Who we are

Vansh & Prithvi.

  1. 01

    Friends first, then flatmates, and now co-founders.

  2. 02

    Vansh brings structure, curiosity and an eye for how an object should feel once it lives in the real world.

  3. 03

    Prithvi brings creativity, patience and the instinct to keep refining an idea until it feels exactly right.

  4. 04

    Different temperaments, one shared obsession: making things we would proudly keep on our own desks, shelves and walls.

Vansh and Prithvi, co-founders of Layered by V&P
Vansh & Prithvi

Our story

It began in Flat 3004.

Two friends, one shared flat, and a habit of making things that were a little better than they needed to be.

I · The beginning

It didn’t start with a business plan.

It started in Flat 3004, with late-night conversations, half-finished ideas and that familiar itch to build something of our own.

We had always been the kind of people who make things: tweaking, experimenting, obsessing over details most people walk past. Somewhere between those conversations and creations, one question stayed with us. What if we made this real?

That question became Layered by V&P.

II · What we believe

Everyday things deserve more thought.

The objects you see every day shouldn’t feel disposable or forgettable. They should feel intentional.

Our ideas come from ordinary life. A desk that feels too empty. A shelf waiting for something with character. A gift that ought to feel personal rather than generic.

Whenever something makes us pause and think this could be better, that is usually where a new piece begins.

Not perfect. Just right.
How we decide a piece is finished

III · How we make

Built layer by layer.

Everything we make starts with an idea, never a product category. Sometimes it’s a sketch, sometimes a passing conversation, sometimes a request that makes us ask: why not?

Each piece is built layer by layer and refined along the way. We test proportions, finishes and the smallest details until it feels right.

Nothing leaves our studio unless we would happily keep it ourselves.

IV · Always evolving

Never quite finished.

Layered by V&P is a work in progress, and we like it that way. New pieces arrive often: some planned, some spontaneous, some born purely out of curiosity.

The collection grows as we do, built on experimenting, learning and always asking what could be better next time.

By the numbers

12.4M Layers stacked, one at a timeEvery piece we make is built a fraction of a millimetre at a time.
15000+ Hours our printers have run
5000+ Products sold
2000+ Orders fulfilled
250+ Cities our pieces live in
10+ Brands we've made for
200+ Ideas that didn't make the cut

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The fine print

Layered by V&P (hereinafter “the studio”, “the two from Flat 3004”, “the ones responsible”) accepts no liability for: conversations started by a pencil that glows; guests who stop mid-sentence to ask “wait, is that a lamp?”; desks that refuse to go back to being boring; shelves that suddenly have opinions. The studio warrants that: (a) every piece was designed, refined and finished in our own studio; (b) every object was built layer by layer; (c) no trend was followed on purpose. Not a warranty. Not legal advice. Just how we work.

Ideas turned into objects. Stories turned into something you can hold.