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20.00 7.00 6.00 7.00 14.00 Sitting room 7.00 × 6.00 Lobby 6.00 × 8.00 Library 7.00 × 6.00 Room 1 7.00 × 8.00 Courtyard 6.00 × 6.00 Room 2 7.00 × 5.00 Bath 3.50 × 3.00 Vanity 3.50 × 3.00

Kinan Arunika — Interior designer, Yogyakarta

Rooms that breathe.

I design a room from its light first.

See the work Taking on 2 new projects to start in January 2027.
Sitting room with a teak daybed and tall green-framed windows
01 Sitting room · 7.00 × 6.00 Wisma Jati →

About this practice

Kinan explaining a colour and material palette in front of a wall of samples
Putting together the Wisma Jati palette

I'm Kinan. Before choosing a sofa, a wall colour or a lamp, I stand in the empty room and watch where the light falls at seven in the morning and at four in the afternoon. That is where a room starts to breathe: windows open wider, wood is chosen to age beautifully, and every corner earns a reason to be lived in.

Kinan Arunika · Interior designer

8
years in practice
34
spaces completed
6
cities in Java and Bali
72%
materials from local makers

Selected work · 2023–2025

Five spaces, five ways of living.

All projects

From the drawing board

Every room starts in pencil.

Kinan smiling, holding a pair of glasses and a sketchbook with a perspective drawing

Before any render there is a perspective sketch from the angle the owners will see most. Slide to compare the Wisma Jati sitting-room sketch with the finished room.

Sitting room with a teak daybed and tall green-framed windows
Sketch Built
Wisma Jati · Kotabaru, Yogyakarta View project →

Light study

Seven o'clock light is not four o'clock light.

Drag the hour. The light across this whole page moves with it, like the light in Kabin Pinus through a day. Outside this section it follows the real sun over Yogyakarta again.

Living & kitchen 7.00 × 8.00 Bedroom 5.00 × 5.00 Bathroom 5.00 × 3.00

07.00 WIB

7 am. Low, warm eastern light reaches deep into the bedroom. The bed faces it.

Material library

Twelve materials I trust.

Nearly all from makers I visit myself. Move the samples around the table, the way I choose them with clients.

How it works

Five steps, one plan.

12.00 7.00 5.00 8.00 Living & kitchen 7.00 × 8.00 Bedroom 5.00 × 5.00 Bathroom 5.00 × 3.00

  1. 01 · Week 1

    Listen

    We meet on site. I measure the space, photograph the light at different hours, and listen to how you live your days.

  2. 02 · Weeks 2–3

    Plan

    Layout plans in two or three options. This is where circulation, the big pieces of furniture and what comes down are decided.

  3. 03 · Week 4

    Light

    A study of natural and artificial light: which lamps are for work, which for dinner, and which windows need opening up.

  4. 04 · Weeks 5–6

    Materials

    Samples of wood, stone, fabric and tile on the table. Most come from makers I know in Jepara, Cirebon and Gunungkidul.

  5. 05 · Week 7 onwards

    Built

    Construction drawings and a budget for the contractor, then, if you want, I oversee the build down to the last bit of styling.

From clients

  1. “Kinan never sold us a style. Kinan asked what time we wake up, then moved the bedrooms to the east side. Our guests always mention the morning light.”

    Raden Ayu Sekar Pambayun Owner, Wisma Jati

    Wisma Jati →

  2. “Our budget was tight. Kinan picked three things to spend big on, and made the rest from timber salvaged from the old house. The café has been full since week one.”

    Dimas Prakoso Founder, Lantai Dua

    Lantai Dua →

  3. “A 142 m² apartment now feels like a two-storey house. I still don't understand how, but I don't want to move.”

    Maya Kusumawardani Residential client, Jakarta

    Apartemen Senopati →

Availability

Taking on 2 new projects to start in January 2027.

A free 30-minute first consultation every Thursday, by video or at the studio.

Start a project Thursday consultation
  1. Nov 2026 2026: Booked
  2. Dec 2026: Booked
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