Philosophy

Lighting is an opportunity to transform your space and change your mood. We create lighting as a subtle artistic expression, an emotive experience and a conversation starter. Bhilight leverages it's expertise in digital design and manufacturing to create unique and sustainable products.

Close-up of Bhilight's yellow pendant light showcasing intricate design details.

Our process

With an evolved sense of design aesthetics and 3D printing, we are creating products differently. 3D printing is one of the most sustainable methods of modern day batch production. . Having started in 2021, Bhilight is one of the pioneers for 3D printed lighting in India.

How our products are sustainable

  • Stylish and eco-friendly Bhilight pendant light illuminating a minimalist space

    Made from plant-based materials

    Our lampshades are made from plant-based PLA. This is derived from renewable resource namely corn. We also use wood PLA in many of our products (a blend of wood fibres and PLA).

  • Elegant Bhilight pendant light with a modern design and eco-friendly features

    Optimal Use of resources

    Our products are designed in a way so as to consume optimum material during 3D printing with minimal wastage. It is also well-known that 3D printing uses way less energy than traditional manufacturing processes.

  • Sleek and stylish Bhilight pendant light with sustainable design features.

    Digital Inventory

    We keep a digital inventory and make-on-demand. Therefore the environmental burden of physical storage and unnecessary distribution are nearly minimised.

  • Bhilight pendant light in an eco-friendly, sleek design, perfect for modern spaces.

    No Tooling

    For industrial manufacturing one of the most material, time and labour-intensive stages of product development is tooling. 3D printing eliminates the need for tooling, thus saving on material and energy resources, development time and costs.

Key features of our products

  • Bhilight’s lighting installation in a contemporary Indian design setting

    Distinct Aesthetics

    Our products have an aesthetic texture, form, look-and-feel that is distinctly different from other lighting products on the market. The quality of light that comes from these lampshades is unique. This is mainly because 3D printed texture of the shade made in bioplastic.

  • Stylish Bhilight lighting frame showcasing modern and sleek design.

    Easy to maintain.

    With simplicity and elegance in mind, we design clean forms. Our products are easy to clean and maintain.

  • Bhilight's elegant lighting fixture with a minimalist and contemporary design

    Easy to customise

    With CAD (computer-aided design) our designs are flexible and adaptable to meet your custom needs wrt scale and colour. For completely custom requirements, we design from scratch wrt shape, scale and colour.
Hari Kara, Founder Designer at Bhilight

Founder-Designer

Hari Kara is a well-experienced industrial designer and digital fabrication enthusiast. Prior to Bhilight, Hari worked in design and leadership roles at organizations in Europe and India. He has been making designer lighting and lifestyle products under his label since 2012. At Bhilight, he works hands-on with design software and 3D printing. Hari is an alumnus of TU Delft, The Netherlands (M.S. in Industrial Design).

For Bhilight products, Hari won the 'Elle Deco International Design Award' EDIDA India 2022 in the 'Sustainable Achievement' Category.