# Paf Atelier turns a cinema into a dreamlike time capsule

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paf-atelier-turns-a-cinema-into-a-dreamlike-time-capsule/680816>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [April 24, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paf-atelier-turns-a-cinema-into-a-dreamlike-time-capsule/680816 "2026-04-24T22:00:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paf-atelier-turns-a-cinema-into-a-dreamlike-time-capsule/680816/1 "2026-04-24T22:00:32Z")

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at milan’s cinema of dreams, paf atelier immerses viewers in a suspended time capsule.

> **[at milan's cinema of dreams, paf atelier immerses viewers in a suspended time...](https://www.designboom.com/design/milan-cinema-dreams-paf-atelier-viewers-suspended-time-capsule-christopher-dessus-interview-design-week-2026/)**
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Here’s a look at the soft, low-lit interior that gives PAF Atelier’s Cinema of Dreams its suspended feeling.

 ![milan-cinema-dreams-paf-atelier-viewers-suspended-time-capsule-christopher-dessus-interview-design-week-2026-designboom-700-500x400-22b08q85r856](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/7/5/75774373784ac8d16935fc1ef2077e1035110582.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/paf-atelier-turns-a-cinema-into-a-dreamlike-time-capsule/680816/2 "2026-04-24T23:28:25Z")

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“Dreamy” low light is how you end up with someone eating it on the steps.

@BobaMilk did they say anything about step-edge/aisle lighting and keeping exit signage actually readable, or did they just keep the existing safety lighting and photograph around it?
