When our Next in Design 2025 winner, Minako Bryson, founded Studio Kaimi in 2019, it was the natural next step in a career that had already bridged two design cultures.
After studying interior design in the U.K., she worked for a Japanese designer before striking out on her own when her mentor returned to Japan. ‘A friend of a friend asked me to help with their renovation, and that’s how it began,’ she says. A hotel project soon followed, where she was able to experiment with a blend of influences from her home country and her adopted one.
