When architect and designer Pooja Bihani decided to launch The Prana Homes, it wasn’t just about making stylish furniture. It was about changing the way we live in our homes —bringing calm, meaning, and awareness into everyday spaces. Drawing from the Sanskrit word prana, which means “life force,” The Prana Homes’ debut collection of handcrafted furniture and home accessories, which was launched in New Delhi recently, is spiritual, functional, and inclusive. Every product has been carefully imagined to encourage mindfulness, harmony, and a deeper connection with one’s surroundings.

Pooja, who’s known for her work through her architecture firm Spaces and Design, has now extended her philosophy into the world of product design. Her guiding idea is simple: our homes should not just look good — they should feel good and do good. That’s the foundation of The Prana Homes. Her debut collection is not just about looks or comfort — it’s designed to serve a higher purpose. Every item reflects a blend of spirituality, aesthetics, and utility.

Take the Consciousness Console, for example. Made from wood, veneer, and jute, it isn’t just another stylish surface. It includes built-in prayer wheels — an invitation to pause, reflect, and bring spiritual practice into daily life. Then there are the Harmony Shelves, created using veneer and marble. Much more than functional storage units, their clean lines and elegant finish make them calming to look at, and their very name hints at the brand’s goal: harmony in form and function.

Also in the lineup is the Wisdom Bookends. These small but thoughtful pieces are designed to evoke a sense of order and balance — turning a basic bookshelf into a quiet celebration of meaning and reflection. Another standout piece is the Nothingness Side Table. Its design features deliberate punctures, symbolising “the void” — a concept in spirituality that represents potential, openness, and purity. At 600 x 450 x 600mm, it’s just the right size for a side table, but it carries a lot more than its physical weight. Made from fine wood, it combines philosophy with practicality — a recurring theme in the collection.

Each of these designs speaks the language of mindfulness, inviting users to slow down and connect with their environment in new ways. What sets The Prana Homes apart is its philosophical grounding. The brand’s first collection takes inspiration from the ancient Yin-Yang principle — opposites that work together to form balance. The products are designed to reflect this idea: light and dark, solid and void, active and still. Pooja believes that everything in a home — from where you keep your keys to the side table beside your bed — can either add to the noise or bring you back to centre. She chooses the latter.

There’s also a strong spiritual framework at play. Rather than follow passing trends, the brand draws on age-old ideas about simplicity, symmetry, and flow. This comes from Pooja’s experience with Pranic Feng Shui, which informs how she shapes both space and object. Beyond philosophy and beauty, The Prana Homes also embraces inclusivity in a very real way. The designs consider the needs of specially-abled people — something that’s often missing in luxury homeware. From easier grip points to accessible heights and shapes, the products are intentionally designed so that everyone can experience comfort and dignity at home. This approach is rare in premium furniture design, but for The Prana Homes, it’s part of the core mission. “Design should never exclude,” says Pooja. “It should embrace. Our vision is to empower the art of well-being — for everyone.”

Bihani is no newcomer to design. She’s the founder of Spaces and Design, an architecture and interiors firm she started in 2006. Over the years, she’s built up an impressive portfolio that includes residential projects like Ashira and Earle’s Court, commercial spaces like Half Arc Office, and even heritage restoration work at Belgadia Palace. She’s a gold medalist from the College of Architecture in Kolhapur and an active member of the Indian Institute of Interior Designers. Her work has earned her awards like the ID Honors, Spaciux Design Award, and the ADC International Bronze Winner in 2024, among others.

But with The Prana Homes, she’s stepping into a new chapter where product design meets her passion for spiritual and emotional well-being. She calls this shift a natural extension of her philosophy of “interior architecture,” which focuses on how design shapes the way people feel and function inside a space. With this new venture, she’s simply zooming in — from designing whole homes to curating the objects that make them whole.

At its core, The Prana Homes is about infusing the everyday with purpose. The goal isn’t just to create products that sit pretty in a room, but ones that make you pause and connect. The brand’s mission is “to enhance the quality of life by blending the spiritual potential of home products with their everyday function.” Its vision? “To empower the art of well-being.” And that’s exactly what the debut collection delivers — pieces that feel considered, conscious, and deeply connected to something greater than just utility.

As the brand launches its first set of offerings, it marks a new kind of voice in the home design space that is grounded, reflective, and inclusive. It’s a welcome contrast to the fast-moving world of trend-based décor. Instead, The Prana Homes offers something slower and more meaningful: a return to living with intention. In a world full of noise, these are the kinds of pieces that speak softly — and still say a lot.