Dancing In The Light

Straddling the two worlds of artistic expression and design success with authenticity comes naturally to Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth of Klove Studio

-  VARUNI MOHAN

Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth, the co-founders of Klove Studio, are pioneers in transforming spatial design through stunning lighting sculptures. Their avant-garde creations are crafted primarily in glass and while they are detailed and fragile, each one makes a very strong design statement. For Gautam, this juxtaposition is an endless source of inspiration."Glass is such a fragile material and when you're hanging it on a ceiling, it requires so much structural support. To engineer something and yet make it delicate and beautiful that balance of creativity is something which really excites me in every design we do," he reflects. Their Totem series was an iconic success for Klove Studio and Prateek reminisces, "Launching Totems was a design revelation. We dared to reimagine indigenous tribal motifs like never before. Despite our initial uncertainty, the overwhelming positive response fueled our