Karina is a founding director of studio.talk with a strong interest in retail and hospitality design. She believes in a design process which responds directly to a pressing issue of a project and offers a holistic solution which can directly be enjoyed by the target users. She received her Bachelor of Engineering (Architecture) from Institute Technology of Bandung (ITB) in 2014. Following which, she had enjoyed a stint working in Bali on hospitality projects prior to returning to Jakarta to work on various range of projects including high-end residential works in Singapore to mixed-use retail F&B concepts in Jakarta to large-scale resort master planning in Eastern Indonesia. A minimalist at her core, Karina has an affinity for simplification – an essential process she believes will bring out and enhance even more the beauty of a particular space through a reductive approach with an eye for sophisticated detailings.