After experiencing the 2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, furniture designer and architect Victoria Yakusha sought in her work to preserve, revive and celebrate Ukrainian culture. A deep connection with nature and a sustainable construction approach connects her designs to the Earth and centuries-old traditions. By drawing on techniques and materials native to her home country, Yakusha creates award-winning collections of furniture, lighting and décor with an organic modern design style.
Growing up, Yakusha fostered an affinity for Ukrainian primitivist and folk artists including self-taught painter Maria Prymachenko. She later studied architecture at Prydniprovska State Academy in Ukraine and the National Institutes of Science and Technology in France. In 2006, she opened YAKUSHA, a multidisciplinary studio, and in 2014, she launched her furniture brand, Faina.
Faina uses materials from Ukraine and employs local specialists to craft furnishings, often entirely by hand. The brand developed its own living material, ztista, a moldable dough composed of recycled metal, cellulose, wood chips and clay. Faina also uses a historic craft technique known as valkuvannia, which involves coating a solid surface with a mixture of straw, hay and natural clay. It enables sculptors to form highly textured pieces including chairs, benches and lamps.
Yakusha’s work has been presented around the world, including at the 2018 and 2020 Paris Design Week, 2017 Stockholm Furniture Fair, 2018 and 2020 Milan Design Week and 2015 and 2018 Bologna Design Week. She won recognition from the ELLE DECO International Design Awards in 2019, Art Space Interior Awards in 2020 and the 2020 Arte Laguna Prize for Art Design. In 2021, Yakusha’s Istetyka interior in Kyiv became the first Ukrainian project to win in the Dezeen Awards for the Bars & Restaurants category.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of designs by Victoria Yakusha including seating, tables, decorative objects and more.
ZTISTA Chair by Victoria Yakusha: Upcycled Steel & Clay Design
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Miami, FL
ZTISTA chairs - hand-sculpted of FAINA’s eponymous material - ZTISTA a sustainable blend of clay, hay and other recycled materials, designed to one day return to nature. ZTISTA is a...
Steel
Grun' Chair by Victoria Yakusha: Whimsical Textile and Wood Design
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Miami, FL
MATERIAL: textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood. Colors palette: more than 40 colors in 3 categories are available. Please kindly note that handcrafted items may slightly differ in s...
Textile, Wood
TOPTUN Chair by Victoria Yakusha: Textile & Wood Soft Geometry
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Miami, FL
TOPTUN chair is a handcrafted contemporary upholstered chair combining textile, foam rubber, sintepon, and a solid wood structure. The design features a compact yet sculptural form w...
Textile, Wood
$6,630
GRUN' Dewlit chair
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Miami, FL
MATERIAL: textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood. Please kindly note that handcrafted items may slightly differ in shades and textures. Only for indoor use. The chair has a soft s...
Textile, Wood
Grun’ Dewlit Armchair by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Grun’ Dewlit armchair by Faina Limited Edition Dimensions: D 87 x W 89 x H 91 cm Material: Textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood, hand embroidery with beads. Weight: 20 kg The Grun’ ...
Fabric, Foam, Wood, Beads
Sculpted Contemporary Black Chair, Ztista Chair by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Warsaw, PL
Sculpted contemporary black chair - Ztista Chair by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: steel, flax rubber, biopolymer, cellulose Dime...
Steel
$4,347 / item
Grun’ Chair by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Grun’ chair by Faina Dimensions: W 69 x D 67 x H 86 cm Material: Textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood. Weight: 14 kg The Grun’ chair embodies the spirit of animism, with a whimsica...
Fabric, Foam, Wood
$8,197 / item
Grun’ Armchair by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Grun’ Armchair by Faina Dimensions: W 89 x D 87 x H 91 cm Material: Textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood. Firmness: Firm. Weight: 20 kg. The Grun’ armchair boasts a unique shape ...
Fabric, Foam, Wood
$900 / item
H 32.29 in W 20.87 in D 21.26 in
Contemporary Chair in Solid Wood, Upholstered in Leather or Textiles
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Dry chair collection. The Dry chair concept is to work in a mixture of distinct references resulting in a modern classic in a dance between the retro and the modern. A heavy and i...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Laminate, Hardwood
Sculpted Chair N3 in Solid Oak Wood
By Sóha
Located in Paris, IDF
Chair made of solid oak (+ linseed oil) (Outdoor use OK) Dimensions: H. 82 x 48 x 48 cm (SH 45 cm) Warm furniture’s made by Russian designer Denis Milovanov from "Soha" studio. Sim...
