Set in a Neoclassic Moscow building, the craft beer brewery’s new azure monochrome interior and geometric forms embody the philosophical elements of Russian Cosmism and ‘Suprematism’ – an abstract art movement dedicated to pure artistic feeling and basic geometric forms. The result is an atmosphere that fosters a sense of freedom and imagination.

The firm’s idea was to create a pure, bright monochrome space that facilitates a release of the mind and the expansion of human perceptions; as if walking onto a non-objective art canvas.

Redefining imagination

The philosophy and superiority of colour over human perception was the driving force behind the creation of the space. It has been designed to free the minds of its patrons, where perceptual sets can intervene to influence people’s perceptions and the way that they interact with their surrounding environment.

The brightness and clarity of the bar’s monochrome interior is other-worldly, conjuring perceptions of a clear and open space, devoid of colour influences typically attributable to the power of man and nature.

Reflecting the ideology of Russian avant-garde Artist and Art Theorist Kazimir Malevich, Monoloko has combined the space’s monochrome colour scheme with the fundamental principles of Suprematism – an abstract art movement dedicated to pure artistic feeling and basic geometric forms.

The concept was to create an imaginative open space where light sources and colour alters visual perceptions of the bar’s three-dimensional geometric furnishings, defined as ‘Suprematist’ in composition and mono-material in implementation.

A celestial sphere

Layered over the space’s bright blue hue, Monoloko endeavoured to create a heavenly atmosphere resembling a limitless universe through the creation of a spatial light installation, consisting of flexible neon light enveloped in a polyurethane shell. The resulting effect is the perception of a non-objective free space, where patrons can take a step back from their traditional views of time and substance.