About Aviva Stanoff Design

A UNION OF TWO WORLDS: JAPANESE HERITAGE MEETS THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Being a multigenerational maker effervesces in Aviva Stanoff’s DNA. Her dynamic, creative spirit brings her a resolute dedication to being a conduit from the past to the future, a commitment that is as natural as breathing for this artisan. "I don’t see what I do as a job; I see it as a vital act of representing all the creatives who came before me” she remarks. "Honoring that spirit, I would like to be certain that the legacy doesn’t stop with me. " Having been raised in a multicultural environment as a child of Japanese and Russian immigrants, she sees it as her duty to honor all of the forces that have helped shape who she is. And she is determined to use her power for good, a resolve forged during childhood summers studying traditional arts in her family’s Buddhist temple in Japan and renewed each time she hiked the old-growth redwood forests near her California home growing up or walks on her local beach now. Her entre into the world of the textile arts was centered around the runway, and internships at Calvin Klein Home while earning her MFA brought her the first successes of her career in home decor products. By graduation, Aviva’s designs for Calvin Klein were on store shelves, earning her a mention in Vogue. These early triumphs turned to commissions from Christian Dior, Givenchy Couture and Donna Karan, among others. In 2004, Aviva launched her own line of home accessories in Brooklyn, NewRead their story