Designer Tetsu Ohara collaborates with the ensemble for the Sospeso Cabaret program on April 16, 2005 at studioseven.

Tetsu Ohara has engaged in architectural, fashion, exhibition, and product design projects in Japan, Canada, France, and United States. He grew up in Japan, was schooled in the West Coast, currently works in New York City with much international exposure. Some of his New York highlights include the Grace Building Lobby/Plaza Renovation with Rosen Johnson Architects; Issey Miyake's making things exhibtion at the Ace Gallery with the Miyake Design Studio; the Salvador Ferragamo SoHo retail store with Gabellini Associates; the IBM Building's 37th floor office renovation; and the concert set design for Sospeso's Quartre Chiens program at the Lincoln Center Festival 2004.

"Good design reflects successful combination of collaborating imaginations from diverse disciplines and challenging the constraints of physical/financial limitations."