19/07/2025
Stepping into the Dusty Deco apartment in Palma is like entering the set of a Mediterranean fever dream—equal parts theatre, sanctuary, and cabinet of curiosities.
Founded by Edin and Lina Kjellvertz, began as a love affair with objects—vintage rarities, brutalist forms, forgotten icons—and evolved into one of Scandinavia’s most distinctive design voices. But it’s here, in the heart of Palma’s historic quarter, that their vision truly comes alive. Not in a sterile showroom or a predictable gallery, but in an actual apartment layered with history, soul, and sunlight.
Just off Passeig del Born, behind a grand old Mallorquin facade, you’ll find a space that resists trends and insists on mood. Bold silhouettes meet faded frescoes. 1970s ceramics flirt with heavy velvet. Rattan chairs sit beside marble monoliths. Every piece feels lived with—not just staged. It’s a masterclass in how to create tension and harmony, theatre and intimacy, elegance and edge.
And then there’s the art.
Art isn’t just a backdrop here—it’s the heartbeat. The apartment is filled with works by both emerging and established artists: abstract gestures, surreal fragments, poetic portraits. Paintings, sculptures, and rare editions that pulse with raw energy. Each piece is placed not just to be seen but to be felt—in conversation with the space, the furniture, the light. The collection evokes an emotional frequency that ties it all together—quietly powerful, uncompromisingly personal.
This is more than a brand showroom—it’s a philosophy of living. Dusty Deco doesn’t sell lifestyle clichés. They curate emotion. Objects that hold presence. Spaces that breathe. The Palma apartment is not only a showroom, but a living manifesto. A place to understand the why—not just the what—behind their aesthetic.
What I find most compelling is their refusal to over-explain. The space invites you to feel. To slow down. To imagine your own story within theirs. It’s maximalism with meaning. Mediterranean modernism soaked in memory and desire.
