Studio Modijefsky is an interior architecture studio founded by Esther Stam in 2009. Its home in the centre of Amsterdam hosts an international team of architects and interior designers who provide a total creative service for spatial interventions for clients that range from hotels to boutiques and bars to spas. The eight women that currently form the studio carefully design everything that is seen, passed and touched by a visitor for the duration of their stay whether it’s five seconds or five hours.
It’s part of the studio’s ultimate goal to reinvent the way people interact with an interior. By relating design to the location’s context (whether natural or urban) and playing with the composition of texture and materials, light and routing, height and depth, sight and tactility Studio Modijefsky creates spatial experiences that surpass all expectations and create valuable new memories.
LOCATION: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
LEARN MORE: studiomodijefsky.nl
At 65,000m² the Booking.com HQ Campus in the heart of Amsterdam is one of the largest urban projects in Western Europe. It’s situated on the tip of Oosterdokseiland, a small island nestled between Central Station and the river IJ.
There’s a new beacon in North Amsterdam luring people to cross the river IJ: Polly Goudvisch. As soon as you step on the ferry from Amsterdam Central Station you can see the outline of this two-storey bar and restaurant illuminated by lightbulbs.
Ami Bistro is the new go-to place for unpretentious French dining in the Dutch capital. Studio Modijefsky was asked to create the interior for this all-day bistro in the popular Amsterdam district of De Pijp.
The Goudvisch Family, a group of bars spread across Amsterdam, welcomes a new member in West Amsterdam: Moos Bar & Café. As is now traditional, Studio Modijefsky created the name, brand identity, and interior.
Museum Arnhem has one of the most important cultural collections in The Netherlands. Studio Modijefsky was commissioned to design the new public spaces
In the north of Amsterdam, a traditional ‘’Dijkhuis’’ (dyke house) has been transformed into a family home by Studio Modijefsky. This kind of building, as you might have guessed, is built next to a dyke.
Volare is a new Italian trattoria in Amsterdam West. In the weekends the front space turns into a bar called Bomboloni’s. No matter the day of the week, the interior designed by Studio Modijefsky conjures up memories of Italian summers thanks to its soft colours and rough surfaces, arches and patios, and sensual swagger mixed with utter simplicity.
The “Drie Wijzen uit Oost” and Studio Modijefsky have teamed up to transform this classic Amsterdam venue into Bonnie: a finest, traditional bistro bar with all its quintessential elements: mirrors, classic tiles, old fashioned wood and neon lights.
