Nidhi Patel the designer behind the work
Nidhi Patel is the founder and principal designer of Designatore. Over 30 years designing interiors and spaces for homes, offices and factories across India and abroad taught her exactly what a client needs — and in 2018 she brought that same care to made-to-space furniture, drawn and signed off by her own hand.
Thirty Years, Then a Workshop of Her Own
Nidhi Patel started Designatore in 2018 to build furniture the right way round: your room first, the piece drawn to fit it. Three decades of interiors across India taught her the craft; customisation is her specialism.
Where Every Piece Is Made by Hand
No factory line, no middleman — Nidhi’s own team makes every piece in our workshop in India.
From Nidhi Patel, on Film
The founder and principal designer on the pieces she loves most and the homes she builds by hand.
How Nidhi Patel Designs
One designer, one workshop, one look — from your first message to the finished room.
Your room comes first
Every piece begins with your space, not a catalogue. Nidhi measures, listens and draws the piece around your exact walls, light and life — so it fits with no gaps.
Rare materials, mixed by hand
Stone, solid wood, brass and velvet, often in one piece. She picks materials by hand so the colour and grain are right for your room, not just what a factory stocks.
Signed off, every time
Nothing leaves the workshop until she has checked it. That is why the pieces on our Unfiltered gallery carry details a factory line cannot repeat.
Trusted by discerning names
Her work has been chosen by well-known Indian names, including Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini — see who chooses Designatore.
The Two Directors
Designatore is led by two directors — Nidhi Patel and Neyona Patel — a founder’s three decades of design and a next generation trained in creative precision.
Neyona Patel joined Designatore in 2023 as a director. She trained at The Culinary Institute of America in New York, and that training shows in how she works: a creative eye paired with real precision. It is the same discipline a fine kitchen demands — order, exactness, care in the finish — now brought to the detail of every piece Designatore makes.
A Home for the Craft
Every piece Nidhi signs off on is made in our own 80,000 sq ft factory in India — a purpose-built home that gives the craft room to reach even higher.
Ten departments under one roof — design, CNC, woodworking, veneering, finishing, upholstery, quality control and research — so every piece can go from Nidhi’s first drawing to your room without ever leaving our care. It is our commitment to raising the standard of luxury furniture, made in India.
Questions People Ask
Who are the directors of Designatore?
Designatore is led by two directors: Nidhi Patel and Neyona Patel. Nidhi Patel is the founder and principal designer. Neyona Patel is a director who joined in 2023, trained at The Culinary Institute of America in New York.
Who designs Designatore furniture?
Designatore furniture is designed by Nidhi Patel, the founder and principal designer. She draws each bespoke piece around your exact room, then her workshop team builds and finishes it by hand in India. Every piece is signed off by her before it leaves the workshop.
How much experience does Nidhi Patel have?
Nidhi Patel has over 30 years of experience designing interiors and spaces for homes, offices and factories across India and abroad. That experience is why she understands exactly what a homeowner or a corporate client needs. She founded Designatore in 2018 to bring that same care to made-to-order furniture.
Who is Neyona Patel?
Neyona Patel is a director of Designatore. She joined in 2023 and was trained at The Culinary Institute of America in New York. Her culinary training gives her a creative eye and a precision that carry straight into the detail and finish of every piece.
Who is the founder of Designatore?
Nidhi Patel is the founder of Designatore. She started the house in 2018 to make furniture the right way round — where your room comes first and the piece is drawn to fit it, rather than buying a fixed-size piece and hoping it fits.
What does Nidhi Patel design?
Nidhi Patel designs made-to-space luxury furniture for homes and businesses — sofas, tables, consoles, beds, wardrobes, pooja units and full fit-outs. She mixes rare materials like stone, solid wood, brass and velvet in one piece, in the colours and sizes each client needs.
Let Nidhi design your piece.
Send us your space and Nidhi’s studio will draw a piece made just for it.