Nipa Doshi recalls a childhood played out against dusty pink architecture, enlivened by the bijoux-hued saris worn by the women of Delhi. Jonathan Levien remembers the earthy tones of Scottish heather and the brown cardboard packaging of his parent’s toy factory. Doshi, who studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, says the couple's design process is like playing jazz, each riffing off the other. Levien, a carpenter by early vocation, suggests it’s more like classical music, a harmony produced through order. The pair met while completing their studies at London’s Royal Academy of Art in the mid-1990s, married, and set up the now widely acclaimed Doshi Levien design studio in 2000.

Since then, they’ve created furniture, lighting and objects for global brands including Moroso, B&B Italia and Cappellini, developed textiles for Kvadrat and produced limited-edition pieces for private galleries and cultural institutions.