A Visionary Indian Designer
Indian designer Gunjan Gupta is known for fusing traditional crafts into striking, contemporary designs. She has a background in furniture and product design and has made it her mission to investigate how modern lives and India’s rich handcrafted heritage may coexist. Her method goes beyond ornamentation; every piece she makes conveys a narrative with roots in identity, culture, and utility.
Founder of Studio Wrap
In 2006, Gunjan founded Studio Wrap, a New Delhi-based design studio that has become a platform for handcrafted luxury. Through this studio, she collaborates with skilled artisans from across India to create furniture and objects that challenge conventional boundaries between craft, design, and architecture. Her work often draws from everyday Indian life—rickshaws, thrones, clay pots—and reimagines them into sculptural, contemporary forms that carry both aesthetic and symbolic meaning.
Celebrating Indian Identity through Objects
Gunjan Gupta, an Indian designer, is renowned for combining traditional crafts into eye-catching, modern designs. With a background in furniture and product design, she has dedicated her life to exploring the potential for coexistence between India’s rich handcrafted tradition and modern lifestyles. Her approach transcends adornment; each object she creates tells a story with cultural, utilitarian, and identity foundations.
IKKIS: Modern India, One Object at a Time
In 2019, she launched IKKIS—a product brand that reinterprets 21 traditional Indian objects for the modern home. The collection includes everyday items like thalis, matkas, and lotas, redesigned with a minimalist aesthetic but infused with cultural memory. IKKIS is a tribute to India’s daily rituals and timeless forms, proving that design rooted in tradition can feel refreshingly modern.
Champion of Craftsmanship and Collaboration
The dedication of Gunjan to artisan collaboration is at the heart of her ideology. She collaborates closely with artisans using generations-old crafts including hand-hammered metalwork, Dhokra casting, and Bidri inlay. She views every partnership as an opportunity to preserve and recontextualize India’s varied craft traditions, and her design process is as much about telling a story as it is about form.
A Global Voice for Indian Design
Gunjan’s work has earned her recognition in India and internationally. Her pieces have been exhibited at major design events and museums around the world, yet her focus remains deeply local. She continues to advocate for India’s place in global design conversations—not as a source of inspiration alone, but as a leader in innovation, material intelligence, and cultural depth.
