India Design House began with a simple realisation: some objects carry weight, while others disappear. We created IDH to design objects that earn their place — through clarity of form, material integrity, and a point of view you can feel.

Here's our story...

In 2023, after years of building products and transforming firms for others — Rohan spent sixteen years at McKinsey, Anisha six years across Korn Ferry, Great Place to Work, and PwC — we stopped. We left our jobs, packed a bag, and travelled. Japan. Sri Lanka. Across India. With no plan except to pay attention.

When we came back, we bought our first apartment in Gurgaon and spent the better part of a year designing it together. Like most people, we turned to Pinterest, Scandinavian references, and mid-century mood boards. The home came together well. It looked exactly like what we had imagined.

And then we lived in it...

Seven or eight months in, something became clear. Out of everything in the house, there were only a handful of objects we actually felt something towards — pieces where someone had made a deliberate choice. Objects with a point of view. The rest didn’t look bad. They were well-made, well-sourced — and completely forgettable.

That question stayed with us: why do some objects carry weight, while most simply fill a room?

Rohan had been painting for years — abstract work across canvas and iPad. His earliest exposure to making came from watching his father, who spent weekends creating knife paintings and small woodwork alongside his career at DRDO. That instinct — to shape something with your hands — stayed.

After the sabbatical, he began working beyond the screen: clay, paper mache, and form studies. It was a way to understand objects the same way he understood colour and composition.

That practice evolved into TonalityONE — work that has since been featured in homes covered by Architectural Digest India and Elle Decor, and exhibited alongside Anagram Architects at IIID. More importantly, it shaped how we design at IDH: every piece begins with a conviction about how it should feel — in your hands, and in your home.

We bring different strengths to the table. Rohan leads design, product, and creative direction. Anisha leads operations, maker relationships, and the discipline that turns ideas into finished pieces.

Between us, the dreaming and the doing stay in balance.

Our Approach to Making

Everything we design is brought to life in India by skilled artisans and manufacturing partners we work closely with — using a considered mix of hand processes and precision techniques.

From shaping solid wood to building cotton mache forms and detailed embroidery, each piece goes through multiple stages of making and finishing. We focus on how materials behave, how surfaces feel, and how details come together.

This approach allows for consistency where it matters, and variation where it adds character — giving each piece a sense of depth, texture, and presence.

India Design House exists because the objects we live with don’t just fill a room — they shape how it feels to live in it.