Director, Ayo interior Yan Tao - Property Development Executive, Port City Colombo

Ayodhaya Jayewardene –

Ayodhaya has built her brand around elevating existing spaces with design. In 2008 she graduated with an HND Diploma of Interior Design, to launch her own eponymous architecture and interior design studio, Ayo Interiors – offering design consultancy, turnkey solutions, furniture production, and also branding and graphic solutions.

She addresses and function with personalized interior solutions utilizing both traditional and contemporary elements to create exceedingly warm and inviting interiors.

The AOD study experience not just armed Ayodhaya with technical expertise, but also helped her navigate the constant interaction with a multidisciplinary team in a collaborative environment. [http://ayointerior.lk/]

Design-led property development is not often considered a potential career move following an Interior Design degree, but where innovative spaces can reflect in generating profitable sales for an up and coming real estate development, AOD alumnus Yan Tao is paving the way. Following his graduation, Yan was quick to secure a position at Sri Lanka’s most ambitious project to date, where he is now able to confidently apply the multidisciplinary education and industry training he was equipped with from the university.