About us · Founder
Mihir Jain
Principal Designer · Postgraduate, IIT Roorkee · Mumbai · New York City
Before founding the studio in 2022, Mihir worked across Mumbai and New York City.
That shaped how the studio works: looking at every project across scales, from the building in its context down to the details of everyday life.
- 2022
- Founded
- 45
- Projects
- Indore
- Studio
The studio
Design begins with understanding.
One 8 Gravity is an architecture, interior design and project management studio in Indore, founded in 2022 by Principal Designer Mihir Jain.
We don’t start with a style. We start with questions: how will the space be used, what should it make possible, and what should it endure?
Approach
The brief is a beginning, not an answer.
- Clarity
- Every decision has a reason. Planning, proportion, material and light work together, without excess.
- Responsibility
- Sustainability starts with design: orientation, materials and longevity, not added-on green features.
- One process
- Architecture, interiors and execution are one idea. We stay involved from first sketch to handover.
Question before assuming. Simplify before adding. Design for people, not images.
Principles
Good design creates ease.
When a space works effortlessly, people can simply live, work and belong.
- 01
Understand
Start with people, context and purpose.
- 02
Simplify
Find clarity in complexity and give every decision a reason.
- 03
Function
Create spaces that work intuitively and make everyday life easier.
- 04
Balance
Bring together aesthetics, nature, material and function without excess.
- 05
Realize
Carry ideas from concept to construction with equal attention to execution.
- 06
Endure
Design responsibly, with sustainability, adaptability and longevity in mind.
The name
The name: One 8 Gravity
One
The single thought every design starts from.
8
Eight planets in one system: continuity, balance and connection.
Gravity
The force that holds it all together.
Architecture is a system of relationships: people and space, form and function, light and material. Good design is about how they come together as one whole.
