Diwali 2025 | Handcrafted lamps from Indian design studios

Between the night sky, painted with a constellation of colours, and homes that shine bright, Diwali announces itself in full force. From the humble diya to the most elaborate piece of craft, each object forms the backdrop against which our celebrations unfold. This festive season celebrates a curation of lighting from Indian studios that pays homage to function, memory, and beauty.

Name Place Animal Thing: Mumbai

Priyam Doshi’s ‘fun’-ctional approach enables Name Place Animal Thing, his practice founded in 2020, to create experimental pieces that carry innate joy. “Our inspiration comes from the world around us: its people, landscapes, animals, and the countless forms that fill our everyday lives,” says the principal designer.

Priyam Doshi. , Photo Credit: Rohan Joshi

His material-based dexterity shines with the Mushroom Floor Lamps — ingeniously combining a mild steel endoskeleton with hand-stitched fabric layered by craftswomen. Drawing cues from nature, the lamps emit a warm glow and are available in 62-inch and 42-inch selections.

Details of the Mushroom Floor Lamp’s construction.
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Isha Shah

“Our Mushroom Floor Lamp brings a soft charm to any room — alluring when lit at night, effortlessly beautiful by day. It makes for a playful yet elegant addition to festive, thematic settings. As a child, Diwali evenings were alive with flickering diyas and soft shadows. Those intimate moments inspire us to craft lamps that bring a sense of wonder to modern spaces,” Doshi highlights.

From ₹7,500 onwards

Length Breadth Height: Pune

An assortment of lights from the Terra Wall Sconces collection.
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Ravi Mistry

Luv Rohra believes that every product at the five-year-old brand, Length Breadth Height, is created as a collectible. “Rooted in a sculptural and minimalistic aesthetic, the studio’s work blurs the line between object and art — creating pieces that are functional yet emotionally resonant,” says Rohra.

Luv Rohra. , Photo Credit: Prathamesh Reddy

The Terra Wall Sconces are a tribute to the sun, clay, and earth. Handcrafted in ceramic, it combines earthy tones with contrasting hues: from matte black and ochre to blush and marble-inspired greys.

A variety of the Terra Wall Sconce that merges deep greys with warm hues.
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Ravi Mistry

Rohra reminisces, “Diwali has always been less about the grandeur and more about light’s quiet poetry — the soft glow of diyas, the choreography of shadows, and the stillness that follows. The festive collections we create often carry that memory. Our lamps are meant to evoke the calm after the sparkle, the soft dialogue between light and material.

From ₹12,000 onwards

FIG Living: Greater Noida

The tiered, sculptural form of Oblong-2 blends traditional craft techniques with modern materiality.
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FIG Living

Sibling duo Varun Sharma and Sushant Sharma have nurtured FIG Living’s presence to become synonymous with the Indian D2C landscape since 2024, best known for its teeming inventory of minimal lighting.

Varun Sharma and Sushant Sharma.
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FIG Living

“We work with natural materials like linen, paper, rattan, and mango wood. Our designs use handcrafted techniques that highlight the material’s natural beauty rather than hide it,” says Sushant. The Oblong-2 is a classic example, reminiscent of gauzy paper lanterns that dot festive streetscapes. “We have created this using fibre-based paper and linen rendered in signature origami pleating. The tiered form adds to a sense of depth,” Varun highlights.

Oblong-2 emits a textured, layered glow through its densely pleated structure.
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FIG Living

“We remember the anticipation of diyas being lit and how a home that felt ordinary during the day would suddenly become magical at night,” Sushant shares. “When we design for FIG Living, we try to capture that same feeling: creating a centrepiece that radiates warmth and intimacy, much like the homes we grew up in,” says Varun.

From ₹499 onwards

Intent Made: Hyderabad

The sconce features hand-carved reclaimed teak with tactile richness and rustic charm.
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Intent Made

For Swetha Vegesana, lighting design stems from a meditative origin. With her brainchild, Intent Made, born in 2020, the founder relies strongly on tradition to inform contemporary creations. “The techniques we use, like carving or marquetry, hold centuries of skill and meaning. We bring them into forms that speak to the present,” expresses Vegesana.

The Tilak Wall Sconce references the ancient cosmic symbol of the tilak.
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Intent Made

The Tilak Wall Sconce draws on ancient symbolism, inspired by the third eye, which is representative of intuition and inner vision. Crafted from reclaimed teak wood, the piece serves as both a wall light and a flower vase.

Swetha Vegesana.
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Intent Made

“Every Diwali, there is a stillness before a lamp is lit. That sense of quiet anticipation is what we intend to channel through our work. Light is a form of energy in our design philosophy,” Vegesana avers.

From ₹1,85,000 onwards

Oil: Bengaluru

The Tamara Floor Light distils a lily pond into one sculptural piece.
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Jubin Johnson – Hansöga Photography

Anyone familiar with Amrita Nambiar’s multidisciplinary design practice since 2019 will attest to one thing — the bespoke pieces at Olie draw you into their surrealist world. The studio’s recent collection, ‘Flowers for Your Soul’, transforms grief into beauty, “an ode to nature and quiet renewal,” in Nambiar’s words.

Amrita Nambiar. | Photo Credit: Olie

The Tamara Floor Light from the collection reimagines the ecosystem of a lily pond. “The lotus flower’s omnipresence is marked in our lives and homes, and in how we find beauty in the ordinary,” Nambiar says. A burgundy, hand-dyed fabric flower blooms at the end of a curving stalk. The layered base depicts a fleeting vignette — mystical fish swirling gently. Diaphanous petals reveal a glittering papier-mâché core, an ingenious material chanced upon by experimenting with discarded sticker paper.

The light’s layered base depicts fish swirling languidly.
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Jubin Johnson – Hansöga Photography

“I think I have always been in love with the transformative power of lighting. Olie’s offerings seek to capture the wonder of people encountering light in surreal, magical ways. Our work sits at a delicate intersection: where old ways of seeing meet new ways of making,” expresses Nambiar.

From ₹10,000 onwards

The writer is an architect and design specialist.

Published – October 17, 2025 07:54 pm IST