India’s crafts, given a modern address.
The house, attentive.
Light that knows the hour. Air that knows the room. A door that knows who has come home. We draw a building’s intelligence the way we draw its light — from the first sketch — and set it into stone, lime and timber, so that nothing announces itself.
It recognises the people it should, and notices the ones it shouldn’t — at the gate after midnight, by the safe, beside a display case.
It answers to a sentence, not an app. Speak to it the way you would to someone who knows the house well.
Radar, never cameras, in the rooms where privacy matters — enough to know if someone has fallen, nothing more.
Air, warmth and daylight, adjusted before a room has the chance to feel wrong.
Water, power and every service the building runs on, readable on your phone and explained in plain words.
India’s living crafts, in our own hands.
Our signature is craft fusion — living art forms reinterpreted with contemporary materials and detailing. One craft, one voice per space; every art form named honestly, because the provenance is part of the value. Increasingly, it is also where the technology lives — a jaali that carries sound, a brass plate that is the switch.
Everything we specify is worked by hand — here, slaked lime and marble dust polished coat over coat to a soft, breathing sheen.
Temple-carved brackets, columns and lattice — centuries-old chisel work, set flush into contemporary rooms.
Carved and hand-painted wooden folk pieces — the maker’s chisel and brush still visible, curated as hero objects.
Lost-wax bell-metal and hammered iron — vessels, hardware and lamp bases with the maker’s hand still visible.
Woven webbing, chick blinds and bamboo mat ceilings — a quiet revival, filtered light and tactile warmth.
Hand-tooled leather and cast brass — studded, stitched and burnished into sculptural accents and hardware.
From first sketch to the day you move in.
Run by a duo who design as one.
NYKS is the studio of Nishtha Kandoi & Yashvardhan. Under Nishtha’s lead — a B.S. Arch from DAAP, Cincinnati, with an exchange at École Spéciale, Paris, and time at Gensler, AS+GG and KPF — every project pairs the discipline of the world’s great practices with the craft of India.
How the work actually gets made.
NYKS is run by two people who design as one — Nishtha Kandoi and Yashvardhan Singh. Work begins with how you actually live: your routines, the things you cherish, how you want a room to make you feel. Every palette is chosen off a real material board and every drawing is resolved together. Nothing is ordered before it has been held.
Notes from the studio journal.
How we think about rooms, materials and light — written alongside the work as it happens.
Whimsical yet composed, this lounge unfolds through softened geometry and collected beauty. Art Deco influences meet poetic detailing, creating a setting that invites conversation, contemplation, and quiet indulgence.#Moodboard #ArtDeco #OldWorldCharm #ModernInteriors #NYKS
An entrance imagined like a gallery — ornate silhouettes, curated art, and refined symmetry creating a memorable first impression.#FoyerDesign #Interior #Design #NYKS
This room feels like someone brought a page out of an old royal diary and quietly gave it a modern address. Not every room has to chase trends to feel memorable. Sometimes a faded fresco, two velvet chairs, and the right shade of blue can do all the talking.#Moodboard #Interior
Playing with arches, tonal layering, and soft contrasts, this space brings together traditional forms with a lighter, more contemporary sensibility. The blush walls, geometric flooring, and sheet drapes create a setting that feels calm, detailed, and immersive at the same time.#Lounge #Design #Home #Interior #NYKS
Courtyard mood with an airy, palatial feel, structured by arches and stonework, then softened with playful colour accents, artful details and ornamental surfaces that read both historic and contemporary.#ResidentialSpace #HomeDesign #Courtyard #Interior #NYKS
Veiled in soft drapery, the interiors unfold with an almost cinematic romance. Blush toned architectural detailing, geometric marble inlay, and dark wood furniture lend the space a layered elegance reminiscent of an intimate palace courtyard.#CourtyardDesign #Moodboard #BeautifulHomes #Interior #NYKS
A courtyard setting imagined with a sense of nostalgia and whimsy. Like a scene lifted from a dream sequence, the space balances theatrical detailing with an airy softness.Here, ornate architectural detailing, layered textures, and softly curved seating create an atmosphere that feels intimate yet grand.#Courtyard #InteriorDesign #Residential #ModernInteriors #NYKS
Part of a moodboard story we have envisioned, where heritage detailing meets soft romantic tones. Hand-painted botanicals bloom across panelled walls while an ornate commode, alive with delicate chinoiserie detailing, anchors the room in quiet grandeur. The soft blush mouldings, aged ivory tones, and graphic marble flooring create the kind of tension NYKS interiors do best: timeless yet unmistakably fresh, where the real quality reveals itself in the nuances.#Interior #Florals #DesignDetails #NYKS
Inspired by classical garden pavilions and aristocratic gaming rooms, this courtyard balances grandeur with softness through a layered palette of muted pastels, intricate moldings, and painterly detailing. The sweeping architectural canopy frames the room with theatrical elegance, while the botanical artwork and curated antique pieces infuse the interiors with warmth and personality. Grounded by graphic marble flooring and centered around a statement billiards table, the space feels simultaneously opulent, inviting, and deeply atmospheric.#Courtyard #Design #Interiors #ClassicInteriors #InteriorMood
Designed as an extension of the bedroom, the seating nook brings together soft upholstery, sculptural lines, and powder blue drapery paired with muted yellow tones in a palette that feels understated yet expressive. The chair adds a sense of form and structure, giving the corner its own quiet presence within the room.#Seating #AccentChair #BlueMoodboard #BedroomInteriors #ModernDesign
A considered play of geometry and materiality defines this lighting story, brass frameworks softened by clear glass. Subtle references, from Moroccan forms to intricate detailing, bring depth without overwhelming the space, allowing light to become both a feature and an atmosphere.#LightDesign #Lighting #LightingInspiration #Moodboard #NYKS
The design focuses on a concise color palette, where soft blues are balanced with warm cream undertones. Classic panelling introduces a layer of texture, while the blue console anchors the space visually. Brass details add a controlled warmth, ensuring the room doesn’t feel flat. Overall, the space reads as calm, structured, and intentionally understated.#Interior #Design #BlueAesthetic #BedroomDesign #DesignInspiration
What does NYKS do?
NYKS is an architecture and interior design studio rooted in India’s living crafts. We design homes, hotels, workplaces and stores — and, increasingly, build intelligence into them, so a space can be spoken to and looks after the people inside it.
Is NYKS a home-automation company?
No. We are a design studio. Technology is one material among many — chosen, placed and concealed the way we would treat stone or brass. It is drawn with the architecture, not fitted after it.
Can I really run my home through ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. The home’s systems sit on a local controller that ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini can talk to through an open standard. You say what you need — wake me for a 7 am flight, is the geyser on, who came to the gate at 3 — and the house acts or answers. Each person has their own permissions.
Is it private?
Faces are recognised only for the people you enrol, and the processing runs on a server inside the house, not in someone else’s cloud. Bedrooms and bathrooms use radar, never cameras. Every person in the family has their own permissions, and the house keeps working when the internet drops. For stores, offices and residential towers we design notices, consent and retention to India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act.
Do you design residential towers, hotels and stores?
Yes — towers and clubhouses, hotels, offices, experience centres and retail, including jewellery stores where every display is watched through the night.
Where does NYKS work?
From Jaipur, for clients across India and abroad. Turnkey delivery, including systems on site, is offered in Jaipur; elsewhere we lead the design and work with licensed local architects, engineers and installers.
How do we begin?
Email or WhatsApp us from the buttons below. Tell us your city, the space, and what you want it to do for you.