The Collective

The creative women of Studio You Me are Kestie Lane and Hana Hakim. Their partnership is based on a mutual love of design, food, art and all things unique and obscure.

This love of design unites them yet they each bring unique strengths and their individual sense of style and confidence to the practice. Kestie and Hana met as colleagues many years ago and instantly forged a professional and personal friendship based on a mutual respect and shared design philosophy. This friendship is the basis of their business: a passion for everything design and their parallel aesthetic has made them great business partners.

Studio You Me is no ordinary interior design practice. Although they have a wide range of professional experience having worked on residential, workplace, hospitality and retail design, their portfolio extends beyond interior projects to graphic, event, urban, furniture and product design.

Kestie and Hana are supported by a talented network of collaborators and can meet the demands of any project. This network ensures that Studio You Me has the capacity and capability to deliver projects efficiently and cost effectively.

The Story

Life is too short to design anything less than extraordinary. Studio You Me are dedicated to creating original, considered and bold designs that reflect the nuance of each individual project.

Studio You Me value collaboration and enjoy taking their clients on a journey of inspiration and exploration. They are able to bring client briefs to life: from the functional requirements to the underlying personality of a project, creating enduring and intelligent design solutions. They work with their clients, expertly guiding and managing projects to achieve outcomes that exceed expectations.

The studio is built around an ethical philosophy that eschews the mass-produced for the custom crafted while prioritising and meeting the commercial realities of each project.

With their understanding of commercial parameters, diverse design experience and meticulous attention to detail, Studio You Me deliver crafted interiors and products that reflect the people who inhabit and use them. Studio You Me designs for a life less ordinary – spaces that intrigue the mind, excite the senses and comfort the soul.

Kestie Lane

Kestie radiates a sense of refined creativity – with her impeccable aesthetic and calm composure she manages to make design look effortless. Kestie combines her design flair with her savvy business acumen to create spaces that work for both clients and users. Kestie started her career at Adelaide’s Jam Factory as a furniture designer and maker. Her attention to detail and tactility is brought to life in her highly crafted work and design process.

Since relocating to Melbourne and working in interior design she has held senior positions at a range of high profile firms. Kestie has established a reputation as an Australian design leader, managing teams and delivering projects for workplace, hospitality, retail, commercial, public space and multi-residential clients.

Design is innate to Kestie and a fundamental part of her life – whether she is at home, travelling, with the family or working – it inspires her and ignites her creative vision, which she injects to all of her projects at Studio You Me.

Contact Kestie info@studioyoume.com.au

Hana Hakim

British born and raised Hana Hakim emerged into the Australian design industry over eight years ago spending many years working at some of Australia’s leading architectural practices.

She has earned a reputation for delivering distinctive and refined interiors for hospitality, workplace, retail, commercial and multi-residential projects. Free spirited yet seriously hardworking, Hana’s designs evolve instinctively, resulting in interior spaces that are at once sensory and full of character, yet with a refined edge and sensibility. She brings her infectious enthusiasm and dedication to every project, large or small. Hana immerses herself in a broad range of creative influences – from interior design, graphics, architecture, product design, music and food. She blurs the lines between these media and pushes them to their maximum possibilities. Her original approach and dedication to design has resulted in recognition from two Australian Interior Design Awards*.

Her global approach to design has been inspired by her not-for-profit architecture projects throughout the Middle East and Asia. She believes that great design should be available to everyone, everywhere and she uses her unique skills to help bridge this gap in areas that need it most. For Hana, this is not an act of charity but rather a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the world of design.

2013 Workplace Design | Award

2013 Best of State Commercial | Award

Contact Hana info@studioyoume.com.au