Interior & Product designer Portfolio 2023

Monika Nováková

Interior & Product designer

Interior design

Czech countryside house

Chateau Skrysov

BOMTON studio

Family residence, Svojkov

Fantova kavarna, Prague

Product design

Outside kitchen cupboard

Office storage cabinet

Vase CANE

Vase MIRROR

lamp COHETE

Vase MIDSUMMER

Monika Meda, is a beauty fundamentalist and a holistic living enthusiast and an aesthete, Interior and Product Designer with more than 7 years of experience in this industry.

After completing her master’s in Architecture and design, Monika worked for a time with a few of interior design firms and architectural companies before establishing her own studio at Prague in 2019. Later that time she opened Studio & store offering her hand-crafted, upcycled objects for home and as well curated vintage furniture.

“Most of the time you will find me scouring antique markets and factory discards for the perfect vintage and second-hand pieces.”

Here, you can see my latest interior design projects and my hand-crafted products for your home that manifest slow living.

‘‘With a family background of strongly passionate craftsmanship, craft is my skill and I am able to work with wide variety of materials such as wood, textile, and steel and produce highquality objects.’’

Czech countryside house

Project name: Family residence, Janovice

Client: private investor

Study: 2019

Realization: 2019-2020

Area: 103 m2

Stage: Pre-design

Schematic design

Design development

Construction documents Building permit

A COUNTRYSIDE HOUSE WITH AN ARCHETYPAL SHAPE AND A DISTINCTIVE WOODEN STRUCTURE IN THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS PART OF THE HOUSE WAS USED AS A GRAIN DRYER IN THE PAST. FUNCTIONAL FAMILY LIVING BASED ON UNCOVERING THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS. WE PLACED THERE UNIQUE GLASS OBJECTS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE FAMILY AND REFLECTS THE LOCAL NORTHERN CZECHIA GLASS MAKING STORY.

1st floor layout, AutoCAD

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1. Entrance hall 9,86 m2

2. Room 9,33 m2

3. Room 9,29 m2

4. Bedroom 17 m2

5. Kitchen+Living room 40,4 m2

6. Bathroom 15,09 m2

7. Toilet 1,87 m2

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Kitchen visualization -Sketchup + SUpodium

Kitchen layout

Kitchen island front view

Bathroom views-Construction documents

Bathroom layout-Construction documents

Bathroom visualization -Sketchup + SUpodium

Ground floor layout-Schematic design

Chateau Skrysov

Project name: Cultural heritage, Skrysov

Client: private investor

Study: 2019

Realization: 2019-now

Area: over 900 m2

Stage: Pre-design

Schematic design

Design development

Construction documents

1. Dining room 31 m2

2. Kitchen 61,56 m2

3. Technical room 14,97 m2

4. Laundry 19,53 m2

5. Cloak room 19,81 m2

6. Meditating room 17,95 m2

7. Restroom 12,84 m2

8. Restroom 17,48 m2

9. Gym 22,42 m2

10. Bathroom 11,49 m2

11. Cloak room 16,85

12. Bathroom 26,41 m2

13. Cloak room 20,57 m2

14. Master bedroom 44,10 m2

15. Cloak room 14,87 m2

16. Office 44,10 m2

17. Living room 102,81 m2

18. Bathroom 9,84 m2

19. Bedroom 18,45 m2

20. Bedroom 42,5 m2

21. Bedroom 42,8 m2

1st floor layout-Schematic design

Master bathroom layout-Construction documents

Master bathroom visualization

Master bathroom views-Construction documents

BAROQUE CHATEAU BUILT IN 1762. TWO FLOORS WITH A SYMETRICAL FRONT AND BACK FACADE. NOW BECOMING A NEST FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE. GROUND FLOOR HAS A COMFORTABLE KITCHEN JOINED WITH DINNING ROOM. BESIDE THAT THERE ARE OPERATING ROOMS AND THE LEFT WING OF THE PLAN IS USED AS A SPA. ENTERING THE FIRST FLOOR YOU CAN NOTICE MORE PRIVATE AND PERSONAL PART OF THE HOUSE. SPACIOUS MAIN ROOM, OFFICE AND MASTER BEDROOM WITH MASTER BATHROOM ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ROOMS FOR KIDS AND GRADMOTHER WITH ITS BATHROOMS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

Master bathroom island detail -Construction documents

Kids bathroom visualization

Grandmother’s bathroom

BOMTON Studio

Project name: Beauty studio, Prague

Client: Bomton

Study: 2022

Realization: 2022-now

Area: 140 m2

Stage: Pre-design

Schematic design Design development

FOYER FOR BOMTON STUDIOS IS A CURVY CORRIDOR WITH A CENTRE LOCATED RECEPTION. THIS SPACE WELCOME CUSTOMERS FOR MANY TYPE OF BEAUTY PROCEDURE. ALSO HERE YOU CAN REST WHILE READING BEAUTY MAGAZINE OR SHOP PRODUCTS THAT ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS. HERE YOU CAN FIND MANY CUSTOMIZED OBJECTS FOCUSED ON STONE , STAINLESS STEEL AND PLEXIGLASS.

Foyer layout-Schematic design

Perfection is overrated.

