FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions we hear in the first conversation — about scope, time, money, and when it is best to get in touch.
Interior design
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What does Tissu do, and what does the turnkey service involve?
We design private interiors, commercial spaces and single-family houses. Turnkey means we take on everything except the decisions: selecting all the furnishings, coordinating the trades, keeping the budget and the schedule. The client moves into a finished interior instead of spending six months on the phone to contractors.
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What exactly does the technical (construction) design include?
A complete set of documentation a site team can work from without asking questions. Drawings for electrics and Smart Home, plumbing, ventilation and air conditioning, plus every bespoke element — furniture, stonework, metalwork details — drawn to the millimetre.
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Does an interior design include the functional layout and visualisations?
Yes, and the layout is where we start. It comes out of a long conversation about what your ordinary day looks like — with specific appliance models and mattress dimensions, not general assumptions. We then prepare photorealistic visualisations, films and a walk-through, so the interior can be seen before the first hole is drilled.
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Does the design cover material selection, and will those materials actually be available?
We select materials, furniture and lighting only from what is genuinely available on the market. Dimensions and prices are verified at the concept stage, so the design does not drift away from reality later. Under the turnkey option we handle the orders, deliveries and installation ourselves.
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What sizes do you work with — only large houses?
We specialise in large interiors, above 300 sqm, and the portfolio is dominated by residences and houses over 1,000 sqm. We also take on smaller projects — apartments and studios — and run them to exactly the same standard.
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Do you design commercial interiors — hospitality, medical, office?
Yes, mainly in the premium segment: spas, dental practices, aesthetic medicine clinics, restaurants and representative offices. On those projects we work with sanitary, health-and-safety and fire-safety consultants, so the documentation clears every required approval.
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Is the technical documentation clear to outside contractors?
Yes — that is its whole purpose. We draw even the fixing of a balustrade or the joint between stone and brass, so a contractor can price and plan the work without guessing, and the build runs predictably.
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How does design supervision work, and how is it billed?
Supervision is billed as a fixed monthly fee, and we meet on site once a week. Materials are ordered six to twelve months ahead, and the works are scheduled two months in advance — with current lead times, that is the only way to keep a site from stalling while it waits for tiles.
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At what stage should we approach an interior architect?
As early as possible. For a house — alongside the start of the architectural design, while the walls and services can still be positioned for the interior to come. For a developer apartment — a few months before the keys are handed over.
Houses and architecture
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Do you prepare individual designs for single-family houses?
Individual designs only, drawn from a blank sheet. We have no catalogue or standard designs. Every house is made for particular people and a particular plot.
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Do you design single-family houses from scratch?
Yes, with a specialisation in large residences — above 1,000 sqm, often on plots of several hectares. We have built by lakes, by rivers, in the mountains and on the coast, and we run them from the foundations to the finished interior.
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Do you help analyse the plot, and is the design tailored to it?
We begin with a site audit: dimensions, legal constraints, access to services, slopes, neighbours. The house follows from that — where to open the view, where to close off, how to set the massing against the sun.
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What does designing a house at Tissu look like?
We run a daylight study on a 3D model, checking where the sun falls at different hours and seasons. We design the full set of services: heat recovery, air conditioning, Smart Home, photovoltaics, heating and plumbing. Architecture, interiors and garden are designed in parallel, and we can take the whole thing through on a turnkey basis.
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Do you design contemporary houses, and do you keep up with current design?
Contemporary form and current technology are the basis of our work. We attend the major design fairs — Milan, London and Copenhagen. Our projects have been recognised at the International Property Awards and featured in the Polish press, among others in "Wprost" and "Bryła".
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Do you design both the architecture of a house and its interiors?
This is our preferred way of working: one studio answers for the massing and for the interior, so nothing drifts apart at the seam. We work with contractors we know and take the house from the foundations to the last piece of furniture.
Working together
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How do we start working with Tissu?
With a conversation at our office on Aleja Szucha, next to Plac Unii Lubelskiej in Warsaw. For clients outside Warsaw an online meeting works just as well. Then we visit the plot or the apartment to see the place for ourselves. The first conversation is free and commits you to nothing.
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Is every Tissu project individual?
Yes. Each one is built from scratch, out of an analysis of how the client lives. We keep no ready-made schemes to transfer onto another plan — every family's daily rituals are different.
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How long does designing an interior take?
An apartment takes around three months at minimum. A residence above 1,000 sqm — up to a year. That is why it is worth getting in touch a few months before the keys are handed over.
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Where do you take on projects?
We work from Warsaw but design across Poland and abroad — we have completed projects near New York and in Spain. For distant projects we run the collaboration remotely.
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What determines the price, and how does quoting work?
We quote transparently, in floor-area brackets — the larger the area, the lower the rate per square metre. We usually work to a fixed fee; for smaller commissions an hourly rate with time tracking is possible. We give a quote only after talking, once we know what we are talking about.
Let us begin
„Every project is the beginning of a new story. If you would like to begin yours — we are here to accompany you.”