Studio NAWA is a creative practice based in Chicago, founded by Alina Nazmeeva and John Wagner. Their collaboration brings together two complementary disciplines: one rooted in digital media, immersive technologies, and interactive environments, the other grounded in architecture, materiality, fabrication, and the longevity of objects. Together, they develop an approach shaped by digital simulation, craftsmanship, and formal research, producing works that sit at the intersection of functional art, design, and material experimentation. Their work considers how a digital form can become a real, inhabitable, and lasting object.
