Aspire Designs

Our studio is in Borivali East, in the C-1 section. It is a small room but we have managed to fit everything we need inside. There are stacks of paper on almost every surface and our walls are covered with sketches and bits of inspiration we've pinned up over the months. We spend a lot of time on our computers, but there is still plenty of hand-drawing going on. My desk is usually a mess of pens and rulers, and I can never find the one eraser I actually like. The lighting is okay during the day because of the big window, but we have some extra lamps for when we work late. We do all sorts of design work, trying to make things look right for whoever asks us. It is a lot of back and forth, changing colors or moving things a few millimeters to the left. People from the neighborhood sometimes pop their heads in to see what we are working on. We don't have a big corporate team, just a few of us who enjoy the process of making things. Sometimes the creative blocks are real and we just end up staring at the wall for an hour, but eventually, an idea comes. We keep a stash of snacks in the bottom drawer for those long afternoons. It’s a quiet life here in Borivali, and we like having this little corner to ourselves to just create stuff.