Clusters of glass orbs shimmer in black and white, perched as if caught mid-tumble, while hammered aluminium rises like golden stone towers, each strike leaving a distinct mark of the hand that made it. Chandeliers hover like fragile constellations, floor lamps command presence with bold, stacked forms, and table lamps nestle into corners like playful whispers. Wall sconces, compact yet sculptural, extend the collection’s delicate rhythm into hallways and intimate spaces. This is the Lagori Collection, where childhood play becomes luminous art.
For Nikita Bansal, founder of Yaahvi, the collection is deeply personal. It traces back to sun-drenched afternoons in Assam, where the game of Lagori—a simple contest of stacking seven stones only to knock them down again—was a portal to joy. “Lagori taught me balance in ways words never could,” she reflects. “The stones wobbled, collapsed, and rose again, each fall and rebuild a rhythm I wanted to capture in light.”
The collection achieves this through the dialogue between two materials: hand-cut, diamond-patterned glass and repoussé aluminium. The glass, in stark black and white, is meticulously carved with a diamond tool, evoking banded rocks and elemental textures. By contrast, the aluminium is bold and tactile, hammered into life by rhythm and force. Together, they create a balanced interplay.
Across the collection, a restrained black-and-white palette is enlivened with gold and orange highlights, emphasising contrast, warmth, and movement. Chandeliers mimic the precarious stacks of Lagori stones. Table lamps, available in spherical and oval forms, capture intimate, quiet moments. Wall lamps translate this vocabulary into compact pieces that bring sculpture and light to hallways and niches. Floor lamps stand as full embodiments of the game itself: stacked forms of hammered aluminium. Every piece is modular and customisable. The frosted glass diffuses light softly, revealing the textures of the hand-cut patterns and the subtle marks of the hammer on metal. In a digital world dominated by fleeting pixels, these handcrafted objects reconnect us with touch, tactility, and memory.
Like the game that inspired it, the Lagori Collection is a study in rhythm: the tension of balance, the beauty of fragility, and the luminous possibility of renewal. It reminds us that even the simplest of memories can transform a space, and that resilience—like light through glass—can be as beautiful as it is enduring.
