Clothing designer. Married. I read a lot, I run my business, make drawings and sometimes play piano. Our brand FINCH got recognized in 2021 as Best Innovator in Ukraine for our AR-animated clothing made in collaboration with AR developers.

You can find me on Instagram as @byaka_kateva and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.byakova

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

It's war in my country and our business has suffered from shelling, we also closed our beloved showroom in Kyiv city center, because people don't buy clothes that much here now, so I have no opportunity to pay for the room during my work trips as it was before, I need to optimize our expenses as tight as possible. But the good thing is that we're still designing and producing clothes in Ukraine, despite air alarms and danger, we pay taxes and pay % for charity, because we want to do what we can to support our country, and we keep looking for the new markets and people to work with, so I have to travel more than ever before now. Also I'm working on my communication skills, as I believe that a good talk is the best exersize for the brain. Meeting new interesting people is a good antistress for me, non-tourist traveling experience in another cultures gives opportunity to look at your habitual life from a new perspective, and bring something new to it. :) To learn more about our brand read the articles at Metal magazine or Kaltblut - search for "FINCH" there or open finchwear.com

兴趣

Painting and design. Music. Reading.

• design
• yoga
• clothing
• reading
• painting
• music
• piano

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Arvo Part, Apparat/Moderat, Radiohead, Archive, Darkside.
Books: Solaris (Stanislav Lem).
Movies: Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, Spirited Away.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

We work on our own clothing brand FINCH. Me and my husband, both left our office job, and started from scratch. Now we live in Kyiv, Ukraine, during the war. And keep working.

教，学，和分享

I am pretty skilled in many spheres, as I worked in retail, marketing, IT and design companies before I started my business, and always ready to find out more. The most interesting subject for me is the psychology of the decision making, and the brain tricks.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

We'll see... There's always something to share :)

我游览过的国家

Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey

我居住过的国家

Germany, Ukraine