DHYAI is a design practice built around one discipline: the composed surface.
Each study begins as a drawing. Proportion is set first. Rhythm is established through repetition. Spacing is adjusted until the structure settles. Only then is the work committed to material.
The practice is rooted in the hand block-print tradition. Tools are carved, inked, and pressed by hand. Execution remains human throughout — and the evidence of that execution is present in every surface.
Objects are released as complete studies, available in defined formats. Nothing is produced speculatively. Each piece exists because the structure warranted it.
The first DHYAI studio is a working space — a place where blocks are carved, surfaces are printed, and proportions are tested in material and light.
It also functions as a concept store, where studies can be encountered directly: handled, held to the light, considered at close range.
This proximity to making is deliberate. The work is intended to be lived with, and the studio is where that relationship begins.
DHYAI was established by Gollapudi Krishna Murty and Durga Bhawani Gollapudi — together, they built a practice where traditional craft and considered design coexist, unhurried and built to last.
Brings a background in business development and strategic management to the practice.
Guides the studio's creative direction, material sensibility, and surface vocabulary.