Profile | Ravi Pankhania
Thank you for visiting our website. Here you will learn more about our work and be able to view some of our favorite projects. Our company is committed to helping people live better and more comfortably in the spaces we all inhabit. To that end we are constantly challenging ourselves to design new and more innovative furnishings and will continue to set the standard for exceptional sewing for the home and inspire others to do the same.
My obsession with sewing came at an early age spending Saturday afternoons at my Grandma's dressmaking shop watching her sew and create beautiful garments by hand for her loyal and very happy clientele. It wasn't until my late teens that I finally picked up the needle and thread and i have never looked back. I went on from sewing in high school to creating couture garments and studying tailoring and pattern cutting. I loved working with fabric from the minute I started and i have never stopped enjoying the challenge of creating something new from a length of cloth.
Curtains came to me years later, after more than a decade of tailoring, dressmaking and pattern-making and almost 5 years after founding Ravi Design. It was June of 2005 when the "Curtain Otaku" was born inside of me. I became obsessed with drapery and window coverings, devouring books, instruction manuals and traveling to meet other curtain-makers. I became fascinated with sculptural form of suspended cloth, and how that cloth functions as a filter between the inside and outside. I became acutely aware of the intimate nature of the curtain when used in the home, how the opening of curtains signified simple things like the welcoming of the new day, or the act of drawing the curtains before bedtime provided necessary warmth, softness and comfort. In this way the curtain transcends the simple purpose of aesthetics, it brings us a sense of privacy, texture, peace.
Beyond curtains I continue to study fashion and design, with a strong focus on pattern making. I am an avid photographer, having shot all my own work. I also enjoy travel, cooking and sharing good times with good people.
I hope you enjoy our website, I would love to hear from you.
Ravi.