Blondie Space, designed by Vlad Kudinj, is a 70-square-metre apartment in central Minsk that reimagines compact living as an exploration of openness and restraint.
Rather than imposing decorative flourishes, Kudin worked with absence — merging the loggia into the main living area, dissolving storage into walls, and reducing the palette to warm whites and soft greys.
This strategy left room for intensity elsewhere. Almost every piece of furniture was drawn and realized for the apartment: a steel-framed bed, a sculptural travertine washbasin, asymmetrical tables that read more as objects than utilities. Works by young Belarusian artists, chosen with equal precision, punctuate the space with quiet energy.
By excluding black and restricting finishes to matte surfaces, Kudin created a light that feels almost tactile. Travertine, applied sparingly across kitchen and bath, acts as a subtle thread binding the rooms while avoiding heaviness. The effect is one of clarity, but not sterility — the roughness of steel and the irregularity of stone keep the calm interior alive.
What emerges is a kind of radical minimalism rooted not in austerity but in balance. In Blondie Space, Kudin demonstrates how limitations — tight budgets, modest ceilings, compact square footage — can sharpen rather than diminish design, yielding a home that feels spacious, atmospheric, and quietly bold.
