Ayana is a multidisciplinary designer based in Kyoto, Japan, working across spatial and product design.

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After completing her degree in architecture at Kyoto Institute of Technology, including a year of study in design and wood at Aalto University in Helsinki, Ayana established her independent practice in Kyoto in 2022. In Japan and abroad, her work spans a wide range of project types and scales, from private residences to commercial spaces, and from interior and spatial design to product design. She stays closely involved in every project, from concept to completion.

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Ayana begins each project with careful research, digging into its history, context, and the people involved to uncover what it truly needs before any form takes shape. From there, she moves into direct, hands-on collaboration with materials and the craftspeople who shape them, using repeated experimentation and dialogue to discover what a material can become in a new context. She treats each project as an ongoing exchange between idea, material, and craft, drawn especially to traditional techniques and materials others overlook or discard, byproducts included. She seeks out possibility and value that have not yet been found, and turns them into a refined, singular aesthetic.