Interior Design – Mzansi Life & Style by Mishkah Roman-Cassiem

So, just how compact are today’s living spaces?

I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment with an open plan kitchen, dining and living area.

The typical Micro or Studio apartment is a single room — no larger than between 20 – 40 square metres — that combines a bedroom and dining room with a small kitchenette and bathroom. Small, yes, but not impossible for us to make these living spaces stand out.

“Like all our developments, one of the most attractive features of a Micro apartment is how it enables lifestyle. Due to their central location, they work best in the realm of a ‘15-minute city’ concept. These apartments enable easy access to co-working spaces, restaurants, bars, and other aspects of vibrant city life that together contribute to a healthier, happier, and more socially engaged lifestyle,” says Van Embden.

Here are ten ways you can make your own compact living space original, just like you.

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Mindful Living Botanics by Sphere Studio

The homes of 2021 and 2022 have shifted to reflect our new practices of holding the home at the centre of our lives. Through incorporating our memories, technology and nature we have created spaces that are sanctuaries for our souls to rest and recharge and spaces where we can express important aspects of ourselves that make us so unique.

Creative behavioural strategist focused on designing interior spaces, Kim Williams, shares her top insights into the trends that will influence our world in 2022 and the behavioural motivators behind them.

Kim Williams Design – Framed By Claire Photography

Rise of virtual reality

Biophilia Sustainable Living Room make over by Koala Furniture – The Design Files

The last year has seen a massive increase in our need to make virtual connections as we try to substitute our social nature in a time where connecting in person is not necessarily safe. Our need to connect our online behaviour with our physical space is evident in the new technologies that help integrate these two worlds, such as the increase in AI in our domestic spaces.

Existing in these new virtual realities for more of our time every day has also given us new insights into our own behaviour thanks to the tracking algorithms they are built on. This is leading to a higher degree of self-reflection – especially among businesses – than ever before.

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