Miyavi Floristry

About Us

Miyavi Floristry is grounded in the Japanese philosophy of giving life through considered placement. Drawing from the principles of Ikebana and the Mono-ha movement, our work explores the quiet dialogue between natural materials and the built environment.

Flowers are not treated as decoration alone, but as living elements that respond to architecture, heritage and contemporary space. Through simplicity of structure and intentional composition, each arrangement allows the inherent beauty of botanical form to emerge.

Inspired by Mono-ha’s exploration of the relationship between industrial objects and nature, Miyavi’s practice situates floristry within spatial experience - creating moments where natural materials soften, activate and transform the environments they inhabit.

Guided by omotenashi, our service is meticulous, intuitive and deeply personal, offering clients floral works that resonate both aesthetically and emotionally within their space.

 

Philosophy

Mono-ha emerged in Japan during a period of cultural repositioning in the late 1960s and 1970s, when artists began reconsidering the relationship between natural and industrial materials. This sensibility aligns closely with traditional Ikebana, where life is revealed through restraint, structure and placement.

At Miyavi, this philosophy informs how arrangements engage with interiors, heritage architecture and contemporary design. Each floral work becomes a point of connection between material and memory, nature and human experience.

This perspective also reflects our evolving spatial installations and shop displays, where natural forms enter into conversation with existing built features, allowing floristry to become both an object and an atmosphere.

 

Co-Founder | Senior Floriculturist

Yuka Konno

Yuka Konno is a pioneering figure in contemporary Japanese floriculture practice in Australia. Her Sydney studio @hananingen_sydney was the first authorised Hananingen studio in the country - a concept translating to flower (hana) and human (ningen), merging botanical design with portraiture.

As co-founder of Miyavi Floristry, Yuka continues to expand the expressive potential of floristry, integrating traditional Japanese principles with contemporary spatial and material exploration.

With nearly a decade of experience, her work repositions everyday individuals as protagonists through floriculture design, photography and kimono portraiture.

Yuka was awarded the Studio Florist Award at the Sydney Markets Fresh Awards (2022). She holds both Certificate III and IV in Floristry from TAFE NSW Padstow and received the TAFE NSW Bernie Gold Award for Design Excellence, the highest design honour awarded to Western Sydney students.

 

Image credit @Maiko_Videograohy