Author name: Elara Voskian

Elara Voskian is a tropical furniture designer and sustainability consultant with 14 years of field experience across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Pacific island nations. Trained in ethnobotany and certified in FSC-compliant timber sourcing, she collaborates with artisan cooperatives to fuse traditional weaving techniques with modern ergonomics. Her work has been featured in 'Design for Climate Resilience' and she teaches material ethics at the Tropical Design Institute in Costa Rica.