Animus of the Inanimate - A Manifesto

Honoring the Sacred Animus of Our Everyday Object

Studio Ruhi honors the sacred animus of our everyday object.

Founded in 2024 by Suldano Abdiruhman, Studio Ruhi is a concept for functional living—one that centers objects we honor, cherish, and live alongside. It's not just about what we create, but how we choose to be in relationship with the things that surround us.

We believe nothing is static. Everything moves. Everything holds an aliveness.
Our forks, our spoons, our floorboards and lamps—each is quietly alive, vibrating on a molecular level while appearing perfectly still. They to be activated through purpose and movement. Our objects offer a kind of spiritual companionship, a reminder that existence in service is the purest form of divinity.

A fork has a purpose. So do we.

From our objects, we learn how to be still. How to be of use. How to listen. We learn humility, presence, and pride. Even the most grand of our physical creations can become teachers, inviting us into deeper conversations about devotion, function, and the sacredness of being.

“My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything: from insect to man, from man to spectre, from spectre to plant, from plant to galaxy.
My works are the irrigation veins of this universal fluid.”

— Ana Mendieta

At Studio Ruhi, we believe that same universal energy flows through all things. It is ruh—spirit, breath, essence. Not only the animating force of living beings, but the thumbprint of every living thing. The sacred within the inanimate.

This is a space for the functionally alive—for design that listens, objects that breathe, and a rhythm of life that embraces beauty, intention, and service. We don’t seek to dominate the things we make. We live with them, honor them, and in return, they remind us how to be.