Founded by designer Marina Cighir, AINA KARI is a studio rooted near Venice, where centuries-old artisanal traditions intersect with a quietly poetic contemporary language. After years working with internationally renowned brands in Italy and abroad, Marina returned to Treviso to establish a practice guided by purpose, community, and material integrity. Drawing on Venetian glassmaking, marble carving, and hand-forged metal, AINA KARI creates sculptural objects that explore fragility and strength, tension and balance. Today, her work can be discovered internationally through Artemest and experienced in person at Isola Space in Dubai. In this conversation, Marina reflects on slow design, the value of local craftsmanship, and the way objects can carry memory, energy, and meaning beyond their physical form.
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