AYA — Motherland Collection
Founder Architect & Designer
AYA was founded by interior architect and designer Switchaya Yingseree Federowicz, whose work explores the relationship between material research, form, and everyday use. With over seventeen years of experience across commercial, hospitality, and residential design — including many years living and working in New York — her practice connects architectural thinking with human experience.
Alongside her design career, she founded the gallery The Switch in Manhattan's Lower East Side, creating a platform for art, craft, and cultural exchange.
AYA brings this perspective back to her family's ceramic production in Lampang, Thailand, where natural clay, generational craftsmanship, and contemporary design converge. The studio has long supplied and exported ceramic work to international brands, as well as restaurants and chefs — including Michelin-starred establishments.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Design Philosophy
AYA explores how objects shape experience. Each piece is designed through architectural thinking, where material, proportion, and space create quiet moments of everyday ritual.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Origin & Material
Clay from Lampang, Thailand forms the foundation of AYA. Each piece begins with natural clay and is shaped through a balance of material research, form, and function. Hand-finished glazes and careful firing reveal the quiet character of the material.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Sustainable Design
Sustainability is embedded in the way AYA is designed and produced. Working with natural clay from Lampang and small-batch ceramic production, each piece is made with care for material, process, and longevity. Packaging is thoughtfully designed without plastic or toxic materials, reflecting a commitment to responsible craft and a future mindful of the next generation.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Color as Material
Motherland Collection approaches color as an extension of material. Inspired by elements of the natural environment, the palette is expressed through five tones: Sand, Bamboo, Rice Field, Sun, and Rain. Each glaze interacts with light and surface differently, allowing the material to reveal its character through form and everyday use.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Sand
Matte white with black dots
Design Inspiration
The sand from my motherland is filled with footprints of memories and love — each grain tells the rhythm that narrates the tales of my birthplace, which I blend into my ceramics to share that feeling with you.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Bamboo
Matte green with black dots
Design Inspiration
The bamboo from my motherland is a symbol of strength and resilience — each stalk carries the rhythm that narrates the tales of my birthplace, where memories and livelihoods are intertwined in timeless beauty.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Rice Field
Matte green with white dots
Design Inspiration
The vast rice fields embody the hopes and dreams of the people in my motherland — every vibrant shade of green in the rice absorbs the stories of life, nurturing the spirit of home once more.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Sun
Glossy yellow with black dots
Design Inspiration
The sunlight from my motherland inspires a radiant new day — each beam reflects the rhythms of my birthplace, blending memories and warmth into one, which I pour into my ceramic art.
AYA — Motherland Collection
Rain
Glossy blue with white dots
Design Inspiration
The melodies of rain in my motherland are the rhythms that tell the tales of my birthplace — where every drop is a memory and love for our home.