French philosopher Gaston Bachelard insisted that a house is more than a shelter — it is a world of daydreams, a poetic shell in which our inner life takes form. To inhabit a space, he wrote, is to weave imagination into matter; to let light, texture, and proportion shape our sense of being. In practice then, design becomes that philosophy of living: an exploration of how objects can evoke an emotion, and how the smallest corner can become a vessel of reverie. The following brands embody that sensitivity and intention — approaching home design as an act of reflection, where craft and material give form to the poetics of space.
Vāhe Ensemble is a design label based in India, led by designer Vaishnavi Walvekar, that fuses age-old crafts with bold, modern forms. Their signature material is Kashmiri papier-mâché derived from waste paper pulp and natural binders, intentionally leave surfaces unpolished so that the material’s character shows. In terms of style, Vahe’s designs lean toward sculptural minimalism with a brutalist edge. Their forms are often atypical or monolithic, with strong geometry, voids or negative spaces, and bold proportions. In their later work, Vahe has also explored metal — for example, brass pieces that highlight exposed welds as a design feature, with a philosophy of slow, sustainable making, rooted in indigenous processes.
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Chirmi is a Jaipur-based lifestyle label that brings a playful, handcrafted sensibility to everyday objects. Turning humble materials like wood, brass, and ceramic into contemporary forms, their pieces are imbued with a sense of storytelling, often drawing from Indian domestic rituals, folk motifs, and traditional craftsmanship. There’s a warmth to their design language — joyful colors, rounded forms, and tactile finishes that make the handmade visible. By rejecting minimalism, Chirmi celebrates the charm of imperfection and the small emotional details that make an object feel personal.
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Length Breadth Height, founded by architects Karan and Kanishka Vora in Ahmedabad, is a design studio that approaches furniture and lighting like small-scale architecture. Their pieces are marked by a sense of spatial awareness — clean planes, structural clarity, and a balance between mass and void. Working with materials like wood, metal, and concrete, they explore proportion as a principle in their designs. Their objects feel engineered yet poetic, revealing a deep understanding of how light, volume, and surface interact. Whether it’s a table, a lamp, or a planter, Length Breadth Height’s work embodies thoughtful geometry and the discipline of architectural design translated into everyday form.
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Paul Matter is a lighting studio founded by Nikhil Paul in 2016, rooted in New Delhi but with a global outlook. Operating from an ethos of experimentation, their lighting pieces balance function with sculptural boldness, using materials like aged brass, copper, wood, stone, and glass that 'refine with age.' Their signature collections — like the Tango series — show how they distill forms into elemental shapes, letting the details, patina, and texture become the aesthetic core. Handcrafted in collaboration with skilled artisans, and assembled and finished by hand, their objects carry sense of material honesty and permanence.
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Bēsō, founded by Jenny Majmudar and based in Vadodara, Gujarat, crafts furniture that draws from Indian artisanal heritage. They tend to favour reclaimed teak, woven cane, brass, stone and natural finishes. Rather than veering into overt ornamentation, their objects are subtly expressive with gentle silhouettes, attention to proportion, material transitions, and handcrafted detailing. Many products by the studio carry Sanskrit names, lending them narrative context. The studio aims to create pieces that age beautifully, reflect the craftsmanship of human hands behind them, and bring a sense of place and memory to interiors.
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Josmo Studio, founded by Anjali Mody in Goa, approaches furniture as a study in form, tactility, and proportion. The studio focuses on distinct, idea-driven objects that articulate a vocabulary of juxtaposed forms, stacked layers, and material contrast. Their work often pairs solid woods, cane weaves, brass accents, and textured finishes, allowing the joins, edges, and surfaces to become intentional design elements in dialogue with each other. Through Josmo's objects, Anjali emphasizes deep prototyping, hands-on experimentation, and sustainable material choices.
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Oorjaa is a Bengaluru-based lighting studio founded by Jenny Pinto that transforms overlooked biomaterials into immersive light sculptures. They began with handmade banana-fibre paper and over time expanded into materials like quarry dust, cork waste, lantana, and other agro or industrial byproducts. Each lamp is handcrafted by a team of artisans who treat the material’s inconsistencies like texture, translucence, and weave, as expressive features. The brand takes on bespoke projects (residential, hospitality, architectural) and adopts circular principles: minimizing waste, reusing water, and turning invasive plants into resources so that their aesthetic is inseparable from their environmental ethics.
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NOOE (Reserve NOOE) is a Delhi-based design brand that makes elevated desk accessories, everyday carry items, and stationery meant to merge performance with visual elegance. Their catalog includes thoughtfully designed objects like modular desk stands, writing tools, laptop stands, and ergonomic accessories built from premium material combinations like wood, metal, leather, and high-grade synthetics, that deliver tactility and durability. Their design language is minimal yet expressive, with careful proportioning, subtle detailing, and a consistency across their range that links each piece to the larger ethos of mindful, beautiful everyday tools.
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