Alara Alkan Studio

Alara Alkan is a New York based designer, maker and founder of Alara Alkan Studio. Trained as a furniture designer, she has spent the early years of her career immersed in furniture, interiors, and service design, steadily building momentum towards the creation of her own brand. Alara is currently teaching as part time faculty at her alma mater, Rhode Island School of Design, and a guest lecturer and critic at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design. 

A first generation Turkish-American designer, Alara has been a collector of objects as manifestations of memories along her way. material curiosity has become the origin of her work. She utilizes craft to reveal properties inherent to each individual material, turning to the transformative nature of tides, wind and sunlight for inspiration. 

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KWH

KWH Furniture was founded on the philosophy that beauty lies in simplicity. With a design aesthetic of clean lines and craftsmanship focused on attention to detail, KWH offers high-quality, handcrafted furniture that will last for generations. KWH utilizes traditional joinery methods and finishes that are chosen to enhance the natural beauty of the carefully selected wood materials. Designer and craftsman Kai-wei Hsu is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design’s furniture design program. His experiences living and traveling in Asia have had a significant influence on his design sense.