AKEN
Multidisciplinary practitioner working across sound, image, structure and matter.
Fifteen years in Japanese cuisine, from Melbourne to palace kitchens in Geneva and Paris. Edomae and Nikkei sushi specialist, former junior sous chef at Matsuhisa, Le Royal Monceau. Classically trained in music from the age of four, shaped by the Lyon techno scene. Art director, stylist, photographer.
Co-founder of dar nikkeï and KONBINI Café.
Rather than separating disciplines,
AKEN treats them as interconnected territories.
A sound becomes a temporal structure.
A garment becomes architecture for the body.
A restaurant becomes choreography in space.
An image becomes a field of attention.
The approach remains the same: building systems, shaping perception, organizing experience through form, rhythm and time.
Latest Craze, started in 2011, is the living archive of this practice.
Listening architecture, live AV, DJ sets.
Styling, photography, visual direction.
Spatial design, systems, brand construction.
Garments, food, objects, material processes.
Sound
- Live performance, analog & digital
- Long-form DJ sets
- Sound design · mixing
- Generative visuals (Processing)
- Classical training
Image
- Art direction
- Photography
- Styling
- Editorial & studio shoots
- Visual content
Structure
- Restaurant & café concepts
- Brand identity
- Menu design
- Web design (WordPress)
- Team systems (Kaizen)
Matter
- Edomae & Nikkei sushi
- Omakase service
- Kitchen management & training
- Fermentation · kombucha
- Pattern making · upcycling
Co-founder, creative direction.
(Best Restaurant in Tunisia, MENA's 50 Best 2025 & 2026).
Ten seats, twice a week, booked a month ahead.