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Pondicherry-based cabinetmaker Vincent Roy of Wood’n Design skilfully fuses tradition with modernism in his designs

There are three things that furniture craftsman Vincent Roy loves deeply - India, handcrafted design, and working with wood. At his Pondicherry-based furniture design studio, Wood’n Design, he gets an opportunity to explore all three. Since setting up his workshop and studio in 2013, he’s steadily gained ground in terms of recognition and appreciation for his artisanal products across the country, and for reimagining handmade timber furniture for the modern Indian home.

A cabinetmaker, or ‘ebenist’ in French, Vincent first ventured into professional design at sixteen years old. A student who preferred to learn outside the classroom, he spent five days at a week working for a company and one day a week studying design and style.