STUDIO
Studio ORA is a multi-disciplinary design practice driven by the relationships and connections we form with objects and our environments.
Exploring themes of pace, temporality and permanence, we endeavour to encourage a sense of slowness and appreciation of the present moment through the use of material, form, light and surface.
Working across residential, multi-residential, commercial and hospitality projects, Studio ORA aims to design outcomes that cause people to delight in interaction with their surroundings as a way of creating a sensory experience.
This ethos is reflected in the studio’s name ‘ORA’, which in Italian means ‘of the present moment’ and also alludes phonetically to the word ‘aura’; the atmosphere or quality surrounding a place.
Inspired by their clients rather than by trends, Studio ORAs signature style involves a richness of texture and layering of materiality to create beautiful spaces that feel contemporary with a strong underlying sense of personality and soul.
APPROACH
After working in some of Melbourne’s leading design and architecture practices, Studio ORA was founded to further pursue a passion for highly emotive, human-centred design.
This approach puts people at the centre of the design process. It means that time is spent getting to know you and the detailed ins and outs of your project so that designs manifest in a way that have been informed specifically by you and your needs, rather than by trends or assumptions.
Studio ORA takes immense pride in this approach that champions empathy, deep listening and communication, and believes it is the foundation for the most successful of design outcomes.
PEOPLE
Design Director
Coming from a family of makers, creativity has always been an inherent part of Dijana’s life.
She initially gained an Advanced Diploma in Gold and Silversmithing and worked as a contemporary jeweller before sidestepping into a Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours) degree at RMIT University. This path has led to her having a design approach heavily influenced by fine detail and ideas surrounding adornment.
Dijana draws inspiration from nature, geometry, colour and texture and endeavours to create environments that shift how people interact with their surroundings as a way of actuating connection.
Outside of the office Dijana loves art, nurturing her indoor plant collection and discovering the world through the eyes of her delightfully curious toddler.
DIJANA MOISIS
SERVICES
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Studio ORA offers bespoke full service interior design packages across residential, multi-residential, hospitality and commercial projects. From concept to completion our full service interior design sees us manage your project through every phase.
Whether a renovation or new build project, our full interior design service includes -
Refinement of floorplan
Development of an overall concept direction
Design and detailing of custom joinery
Selection of finishes, fittings and fixtures
Production of technical drawing package and specifications ready for tender
Communications with trades throughout the construction process
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If you aren’t embarking on a full renovation or new build project, we offer bespoke joinery design for smaller scale undertakings. Be it a kitchen, a bathroom, study joinery, or perhaps some new built-in-robes, we create beautiful custom joinery tailored specifically to you and your needs.
Our Bespoke Joinery Design service includes -
Development of an overall concept direction
Design and detailing of custom joinery
Selection of finishes, fittings and fixtures
Production of technical drawing package and specifications ready for tender
Communications with trades throughout the construction process
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If you have already finished your renovation or build, or are already happy with the existing interior design finishes in your home, we offer a Furniture and Styling service to help bring together all the finishing touches. Whether it is one or two rooms or the whole house, we manage all phases of the procurement process from concept, quoting and ordering, to tracking, delivery coordination, and installation and styling.
Our Furniture + Styling service includes -
Development of an overall concept direction
Quoting of selected items
Ordering of selected items
Delivery coordination
Installation and arrangement
PROCESS
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We begin each project with a period of investigation to really get to know you and your needs. We want to understand both your practical requirements and your aspirations to lay the foundations for what the rest of the project will flow from. This allows our design suggestions down the track to be informed, thoughtful and considered, rather than based on assumptions.
We work with your floorplans to create a layout that responds to the needs identified in our investigation. This addresses how the space works.
Concurrently, we follow up this investigation with research to start narrowing down the most suitable finishes, fittings and fixtures for your project. This addresses how the space looks and feels.
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Once the research undertaken during the Concept Design stage has been gathered and an overall concept direction established, we take these ideas and further develop them within the context of your space.
Details are refined, finishes are selected, fixtures are sourced.
This is followed by a process of feedback and refinement, if necessary, after the design is presented to you.
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Following approval of the design in the previous stage, the technical documentation package is generated, including detailed drawings and specifications.
This parcel of work forms the set of instructions your trades use for tender and construction.
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If you have already finished your renovation or build, or are already happy with the existing interior design finishes in your home, we offer a Furniture and Styling service to help bring together all the finishing touches. Whether it is one or two rooms or the whole house, we manage all phases of the procurement process from concept, quoting and ordering, to tracking, delivery coordination, and installation and styling.
Our Furniture + Styling service includes -
Development of an overall concept direction
Quoting of selected items
Ordering of selected items
Delivery coordination
Installation and arrangement