Design Duet

Magari and Amaresh Anand Design unveil a nine-piece capsule where storytelling shapes timber, glass, and fabric into modern heirlooms

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For almost two years, furniture house Magari and architect-designer Amaresh Anand, founder of Amaresh Anand Design (AAD), have been passing drawings, prototypes and lunchtime field notes back and forth. The conversation now arrives in a nine-piece furniture capsule that tracks Amaresh’s fascination with place, memory and proportion while showcasing the quiet precision of Magari’s workrooms. Visitors stepping into Magari’s Bengaluru experience centre first notice a table that seems to hold a moment of tropical dawn. Called Ibbani — Kannada for “dew drop” — the piece sets the tone for the new Magari × AAD collection. Slatted wood forms a precise lattice, while a fused-glass top softens every edge, catching the light so each slat appears beaded with morning dew. The encounter feels tactile and quietly dramatic, exactly the reaction Amaresh hopes to inspire. “Design ought to awaken a memory,” he says. “If a form can make someo