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Atajanova Çynar

@designergrtm

3 months ago

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Posted On: August 10th 2026, 03:30 am

Türkmen unaşy 🤌🏻Türkmen halkynyň gadymy we söýgüli tagamlarynyň biri bolan unaş 🤍 Öýüň ýylylygyny, ene mähirini ýatladýan bu tagam her bir çemçesinde milli tagamymyzy saklaýar. Taýýarlanyşyny görkezişime hoş geldiňiz 🌿

In 2008, I was 33 years old. I had no career and was living in Dumbo with our 5-year-old son. As a creative, I was home alone a lot. Filled with love, but also feeling isolated and without direction.

I began using what I had around me to create, to express. And that was HOME. I would cook a meal, craft a table, labor over the flowers, the lighting, the music. Hyper-focused on every element, every detail, to set the scene.

I had no idea what I was doing or where it would lead. I only knew that creating an all-encompassing sensorial world around the table felt so right. But more than anything, it gave me a sense of purpose and connection, while unearthing a passion I didn’t know existed.

I could never have imagined that this instinct for world-building would become a career that fulfills me every day. Or that I would one day travel the world, designing within some of the most iconic and architecturally significant spaces. I only knew what fueled me, and I put one foot in front of the other.

I am beyond proud of this work in Vienna in an apartment designed by Adolf Loos, but perhaps even more proud of the journey that brought me here.

I share this because I am proof that you can find yourself, your passion, and even your career later in life. You don’t always need to know where you’re going. Sometimes you just need to follow what makes you feel alive, even when you have absolutely no idea where it might lead.

Scenography: @studioathenacalderone
Partner: @capitalone
Trip and Production: @prior
Catering: @maisonbufett
Video: @rodrigorize
Photography: @danielseunglee
Production: @100gramsofsun @oivita_events
Performance: @kimliliantroxler @schinfinity
Dress: @colleenallen

“Respectfully, what the hell is wrong with you?” 🤣

Here’s my response to @stephenasmith’s question about running as a Republican in California:

Atajanova Çynar

@designergrtm

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