Ukraine is finding its place on the global design stage with multi-disciplinary studios that blur the boundaries between architecture, interiors and furniture. Here are six studios to watch.

Yuriy Zimenko
Interior and furniture designer Yuriy Zimenko has been active on the Kiev scene for 15 years. Known for his luxurious and minimal style enlivened with moments of colour, he has designed apartments and houses in his home country and abroad.
Zimenko's furniture designs are defined by their sense of humour. The form of the Roomy Wardrobe Numbers Game is decorated with a series of gold numbers, that thin out towards the top of the piece.
His Op-art furniture range includes a cupboard, chest and coffee table. Each piece has two contrasting layers, a plywood exterior with perforated holes covering a matte black base to provide a striking visual effect. The collection is inspired by the 20th-century art movement in which geometric shapes take on an optical form.

Balbek Bureau
Headed by Slava Balbek, architecture, interiors and design firm Balbek Bureau also encompasses furniture brand Propro, which primarily caters to offices.
The studio also runs a side project within the company called Tuyvo, which works on design for social good for the surrounding community, such as providing benches for a local park with an integrated solar panel.
Recent projects have included designing the Kiev headquarters of Ukraine-founded software company Grammarly, which occupies the top two floors...