Finnish designer Aino Kavanterä ( 31/07/77) studied interior design at London Guildhall University and subsequently at Kingston University where she graduated in 2001 receiving a degree with honours.
Kavanterä was then recruited by architectural firm Antarchitecture where she designed interiors for commercial clients such as Habitat and Caprice Holdings Group.
In 2005 Kavanterä was invited to join Marcel Wanders Studio in Amsterdam, where she run interior projects for various commercial and residential clients, working on a range of high-profile projects including luxury hotel Mondrian in Miami and high-end fashion stores Villa Moda and Manolo Blahnik in Bahrain.
After Marcel Wanders Kavanterä was recruited by British architectural firm Softroom, where she headed the interior design department working on a number of commercial schemes in retail and hospitality sectors.
During the last few years Kavanterä has worked increasingly on her own interior, architectural and exhibition projects, as well as on a number of design competitions and design collaborations. In 2008 Kavanterä collaborated with product designer Federica Capitani on a short-listed proposal for the Estonian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, and in 2011 the two designers completed a design for Fin Noir exhibition space for Paris S/S 2012 Fashion Week.
Kavanterä’s approach to design is driven by curiosity and challenge. She draws inspiration from fashion, photography and arts; the extraordinary as well as the ordinary.