Oak
$1,434Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 35.04 in W 23.23 in D 26.38 in
Contemporary black lacquered brass COM Arches dining chair by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Best Chair Design at the International Design & Architecture Awards 2021 Honorable Mention at the European Product Design Awards 2021 The Arches dining chair...
Brass
Set Windsor Chairs - 8 Farmhouse Kitchen Chair
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a set of 8 Windsor chairs made from the finest English yew. The set of 8 consists of two arm chairs and six side chairs. These ...
Wood
Vintage Le Corbusier Armchair LC1 by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage LC1 chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, circa 1928. Base in chromed tubular steel, white / brown pony skin upholstery. Marked/engraved on t...
Chrome
Vintage Le Corbusier Armchair LC1 by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage LC1 chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, circa 1928. Base in chromed tubular steel, pony skin upholstery. Marked/engraved on the frame: Cass...
Chrome
Japanese Wooden block chair /wabi-sabi chair / private chair /
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This chair is crafted from a tree trunk left in its natural form. Zelkova wood is used for the material. Although the surface is finished in black with cashew paint, the beautiful ...
Wood
Vintage Le Corbusier Armchair LC1 by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage LC1 chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, circa 1928. Base in black painted tubular steel, cognac color leather upholstery. Marked/engraved o...
Steel
$2,633
H 33.08 in W 21.66 in D 17.72 in
Gaulino Easy Chair occasional chair black stained ash black hide, contemporary
By Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Gaulino Easy Chair is the natural progression from the iconic Gaulino. It retains the functional artistry of the Gaulino while sitting lighter, wider, and lower. BD introduced ...
Leather, Ash
Contemporary Clay Dining Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant chairs are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
Metal
$1,932 / item
H 31.11 in W 21.26 in D 22.84 in
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair with White Fabric Upholstery Seat by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair with White Fabric Upholstery Seat by Misaya Dimensions: W 58 x L 54 x H 79 cm Materials: Brass Hand-sculpted brass chair. Misaya emulates Chinese ...
Brass
Classic Modernist Chair . wood & iron by designed by Clifford Pascoe
By Clifford Pascoe
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Design ! Plywood & iron chair by Clifford Pascoe feature thoughtful lines, and a curved birch backrest. The seat has been reupholstered in a burnt orange mohair... ...
Iron
$50,000
H 42.5 in W 66 in D 32 in
Anemone Contemporary Soft Chair in Alpaca Fur and Wood Veneer by Brandi Howe
By Brandi Howe
Located in New York, NY
Anemone Shag Chair by Brandi Howe W 66" x H 42.5" x D 32" Alpaca Fur, Wood Inspired by the stichodactyla gigantea anemone, this chair uses organic shapes...
Fur, Alpaca, Wood
Vintage Le Corbusier Armchair LC1 by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage LC1 chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, circa 1928. Base in chromed tubular steel, white leather upholstery. Marked/engraved on the frame: ...
Chrome
$4,130 / set
H 33 in W 17.5 in D 18.5 in
Vintage Black Hitchcock Chairs, Three Side Chairs, One Armed Chair
By Lambert Hitchcock
Located in Louisville, KY
These L. Hitchcocks chairs are as one would expect coming from Hitchcock, simply splendid. With their signature black painted finish and gold stencil work overall, the age, patina an...
Rush, Wood, Paint
Black Sculpted Contemporary Chair by FAINA
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpted Indoor contemporary chair by FAINA Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: steel, flax rubber, biopolymer, cellulose Dimensions: Height: 106 x Width: 45 x Sitting place width...
Steel
Plyn Armchair by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Plyn Armchair by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Materials: Textile, foam rubber, sintepon, wood Dimensions: L 110 x W 175 x Seat width 80 cm The dim...
Textile, Rubber, Wood
Contemporary Bench by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary bench by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: Textile, wood, foam, rubber, sintepon Dimensions: H 49 x W 124 x L 33 cm In ...
Textile, Foam, Wood
Contemporary Bench by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary bench by Faina Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: Textile, wood, foam, rubber, sintepon Dimensions: H 49 x W 124 x L 33 cm...
Textile, Foam, Wood
Contemporary Chair by FAINA
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary armchair by FAINA Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: Textiles, Foamrubber, Sintepon, wood and plywood Dimensions: 44.5 ?, 46 ?, 78 cm Weight: 10 kg In search of new-ol...
Textile, Wood, Plywood
Orange Sculpted Contemporary Chair by FAINA
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpted Indoor contemporary chair by FAINA Design: Victoriya Yakusha Material: steel, flax rubber, biopolymer, cellulose Dimensions: Height 82 x width 48 x legs depth 45 cm Weight:...
Steel