Located in Kozyn, a small town near Kyiv, Mureli House—a project created by Makhno Studio—draws inspiration from summer fruits and Ukrainian craft
Mureli House draws fond inspiration from its namesake apricots (Mureli means apricots in the Ukrainian language), which bear fruit during summertime. The brainchild of Makhno Studio, the home is certainly a heartfelt project, especially as it is based on a trusting 12-year-long partnership with the homeowners; the clients have been firm admirers of the studio’s work ever since the team revamped their previous home.
An epitome of luxury craftsmanship at its finest, this family estate spans 6,039 sq ft and delivers on the client’s brief. “The task at hand was clear to us—to do everything in a contemporary Ukrainian style. They wanted to create a design that would combine their collection of Ukrainian contemporary art and ceramics and reinterpret traditions reinterpreted in a modern way,” shares Serhii Makhno.
Makhno is the founder and head designer of Makhno Studio; in Singapore, the studio’s ceramic products are carried at local design purveyor Sol Luminaire.
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As the Mureli House project was completed in 2021, the current state of the house is currently undetermined due to the ongoing Russian invasion that began in February last year.
“As a creative person, it was very difficult for me to gather my thoughts in the first weeks of a full-scale war. It took some time for the whole team to recover from the shock, to find safe temporary accommodation, and for me to figure out how to proceed,” recounts Makhno. “Today, we have already fully resumed the work of the office in Kyiv. However, I understand how important it is to feel safe now, and that's why those who have gone abroad or to Western Ukraine continue to work remotely. We perfectly fine-tuned this process ever since the time of the coronavirus.”
Makhno currently resides in Kyiv as his primary location while his team is currently based across Europe and the US while continuing its work with clients around the world. Makhno adds: “On the other hand, the war provoked us to expand the influence of contemporary Ukrainian style in design on foreign consumers. Interestingly, foreigners are attracted not only by ‘Ukrainian’ but also the philosophy that contemporary Ukrainian style follows.”
