Indian Art Industries

Our place is up on the first floor at 105 Nirmal Industrial Estate. Being in Shivaji Nagar means there is always a lot of coming and going in the hallways. Indian Art Industries has been tucked away in this building for some time now. It is an industrial estate, so you can always hear the sounds of machines or people moving crates in the background. The light in our unit is okay during the morning, but we usually have to keep the overhead tubes on all day to see what we are doing. We have stacks of materials near the entrance and the desks are usually covered in sketches or small parts. It is a bit of a climb up the stairs if the lift is acting up, which happens more often than we would like. Most of the guys here have been working together for years, so we have a rhythm going. We don't really have a big sign outside or anything like that. People who need to find us usually just know where the Nirmal building is. The office part is small and mostly filled with ledgers and old samples from past projects. We keep a small stove for making coffee and there is usually a stack of newspapers on the chair in the corner. It is a working space through and through, with dust on the windowsills and the smell of grease and metal in the air most afternoons.