Arjun Singh Assa
Born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya, Arjun Singh Assa grew up in the thick of his family’s woodworking company. ‘Our home was above the workshop, so mornings began with me opening the doors for the employees and leaving for school to the sound of the machines running,’ he says. ‘In high school, I was more interested in fine arts, but financial challenges meant I joined the family business, not realising it would become my passion. It was then I began to learn about timber, how it’s grown, processed and shaped.’ After four years, Arjun moved to the UK, enrolling on the Furniture and Product Design degree course at Nottingham Trent University. ‘At that point, I was more of a traditional maker than a designer,’ he says, ‘so…
