Yuna Yamashiro

Yuna Yamashiro is a designer based in Okinawa, Japan. She creates products informed by Japan’s nature and cultural context. Working primarily with wood, her practice explores material qualities and structural expression. Her process involves observation, material experimentation, and iterative prototyping, with attention to how users interact with objects in everyday settings. Her work focuses on integrating elements of Okinawan nature and culture into contemporary living environments, with an emphasis on accessibility across different contexts. Through her practice, she contributes to the circulation of regional perspectives within a global design landscape.