From collectible furniture to status-defining spaces, Ukrainian designer Victoria Yakusha has built a language all her own – sculptural, tactile, and quietly powerful.

 

Her interiors do more than look refined; they hold presence. A home, gallery, or boutique hotel touched by her vision feels imbued with memory and emotion.

Trained as an architect, Yakusha has evolved into a multidisciplinary creator whose work spans architecture, interiors, and collectible design. Over the past decade she has earned recognition among collectors, curators, and discerning clients for transforming spaces into stories. Her Kyiv-based studio is known for high-end, fully custom projects that merge function with feeling.

Her interiors shape atmosphere as much as form. A serene French countryside home, a boldly quiet New York apartment, or the award-winning Kyiv restaurant Istetyka all reveal her ability to craft experiences rather than simply rooms.

International recognition soon followed. In 2021 Istetyka received Best Restaurant Interior. By 2024 Yakusha was included in Dezeen’s annual list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design, and in 2025 Robb Report named her to its “Best of the Best.” Such honors underscore her role in redefining cultural luxury on a global stage.

Now she expands further. With a first U.S. gallery opening in Miami, Yakusha introduces a platform uniting architecture, interiors, and collectible design. The space embodies her philosophy: design not only as beauty, but as memory, heritage, and soul.

This December she returns to Design Miami/ with The Land of Light: Chapter II, a sculptural series in her sustainable signature material, ZTISTA. More than objects, the works continue her inquiry into how design can embody presence in a shifting world.

With galleries in Antwerp and soon Miami, museum acquisitions, and invitations to leading fairs, Yakusha is shaping a legacy that will endure. Her name has become synonymous not only with striking form, but with enduring meaning – design that resonates long after first encounter.

“It’s about creating meaningful environments,” she explains.
“Places where people feel something, remember something.”
Her Ukrainian roots and strong Belgian ties inform
a language at once ancient and modern.
Clay feels hand-shaped, light is intentional,
objects seem to carry emotional weight.