Farah Azizan and Adela Iskandar

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With the help of DESIGNation.co, we identify seven Malaysia-based brands that are making waves with their design-driven products and furniture, from the craft-influenced to the…

With the help of DESIGNation.co, we identify seven Malaysia-based brands that are making waves with their design-driven products and furniture, from the craft-influenced to the nostalgia-inspired. Will any of the creative minds behind them be our design stars of the future?

Who: Studio Bikin was founded in 2012 by two architects who wanted to gain more control over their creative output. Farah Azizan, who has a landscape architecture background and Adela Iskandar, who is trained in interior décor, provide a multidisciplinary design service that creates a seamless indoor-outdoor experience. Their most recent endeavour is in furniture design, which aims to combine a localised take on style and design while fulfilling the demands of the context it is placed in.

The duo have worked on several commercial and residential projects already, and the recurring trend is a sensitive and feminine approach to architecture —something that also applies to their growing collection of furniture.

What: When Studio Bikin first opened a pop-up store in Publika Shopping Gallery to showcase its furniture, the tagline read “Why fake it when you can make it”.

Shares Farah, “That tagline came from us, as architects and designers, being very well aware of copies of Scandinavian and American furniture that exist in Malaysia. We don’t buy into that, because there is a lot to gain from looking at our immediate surroundings. With a little bit of thought, we can contemporise what we already have and generate our own ideas. We don’t believe in looking to the West for inspiration, except to see how they have used available materials to work for them. We have a responsibility to develop a localised industry based on local needs.”

Rather than adopt a singular design style or identifiable aesthetic, Farah and Adela prefer to respond to the context that’s given to them. “We just try to reinterpret our local content in a contemporary way,” Farah muses.

Studio Bikin has two main furniture lines — bespoke…

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