About
Designing for comfort,culture & care.
Karyll Anne Bordas is an interior designer formed at the University of Santo Tomas — Interior Design. Her work asks how rooms can hold people gently — guests resting after travel, patients recovering, children learning without sight, elders gathering in familiar light.
Across academic and collaborative projects from 2022–2026, she pairs concept-driven storytelling with material boards, furniture layout plans, and construction detailing. Culture is never decoration alone: it becomes acoustic strategy, wayfinding, memory, and mood.
How she works
01
Cultural literacy
Filipino material traditions, symbols, and craft — from Baybayin acoustics to sampaguita memory — translated into contemporary interiors.
02
Well-being first
Spaces for patients, children, elders, and guests designed through research: neuroarchitecture, sensory wayfinding, and calm material systems.
03
Range with rigor
Hospitality, healthcare, institutional, retail, residential, and construction detailing — concept through working drawings.
Education
University of Santo Tomas — Interior Design
Undergraduate thesis, 2025 — Philippine National School for the Blind: a neuroarchitecture-based interior design proposal for early childhood learning.
Selected focus
- Hospitality & acoustic comfort
- Healthcare environments
- Inclusive / neuroarchitecture education
- Elderly residential care
- Retail concept & residential detailing