{"id":377770,"date":"2026-04-06T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/377770\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:31:13","slug":"suspended-steel-grates-suspended-turn-into-furniture-for-bratislava-photo-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/377770\/","title":{"rendered":"suspended steel grates suspended turn into furniture for bratislava photo lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>raw structural materials compose photo showroom interiors<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Minulle Lab is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interior<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/table-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">furniture<\/a> design project\u00a0developed by Adam Terlanda for an analog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/photography\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photography<\/a> showroom and laboratory in Bratislava. The composition of the space is based on selecting heavy structural elements like beams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/steel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">steel<\/a> grates, metal rods, and ratchet straps, and transforming them into furniture design pieces that are trying to find balance in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project sits within a larger studio complex run by a community of young analog photography enthusiasts, housing a photo studio, grading room, office, film lab, and the showroom. As a young collective driven by original ideas, aiming to broaden the analog community in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-slovakia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slovakia\u2019s<\/a> capital, constrained by a tight budget, the challenge was to build a space unified through one-of-a-kind furniture without the cost of it.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"steel grates suspended from ratchet straps turn into furniture for bratislava photo lab - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minulle-lab-11-69ce6e6adb12e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamterlanda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adam Terlanda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adam Terlanda brings an industrial feel into Minulle Photo Lab<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The whole composition is based on selecting heavy structural elements like beams, steel grates, metal rods, and ratchet straps, and transforming them into pieces that achieve balance in non-conventional ways. Through this project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamterlanda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">designer<\/a> Adam Terlanda explores the question of whether the industrial could feel structurally elegant by applying principles of mechanical logic and gravitational forces. Minulle Lab was officially opened in July 2025, through a launch event combining a photography exhibition with an alternative music listening session, bringing together diverse groups from Bratislava\u2019s alternative youth scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"steel grates suspended from ratchet straps turn into furniture for bratislava photo lab - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minulle-lab-12-69ce6e6adb16b.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Adam Terlanda designs Minulle Lab interior in Bratislava<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"steel grates suspended from ratchet straps turn into furniture for bratislava photo lab - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minulle-lab-1-69ce6e6adae90.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>industrial components reconfigured as furniture elements<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"steel grates suspended from ratchet straps turn into furniture for bratislava photo lab - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/minulle-lab-3-69ce6e6adaf49.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>steel grates and rods define the spatial composition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"raw structural materials compose photo showroom interiors \u00a0 Minulle Lab is an interior and furniture design project\u00a0developed by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[54205,437,434,435,436,438,146,85,1337,46,3817],"class_list":{"0":"post-377770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-slovakia","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-interiors","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-steel-architecture-and-design"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}