designed by Árpád Gut and Jenő Gergely. Known as Loft 19, the tower-like 600sqm four-story-building and the huge factory complex are now protected industrial monuments.

 

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

A+Z Loft Set Inside a Former Knitting Factory in Budapest, Hungary | Yellowtrace

 

The design of the A+Z loft is a personal mix of different styles and eras. The interior is full of special pieces, collected during the decades of attending the flea markets, auction houses and antique shops, or created by the designers themselves. Huge windows, natural light, unusual proportions and old structural elements play the main role.

There is an abundance of bold colours and crazy finishes used throughout, and the overall aesthetic is a bit bonkers, completely disjointed and definitely not for the faint hearted. For examples, the bedroom ‘floor’ was designed as a bold and private retreat with a mid century “boudoir-like” atmosphere. Yikes. Pretty wild. That red bathroom through… Le sigh. Totally nailed it, if you ask me.

 

 


[Images © A+Z Design Studio. Photography by Beppe Brancato.]

 



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