Design Debut – Naqsh Editions

Founded by Siddhesh Mulaokar together with Nupur Changrani, Sindhu Manjunath, and Siddanth Raghavan, Naqsh Editions is Dubai’s newest collectible design house that is due to launch this June. The studio works across sculpture, material exploration and collectible design, with a strong focus on material, process and emotional presence. Metal sits at the foundation of Naqsh’s practice, shaped in part by Siddhesh’s early exposure to his family’s fabrication workshop based in Dubai and a lifelong relationship with the process of making. “At its core, Naqsh exists to create sculptures that evoke feeling and memory,” shares Mulaokar. 

The studio’s first edition, Bloom, introduces the beginning of the Naqsh editions and the direction the studio will continue exploring through future works. Handmade in stainless steel, the work explores the relationship between pressure and softness through form, surface and process. The piece moves through hammered, tumbled and polished finishes, allowing traces of making to remain visible within the final object. “The petals move slightly inward and outward at once, creating a quiet pull between compression and release. As you move around the piece, the reflections and contours shift constantly, so Bloom never feels visually fixed or fully still,” shares Mulaokar. Available as a limited edition of 100 individually numbered objects, the pieces are inspired by moving through pressure, uncertainty, and change, embodying emotional tension through form that suggests movement and transformation. “That sense of becoming was important to us. Bloom does not feel completely resolved. It feels as though it is still in the process of opening, still carrying movement within it,” shares Mulaokar. 

Looking ahead, the studio has plans to continue developing limited-edition sculptures emphasising material and process, exploring different finishes, scales, and materials, with a focus on emotionally and materially honest pieces that range from intimate to larger sculptural works, moving beyond purely decorative objects.