Dunie (in turkic languages) can mean both a physical and spiritual world, thus a universe as a whole and at times, more specifically, a material wealth. Therefore Dunie design doesn’t see limits to its future - we are interested in design experimentations, reimagining and reinventing basic objects of everyday use as well as creating personalised design stories for others.
Our work is divided into Dunie objects - objects created for retail; Dunie lab - medium and material experiments in collaboration with local manufacturers and artisans; and lastly, art direction and design curation for businesses and small brands to share our vision on design and ethics in manufacturing with peers.
TEAM
Assel Nussipkozhanova - co-founder of Dunie Design, multidisciplinary designer, artist and co-founder of ASSEL brand, a mom of Sara, a graduate of BA in Fashion design of Istituto Marangoni Milano (2014). Assel dreams of developing a textile lab and local manufacturing inspired by traditional Central Asian techniques.
Ruana Esengosova - co-founder of Dunie Design. With a background in International Management and Japanese Art, she has always been passionate about heritage and culture. After living for 14 years in the UK, she has come back to Almaty with dreams of establishing Dunie as an international Central Asian brand and gaining more insight into her roots. When she’s not juggling motherhood, she likes to watch anime, write teenage angst romances and send cat memes to her loved ones.
Aïda Adilbek - conceptual director of Dunie Design, a multidisciplinary artist and curator, MFA graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London (2020). Aïda’s main artistic mediums are text, performance and film.
Yulo Khan - art director of Dunie Design, a photographer, co-founder of musical platform ALALA, a graduate in MA in Photography of Ecal Cantonale de’Lausanne (2018), BA in Visual communication and Photography of IED Milano (2016) and BA in Marketing of KIMEP (2013). Main mediums in her artistic practice are photography, graphic design and printing.
Aiya Sapar - designer at Dunie Design and an artist of many talents. Her mediums are photography, digital illustrations and collages. She finished CCW Foundation in Arts and Design and decided to take a break from academic education to learn in practice first and has been in Dunie Team for three years. Her aspiration is to keep an open heart at the most difficult times to come.
Yerke Alimbekova - junior management assistant at Dunie. She graduated from the College of Foreign Languages with major in Marketing with advanced English. Her interests are scattered like stars in the galaxy: from music to football. She is madly in love with astrology and perceives life as a great journey of self-discovery through art and culture.