Alkemi Designs
Marc Karaoglan started Alkemi Designs. He moved to Bali from the United States in 2012 and began the silver in 2019. Before that he spent more than twenty years in advertising. The name comes from alchemy. The sign on the site is the word alkemi, black on white.
Updated 11 November 2026.
Who started it?
The about page speaks of one person. Marc Karaoglan started Alkemi Designs in 2019. Seven years earlier, in 2012, he moved to Bali from the United States. His background is art and architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He wanted to combine a love of design and art with the culture and traditions of Bali. The same page says Balinese makers make the pieces in Bali.
The first line of the account alkemi.designs writes two names across a slash: Marc Karaoglan/Yana Pozharskaya. The sentence after that speaks of one person: a Lebanese designer, the work designed and handmade in Bali, custom commissions welcome. The about page does not mention her and does not say what she does in the work.
The home page explains the name Alkemi through alchemy: the pursuit of turning basic earth elements into rare ones. Beside that it says skilled makers in Bali make the jewelry by hand.
What came before the silver?
Before the silver, Marc Karaoglan spent more than twenty years in advertising. That is how he describes himself on his profile. The skills listed there are Arabic, English, French, and photography.
From January 1993 to May 1996 he worked at Bogart Szabo Design. From February 2000 to September 2006 he was creative director at the satellite radio XM. By 2006 the budget had reached 8 million dollars. The campaigns he names are NASCAR, the IRL, the NHL, MLB, and Oprah Winfrey. From March 2007 to November 2008 he led marketing for the voicemail service YouMail, and the number of subscribers grew from 19 thousand to more than 100 thousand. From November 2008 to May 2013 he led Bluefusion.
He moved to Bali in 2012, before the Bluefusion years ended. The silver as his own work begins in May 2019. From that month the profile lists him as owner and creative director.
The birthday evening
The first collection was shown on 31 May 2019 at Rebenga, in Kerobokan. The notice is written with Marc Karaoglan. By then he had lived in Bali for seven years, and the notice ties the work to those years, to travel, to photography, and to study. The evening was his birthday. From ten at night the music was Shammui.
The room is at Jalan Raya Kerobokan, Banjar Taman No. 38. Entry was free, from seven in the evening until two in the morning. The notice describes the jewelry as 925 silver, made in Bali by Balinese makers, for men and for women.
New York
The brand then shows up in New York, in rooms where buyers come. The Modem listing for spring and summer 2021 places Alkemi Designs at 112 West 18th Street, suite 2C, New York 10011, from 15 September to 1 November 2020, on a list with other brands. The listing for fall and winter 2021/22 returns to the same address: the showroom X’Tige, from 1 February to 15 April 2021, women’s jewelry. For the first weeks, through 26 February, the room was both physical and on Joor. Until 15 April it stayed on Joor. This is not a shop you walk into off the street.
On 29 January 2025 the Facebook page Alkemi Designs looks back at an advertising place in Times Square that ran the year before. The account has a highlight named Times Square 24. The page is listed as jewelry and watches: 304 followers, and a link to the same site.
Where to buy
Orders go through the Alkemi Designs site, by email at sales@alkemidesigns.com, and by WhatsApp +62 812 3793 9924. The timing page splits the shipping in two. A finished piece leaves within 7 days, from the United States, and from Bali when the buyer is in Asia. A commissioned piece leaves in 2 to 3 weeks. The site does not give the studio a street.
The street is on the Google card Alkemi Design, and that card uses the same site and the same phone. The address is Villa 4, Jl. Raya Kerobokan, Gang Notaris No. 26c, Kerobokan Kelod, Kuta Utara, Badung, Bali 80361. The card calls the place a jewelry designer. The hours run from 09:00 to 17:00, with two days a week closed. It marks a visit, pickup, and delivery. The map also has a lodging villa with a similar name and a different phone. That villa is not this brand.
On 10 November 2026 the ALKEMI shelf at Hedonist had pieces. The ALKEMI shelf at Barefoot Aristocracy had none that day. Shops that want to carry the brand are asked to write to the same mail. The London ALKEMI store and the Los Angeles Alkemie use a similar name and have nothing to do with Marc Karaoglan.
The mark
The sign on the site is the word alkemi in lowercase, black on white. There is no piece drawn in it. The pages name the silver as 925. The post of 5 August 2026 speaks of a stone finished by hand in the studio in Bali: no two are the same. For a visit rather than a parcel, the Google card gives Gang Notaris. Rebenga remains the address of that first evening.
01Who started Alkemi Designs?+–
Marc Karaoglan. The about page puts the start in 2019 and the move from the United States to Bali in 2012. On his profile he is owner and creative director.
02Who is Yana Pozharskaya?+–
Her name is the second half of the first line of the account. The about page does not mention her and does not describe her work. That line does not say she makes the jewelry with Marc Karaoglan.
03Where does the name Alkemi come from?+–
The home page ties it to alchemy, the attempt to turn basic earth elements into rare ones. On the site the word is set in lowercase, black on white.
04Where are the pieces made?+–
In Bali, by Balinese makers. That is what the about page and the notice of 31 May 2019 say. The pages name 925 silver.
05Where can you buy it?+–
On the site and on WhatsApp +62 812 3793 9924. The Google card Alkemi Design gives Villa 4, Gang Notaris No. 26c, Kerobokan Kelod. On 10 November 2026 pieces were on the Hedonist shelf and not on the Barefoot Aristocracy shelf.
06How long does an order take?+–
The timing page: a finished piece ships within 7 days, from the United States, or from Bali for a buyer in Asia. A commissioned piece ships in 2 to 3 weeks.
07Where was the first evening?+–
On 31 May 2019 at Rebenga, Kerobokan, Jalan Raya Kerobokan, Banjar Taman No. 38. The evening was Marc Karaoglan’s birthday. From ten at night Shammui played the music.
08Was the brand shown in New York?+–
In 2020 and 2021 the Modem listings place it in a buyers’ showroom at 112 West 18th Street, suite 2C. On 29 January 2025 the Facebook page recalls an advertising place in Times Square from the year before.
