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Tekla Evelina Severin Drops Color-Blocking “Colour Vibes” at FORMEX

02.21.23 | By
Tekla Evelina Severin Drops Color-Blocking “Colour Vibes” at FORMEX

Working with the theme of “Colour Vibes,” color and design phenom Tekla Evelina Severin transformed a 250-square-meter (almost 2,700 square feet) empty space for the FORMEX interior fair last month. The project involved exhibition design, curation, and styling a series of rooms, which resemble either a beautifully staged set for a magazine photo shoot or a perfectly executed interior of a home. Taking inspiration from a labyrinth, hide-and-seek games, and a Rubik’s cube, Dimensions of Colour consists of multiple spaces placed in a zigzag formation, allowing for changes in perspective from every view. No matter the angle, new framed vignettes appear, as do ever-changing color palettes, making the space feel like it’s bouncing back and forth between realism and surrealism.

bold color-blocked dining area with red table and black and white floor

Immersed in Severin’s color-blocked world are a curated roster of 200 products sourced from 400 exhibitors, resulting in a broad mix of objects that feel like they belong.

bold color-blocked dining area with red table and black and white floor

Each space features black and white checkered floors with layers of rich, saturated wall colors. Topped off with furnishings – some that match and some that contrast – that give each room a purpose, whether it’s a living room, kitchen, bedroom, kid’s space, atrium, or living room.

bold color-blocked dining area with red table and black and white floor

Bold pink wall with green floating staircase and black and white floor tiles

Bold pink wall with green floating staircase and black and white floor tiles

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom

Despite the use of so many colors, none of them feel out of place, as each works with the color beside it, across the room, or in the next space.

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom

bold color-blocked exhibition bedroom closet

bold color-blocked exhibition kids room

bold color-blocked exhibition green hallway

bold color-blocked exhibition space dining room with red table and chairs

bold color-blocked exhibition looking into red living space with woman sitting on sofa

bold color-blocked exhibition looking down at desk

bold color-blocked exhibition looking through window cutout to yellow bookcase

bold color-blocked exhibition office with woman in red sitting at desk

bold color-blocked exhibition drawing

Concept illustration

bold color-blocked exhibition drawing

Concept illustration

bold color-blocked exhibition drawing

Concept illustration

Photos by Fredrik Bengtsson and Tekla Evelina Severin.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.