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Ayu and Sinyo: twin sister and brother, building since 2001.

studiothinking18 Mar 2026

The Agency Model Is Changing — Go Big or Go Home

Why my twin and I started a two-person studio, and what I think it says about where creative work is headed.

AyuAyu·~4 min
AIthinking23 Jan 2026

AI is a craft problem, not a replacement problem

AI won't replace designers. It raises the bar for craft. When mediocrity is free, taste and judgment are the differentiator.

AyuAyu·~4 min
studio23 Dec 2025

We launched eyay.studio

The site is live. Here's what we built and why we built it the way we did.

SinyoSinyo·~2 min

Behind our services and selected work are Ayu and Sinyo Koene: twins, sister and brother, born in 2001 and still building things side by side.

Ayu moved through mechanical engineering, digital design, strategy, and service design. She is drawn to the place where products, services, systems, and people meet: how something works, why it exists, and how it could become clearer or more useful.

Sinyo is a software engineer with a background in economics and artificial intelligence. He thinks in systems, code, automation, and architecture, with the patience to turn a vague idea into something that runs.

They started early with emerging technology. Tiny Troubles, their family venture from 2019, mixed 3D art, generative code, storytelling, and blockchain thinking before Web3 became shorthand for a hype cycle. It did not become the big thing they imagined, but it taught them how small teams build in new territory.

Since 2022, AI has been part of their daily practice: research, design, development, QA, prototyping, and iteration. Not as a shortcut around thinking, but as a way to move faster through the work that used to slow small teams down.

eyay grew out of that combination: Ayu's product and design judgment, Sinyo's engineering depth, and a shared habit of staying close to whatever is changing next.

The studio is small by choice. The people you brief are the people who build. No account layer, no handoff chain, no context loss.

That is the story behind eyay: twin sister and brother, different disciplines, one room, building useful digital products with modern tools and a lot of ownership.

Building since 2001. Shipping as eyay from Amsterdam.

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Ayu and Sinyo: twin sister and brother, building since 2001.