BETWEEN SPACES
The version of this story in Serbian is available here
Stories from behind interiors — about people, decisions, and moments when the color of a desk shapes the mood.
Trying to understand the dimension in which we exist, work, and spend time, I unexpectedly found myself in a space that changed not just daily, but hour by hour.
My path led me to a company specializing in interior furnishing… where I stayed for nearly two decades.
All the beauty that a well-designed interior can bring to a person who enjoys the space can be instantly destroyed by poor taste and unrealistic demands from various clients.
From a shoe rack designed in such a way that no shoes can actually fit inside, to a coffee machine that should be placed in the kitchen — on a nonexistent shelf of “floating” furniture. The excuse? The demand for “minimalism.”
Two decades of experience taught me how to communicate with people, and my innate intuition helped me understand potential investors’ desires — according to the character you must assess from just a few sentences.
How do you explain to a responsible person in a public institution, who, in a moment of excitement before a two-week vacation, decides that furniture in every office should be a different color?
Not wood patterns, but solid colors with some vibrant hues — purple, green, orange…
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There’s no need for explanation. Because after just fifteen days, when the excitement fades and they return to work, everything returns to “normal.”
But this new “normal” no longer matches the “colorful” furniture.
A new order follows, new material choices, new drawings, contract annexes, new furniture — because the old one is no longer fashionable.
People say: “So many people, so many minds.”
And they are right.
It’s not stupidity, ignorance, or lack of information…
It’s a moment of human desire to make their space more beautiful.
To change it, at least in their own way.
Without realizing how a single shade of a desk or the color of a kitchen countertop can affect the mood.
That’s why people need space and time — to think, to decide.
They need to be informed and explained to, without being rushed.
Those who want to listen will make it easier for everyone.
And those who don’t…
Will have to either watch.
Or endure the workers on assembly again.
