Ara Finch lives in Ōtautahi and designs light, shelves, and small architectural furniture.

Ara Finch lives in Ōtautahi and designs light, shelves, and small architectural furniture.

Ara Finch lives in Ōtautahi and designs light, shelves, and small architectural furniture.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.

FEATURED WORK 01

A lighting object built around reflection and the soft boundary between object, wall, and atmosphere.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.

A vertical storage piece balancing visual mass with narrow proportions for smaller homes.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.

FEATURED WORK 02

FEATURED WORK 03

A seating study that makes use of awkward corners and turns them into deliberate places to pause.

Ara’s practice looks at how furniture can behave like a small piece of architecture: framing light, carrying weight, and making a room feel more intentional.