The Studio
Oksijen was founded in Johannesburg in 2007.
Nineteen years later we work across hospitality, residential and commercial projects, throughout Africa, on builds big enough that we send someone to live on site until they’re finished.
We take a project from the first plans through to the last piece of furniture placed in a finished room.
We’re just as capable of stepping in mid-way, troubleshooting a project that’s already underway.
With our own team of craftsmen, artisans and suppliers, we bring to life spaces that belong to that one client, in that one place, and nowhere else.
“I started this studio because I wanted to build the whole thing, not choose the cushions at the end. A house isn’t just a room with nice things in it. It’s plans, structure, the way the light falls at four in the afternoon, the person who’s actually going to live there. I take all of that seriously, from the first sketch to the day someone moves in.”
— Lisa Swart
Founder & Design Lead
I don’t work to a house style. Every project starts with the place, the architecture, and the life of the client in front of me, and I stay closely involved from the first sketch to the last decision. What comes out the other side is singular: a point of view built for that project, not applied to it.