With the busy Graduation Show period fast approaching, we are taking a minute to look back at last year’s exhibition by highlighting thought-provoking and inspiring projects from each department.
The Master of Interior Architecture (INSIDE) is a two-year programme that strives to explore social, cultural, and political issues in the field of spatial design. Through reimagining the traditional role of the designer/architect, students are encouraged to become mediators of space — prioritising the coming together of community — for a society that finds itself in flux.
The Myth of Space by Olivier van-den Brandt
Using the figure of the Jester as a tool, van-den Brandt explores how to build connection through absurdity and storytelling. Attempting to bypass traditional design methods, he splits his project into 3 main avenues.
First, the aforementioned Jester. A way in which to open the mind to new ideas and perspectives by embodying the 'fool'.
Second, the creation of an immersive space. As van-den Brandt explains;
"... a space where it is possible to experiment with sense making and meaning. It has been used as an interview space, self-reflection space, and thought expression space."
Thirdly, in the development of a myth, grown from archetypal figures as well as conversations had during the project process.
In using elements of the absurd van-den Brandt aims to build real connections.
I heard the sound of sand and stayed by Vanessa Hoche
In exploring how spatial design can create moments of peace and re-grounding, Hoche researched Japanese tea houses, promenades, and sensory architecture. Studying the temporal elements — how light moves, how people move through the space itself — she created a soft spiral that hangs from the ceiling.
" A fabric spiral lets the visitor shift from movement to stillness, from noise to quiet, from doing to being. New sensations gradually unfold, like slowness does."
The spiral reflects ancient symbolism of transformation and the inner journey — while the sand physically slows movement. The pendulum that swings across the surface of the sand marks time in a tangible, yet ephemeral way.
welcome to my room <3 (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) [329 tokens left] by Misia Zesławska
In the internet age, more and more people are turning to online sex work. In her project, welcome to my room <3 (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) [329 tokens left] Zeławska explores the environments that have become the background of infinite cam-videos — out of necessity, creativity, and the aim to create a feeling of intimacy.
Ephemeral structures made of beer crates and aluminum-cast decorations highlight the distance between fantasy and reality seen through a screen.
In a step to bridge that distance Zeławska uses scent, a visceral reminder of the real human body;
"Despite models’ bodies are very often fully exposed to the viewer’s sight, they remain physically unreachable, depriving the act of crucial senses present in sexual encounters - touch and smell.
This observation finds materialisation in the symbolic sitting wrinkle frozen on the surface of the puff, and the use of custom developed scent “Dirty hair” that contain components similar to the smell of skins and scalp."
Feeling Inspired?
Come and explore the work of this year's Master Interior Architecture (INSIDE) graduates (and many more!) at the KABK degree show 2026.
