Creative Heads
Abhirup Dutta is a Bangalore-based architect and product designer dedicated to experimental research in design through a deep investigation of materials and engineering, always in the pursuit of sustainable manufacturing solutions.
For the last 7 years, Dutta has been spearheading his design firm woodlabs handling various high-end design projects in India and beyond. He draws his inspiration from his grandfather’s karkhana (workshop) which was renowned for repairing and retrofitting parts and components of Satyajit Rays film cameras.
He spent his entire childhood growing up in different cities because of his father’s job postings; this has enriched how he perceives India’s cultural fabric and vernacular memory.
Coupled with growing up in a maker’s workshop along with his training with renowned architects allowed him to discover a love for wood, architecture, and engineering.
This has resulted in him creating and experimenting with ideas, materials, and products from vastly different eras and cultures making a compelling and impressive statement on the present and future interior spaces.
Abhirup Dutta
Deeptashree Saha
Deeptashree Saha is a Calcutta-based interior designer and stylist with rich experience in working with big interior houses and celebrated international brands.
For the last 4 years, Saha has been an integral part of developing woodlabs and has recently introduced a collection of gender-neutral toys and a line of everyday objects in wood.
Her humble childhood growing up in a developing town allowed her to observe the transition in vernacular fabric. Unknowingly, she was exposed to the art, architecture, and aesthetics of an evolving vernacular setting. Her early years were spent in her grandfathers kath godam (timber yard) and various family businesses where she developed an appreciation and understanding of timber and business sensibilities.
Her education and subsequent work allowed her to hone her passion for the spaces and sharpen her aesthetic as a collector and connoisseur of rural craft. This journey allows her to find a balance between traditional vernacular taste and modern aesthetics.
With experience in interior and a variety of businesses, Saha’s design would often comprise of bits and pieces of all her favourite perceptions working together as a condiment to her primarily rational and simple ideas.
