The studio designs award-winning products and editioned objects, combining astute cultural observation with a sensibility for fine craftsmanship. Working with progressive companies and arts institutions, Doshi Levien works fluently across industries and categories. From furniture to textiles, footwear to lighting, cookware to ceramics, the studio translates in-depth cultural research into the context of design and production.

Doshi Levien’s design work is driven by a passion for making, and a keen sensitivity to material, colour and form. The studio is renowned for its appreciation of diverse design traditions from around the world, and is distinguished by its belief that learning from the design intelligence of different cultures is a driver for innovation. Doshi Levien’s ability to create refined sculptural forms, which combine complex cultural references with elegant construction details, has won both critical and commercial acclaim.

The studio was founded in 2000 by industrial designers Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien, who both trained at London’s Royal College of Art. The pair’s individual design approaches are contrasting but complementary. Doshi celebrates the plurality and communicative power of design through her astute eye for visual culture, honed by her upbringing in Modernist India. Levien uses his formal education in cabinet making to champion the sensibility of skilled makers, allowing materials to guide the development of the studio’s ideas.

Together, Doshi and Levien ground their studio’s approach to design in the cultural value of making. Their work demonstrates the potential of design as a tool to disrupt homogeneity in contemporary society, and to help foster equal exchange between cultures and industries.