Family residence

Project name: Family residence, Svojkov

Client: private investor

Study: 2018

Realization: 2019-2022

Area: 368 m2

Stage: Pre-design

Schematic design

Design development

Construction documents

Building permit

Site plan

Ground floor layout

First floor layout

1. Workshop 16,5 m2

2. Garage 35,2 m2

3. Entrance hall 5,16 m2

4. Hall 11,8 m2

5. Office 17,9 m2

6. Laundry 7,02 m2

7. Living room+kitchen 44,8 m2

8. Bathroom 5,42 m2

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9. Bedroom 14,65 m2

10. Bathroom 7 m2

11. Gallery 22,7 m2

12. Bedroom 13,08 m2

13. Master bedroom 12+4,5 m2

14. Hall 9,6 m2

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THE DESIGN INCLUDES TWO HOUSES. LARGER RESIDENTIAL, TWO-STOREY WITH AN ATTIC AND A SMALLER ONE, WHERE IS LOCATED GARAGE AND WORKSHOP. BOTH HOUSES ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER AND SHIFTED, WHICH ACHIEVES THE PRIVACY OF THE TERRACE AND ARE CONNECTED BY A NECK THAT CREATES THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS EXPOSED IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE PLOT AND TILTS ITS ONE CORNER TOWARDS AN UNUSUAL VIEWS. BOTH HOUSES ARE BASED ON A CONSERVATIVE ARCHETYPAL STYLE OF A HOUSE WITH A RECTANGULAR FLOOR PLAN WITH AND A GABLE ROOF.

Prague train station-Fantova kavárna

Project name: Coffee, prague

Client: private investor

Study: 2021

Stage: Pre-design

Schematic design

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OLD AND NEW, THE RUSH AND THE REST. THE LIGHT UNDERGROUND COFFEE SPACE IS CALLING PASSENGERS TO ENTER AND TO RISE UP TO THE ORIGINAL FANTOVA KAVARNA BUILDING. U SHAPE STAIRCASE WITH A CHANDELIER IN THE SHAPE OF A RAIL IS A TEASER ABOUT THE FIRST-FLOOR SPACE AND ITS VIEWS ABOUT TRAIN TRANSPORT.

Underground floor-visualizations

Underground floor-top view-visualization

Ground floor-visualizations

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1. Dishwasher

2. Sink

3. Cooling table

4. Mixing station for drinks

5. Glass box for Desserts

6. Ice cream

7. Freezer

8. Panini oven

9. Ice maker

10. Coffee machine

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Ground floor-layout

Outside kitchen cupboard

Project name: Apartment Masarykova, Liberec

Client: Private investor

Design: 2022

Realization: 2022

Custom furniture design

Scheme of the door construction

OFFICE storage cabinet

Project name: Apartment Masarykova, Liberec

Client: Private investor

Design: 2022

Realization: 2022

Custom furniture design

Front view

Vase CANE

Product name: Upcycled vases CANE

Design: 2019

Production: 2019-now

A VASE, AN OBJECT THAT CARRIES THE STORY OF A VINTAGE PIECE OF CRYSTAL. THE CHANGE OF THE FUNCTION. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND PERCEPTION OF THE SAME ELEMENT. INDIVIDUAL GLASSES PLACED ON A MINIMAL PEDESTAL. DESIGNED FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE FLOWERS.

Sustainable spirit takes design masters into the future.

Vase MIRROR

Product name: Upcycled vase MIRROR

Design: 2021

Realization: 2021

FASCINATED BY HOW LIGHT PLAYS ON SURFACES, DANCING AND REFLECTING AGAINST THE SLOPES AND CURVES OF DIFFERENT OBJECTS, MY LATEST SERIES OF METALLIC VASES SHED NEW LIGHT ON DISCARDED OBJECTS.

SCOURING ANTIQUE MARKETS AND GLASS FACTORY DISCARDS FOR THE PERFECT VINTAGE AND SECONDHAND PIECES, WE DECIDED TO MASK COMMON HOUSEHOLD PIECES BY REINVENTING THE SURFACE ITSELF. GLASS DUSTED WITH METAL AND METAL ENVELOPING GLASS, TWO MATERIALS BECOME ONE REFLECTIVE MIRROR OF THE WORLD AROUND US.

MY MAIN GOAL IS TO OFFER CONTEMPORARY AND UNIQUE DESIGNS THAT WILL NOT ONLY ADD VALUE TO THE AESTHETICS OF A SPACE BUT WILL PROLONG THE LIFE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH NEW AND UNIQUE ADAPTATIONS. THIS TIME I UTILIZED A COMPLEX TECHNIQUE TO GALVANIZE THE ANTIQUE GLASS. THE RESULT IS A THIN, REFLECTIVE METALLIC LAYER, ELEVATING THE HISTORIC GLASS BENEATH INTO A MODERN SHOWPIECE. METAL STANDS ARE CREATED BY HAND IN OUR STUDIO, ADDING HEIGHT TO EACH VASE IN HOPES OF CAPTURING LIGHT FROM ALL ANGLES.

The best things already exist, just look around.

Lamp COHETE

Product name: Standing lamp Cohete

Design: 2020

Production: 2020-now

Hand-crafted objects for your home that manifests slow living.

HAND KNITTED LAMPSHADE WITH UPCYCLED PAPER ROPES RESCUED FROM AN OLD FACTORY. THREE WELDED LEGS HOLDING A LIGHT SWORD. TOGETHER THEY CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF A FIREPLACE.

Product name: Vase 0+, collaboration with Elis Monsport Design: 2021

Realization: 2021

IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL GOOD. IT IS CLEAN, WARM, YOU CAN THINK AND MOVE IN IT COMPLETELY FREELY. A FOREST, A TENT, A BODY SHELL?

NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL OR UNDESIRABLE OBJECTS IN NEW CONTEXTS, THANKS TO WHICH THEY GAIN THEIR MEANING AGAIN - PARADOXICALLY OFTEN ENHANCED COMPARED TO THE INITIAL ONE.

ELLE DECORATION CZECHIA

AUTUMN 2022

Vase Midsummer

DOLCE VITA CZECHIA

THE BEST OF DESIGN 2021

Vase CANE Napako

ELLE DECORATION CZECHIA WINTER 2022

Vase 0+