Our story
Two makers, and your name on every piece
A&I is Arwa & Idrees — a small Mumbai studio for personalised, handmade gifts.
Meet the makers
The two of us
A&I is literally our initials — Arwa and Idrees.
It began with gift wrapping. Arwa has a real hand for it, and the way her custom orders lit people up was impossible to ignore. Around the same time, Idrees started tinkering with a 3D printer — not a business plan, just a new craft to take apart and understand.
Somewhere between the ribbons and the resin, it clicked: why not build something of our own, together? So we did. Everything we make still reaches people the personal way — a WhatsApp message, an Instagram DM, a friend passing our name along, a table at a local gathering.
We are small, and for now we like it that way — it means every order gets our full attention. But we are all in, and we would love for the next thing we make to be yours.
What we believe
A gift feels different when it is made for one person
Not picked off a shelf — made. A name in someone's favourite colour. Initials on the box that holds the rings. A tissue box that looks nothing like a tissue box, in exactly the shade a living room was missing. Every piece starts with one question: who is it for? You tell us — we handle the rest.
Come say hi
The best way to know us is to talk to us. Tell us what you are dreaming up — we usually reply within a few hours.