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Curated by London based design studio Doshi Levien "Living Objects" is, as the title cleverly implies, an exploration of everyday Indian objects..

Studio: Doshi Levien

Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien met in 1995 as postgraduate design students at London’s Royal College of Art.

It was the beginning of a professional partnership for the couple that has seen them create some of the most interesting work of any international design studio working today.

Both designers have an affinity for making.

Nipa has a knowledge of textiles and materials, and a talent for colour and love of visual culture that are an innate part of what she terms her “plural upbringing” in India.

@doshilevien Nipa and Jonathan were awarded Future Legends of Design in 2007 by Cooper Hewitt Museum in recognition of Doshi Levien's work so far.

@doshilevien Nipa and Jonathan were awarded Future Legends of Design in 2007 by Cooper Hewitt Museum in recognition of Doshi Levien's work.

Curated by London based design studio Doshi Levien "Living Objects" is, as the title cleverly implies, an exploration of everyday Indian objects.

Satyendra Pakhale and Doshi Levien are two design studios that celebrate hybridisation as a positive symbol of globalisation.

As one half of the internationally renowned London based design studio Doshi Levien, Nipa Doshi with her husband Jonathan Levien has designed products for.

Jonathan, having grown up in Scotland where his parents had a toy factory, is more of an industrial designer with an understanding of production, manufacture, materials and form. He is also a maker, having trained as a cabinetmaker.

My Beautiful Backside, a cheekily named sofa designed for Italian furniture brand Moroso, is a good example of how Nipa and Jonathan’s skills coalesce.

From the back, the piece is designed to look like three floating cushions on a base,