Flush-Mounted Doors: Rimadesio for Minimalism, SV Group for Classic
One of the most important elements in creating interior design is the door. And in the case when the designer is developing an interior in the style of Minimalism - a flush-mounted door. This type of door only a few years ago began to gain ground in the Ukrainian market, but there are already all the prerequisites for this type of door to become dominant in the near future and for the coming decades. A distinctive feature of the flush-mounted door is that it repeats the interior design of the space, being absorbed and absorbed in it. Such doors are very harmoniously woven into the interior of the room and create a complete, extraordinary and “without all that is superfluous” look, without paying attention to themselves.
Flush-mounted doors visually make the interior easier and expand the space, as they do not have external platbands and completely merge with the walls. Such doors are indispensable for the "expansion" of the interior space, as well as when it is really necessary to create a secret room. Among the main advantages are space saving, the creation of non-standard openings, which allows to increase light openings, completely individual dimensions that are developed at the stage of the preliminary design, as well as the maximum gamut of finishes for every taste - from simple painting, to expensive veneering with exotic tree species. And if you use a non-standard size door in your interior - to the full height, then be sure that such doors will confuse even your most attentive guest.
The basis of such a door is an aluminum box, which is mounted on the wall at the stage of wall mounting, as well as a flat door leaf, which, depending on the height, is mounted on concealed hinges. This box is mounted hidden - in the wall itself, and the surface of the canvas goes flush with the wall, which ensures further work with the most unique and simple finishing materials - stone, glass, veneer, paint, plaster and others. There are a lot of hidden handles to these doors, due to which there is a feeling of unity of such a door with walls.
By design, there are four main types - swing, pendulum, revolving and hidden sliding doors. The most common are swing. Such doors are very easy to operate, reliable, like a “door”), can be installed in any interior. Sliding systems are used for non-standard interiors, where there is not enough space or you need to recreate the sensations of volume, thereby cutting off part of the space with a massive system.
The Brands We Actually Specify
Everything described above is the general category of flush-mounted, hidden-installation doors - but which specific manufacturer we specify depends entirely on the interior style. For minimalist interiors with concealed hardware and a completely wall-integrated look, we work with Rimadesio, the Italian manufacturer founded in 1956 and based in a 32,000-square-meter factory in Giussano, where the company has produced its own glass components in-house for over 50 years. Rimadesio's sliding door programs - Velaria, Graphis, Moon, and Siparium - along with the Moon coplanar swing door, are specification standards for exactly the kind of clean, uninterrupted wall surface this article describes, and the brand has collaborated with designers including Giò Ponti and Carlo Bartoli over its history.
For classic-style interiors, where the door itself is meant to be a visible architectural element rather than disappear into the wall, we specify SV Group instead - a different design language entirely, built around traditional proportions and detailing rather than concealment. You can read more about SV Group's work in our separate SV-GROUP overview.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know whether my project should use Rimadesio or SV Group doors? It comes down to the overall interior style: minimalist and contemporary interiors call for Rimadesio's concealed, flush systems, while interiors with a classic or traditional design language are usually better served by SV Group's more architectural door presence.
Is a hidden-installation door harder to install than a standard door? Yes - the aluminum box needs to be set into the wall during the wall construction phase itself, which means the door specification has to be finalized much earlier in the project timeline than a standard door would require.
Choosing between door systems, and coordinating the installation timeline with the rest of construction, is exactly the kind of decision our material selection service is built around.
