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We operate in the unsettled areas of art, design, and architecture.

Associates Associates partners with institutions and professionals who seek alternative ways of approaching design. Together we disregard conventions in favor of bold and singular work. The work is many things: ideas, buildings, interiors, installations, furniture, objects, art, and experiences. We equally embrace high profile projects and everyday spaces. The work of Associates Associates creates shifts in taste and influences others. We feel alive in front of something that is not ready to be classified - something that holds on a little too tight, looks back a little too long, and is there with you later on, wandering to the forefront in between your thoughts. 

The name of our firm, Associates Associates, pays homage to a lineage of architecture and design studios. The associate is a common title used and recognized across professions and it carries implications that have long become embedded in our culture. By simply repeating the term we transform its standard meaning - exaggerating the generic and opening a new dimension that mixes humor, sincerity, and authority. This position, at once recognizable and entirely new, speaks to our process of examining culture as well as our diverse, collaborative studio model. 

We are now open for business ready to develop influential projects regardless of scope, scale, type or budget. If you are an institution, brand, or a person that values original work than we are your Associates Associates.

Ania Jaworska, Principal
ania@associatesassociates.com
734 674 7761

Ania Jaworska is an architect, designer and educator. Her practice focuses on exploring the connection between art and architecture and her work explores bold simple forms, humor, commentary and conceptual, historical, and cultural references. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture. She holds a master's degree in architecture from Cracow University of Technology in Poland as well as the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.

Her work was presented at the Venice Biennale, Chicago Architectural Biennale, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, MOMA, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Cranbrook Art Museum, Kungstewerbemuseum, Chicago Cultural Center, Graham Foundation, Harvard University GSD, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Chamber Gallery, Friedman Benda Gallery, Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, amongst others. She is a 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Finalist.

Her design work is represented by Volume Gallery.