Kitchen Serveware & Drinkware | Premium Designer Pieces for the Modern Kitchen
The kitchen and its immediate spaces like the counter, the open shelf, the dining table edge — represent one of the most visible and frequently touched surfaces in any home. At The Living Influence, the Kitchen collection brings together designer serveware, artisan glassware, handcrafted plates and bowls, premium trays, votives and candle holders, kitchen pendant lighting, and decorative glass objects. These all are selected for material quality, craft integrity, and the kind of considered design that elevates everyday ritual into experience.
The product collection spans six thematic families and features work from named design studios including Glass Forest (Pallavi Chandra and Deeksha Saini), Patchou Home, Studio Saswata, FIG Living, and others. Each piece is sourced for its position between functional object and design statement. The pieces that are genuinely used, genuinely beautiful, and that hold their aesthetic presence on an open shelf or a laid table.
What Products Belong in a Well-Curated Kitchen & Dining Space?
The modern kitchen and dining space involves design decisions across five categories. Drinkware — glasses, tumblers, champagne flutes, cocktail glasses, and carafes — is the most frequently touched and visually prominent category on any table setting. Serveware — plates, bowls, platters, and trays — defines the meal's visual register and communicates the quality of the hosting experience. Votives and candle holders introduce warm ambient light to the dining table, transforming a dinner from functional to atmospheric. Vases bridge the kitchen and dining surface as organic accent objects. Kitchen pendant lighting anchors the space from above, particularly in open-plan kitchens and island configurations that are increasingly standard in premium Indian apartment design.
Designer Drinkware
The Twilight Series — Tumblers, Wine Glasses, Champagne Glass, and Dessert Bowl
The Twilight Series is a cohesive drinkware collection handcrafted and hand-blown in India by Glass Forest studio, designed by Pallavi Chandra and Deeksha Saini. The series spans four glass forms: the Twilight Tumbler (set of 2), the Twilight Wine Glass (set of 2), the Twilight Champagne Glass (a single stem piece), and the Twilight Desert Bowl (set of 2) — a coupe-form serving bowl that doubles as a dessert glass.
All pieces in the Twilight series are made from borosilicate glass, making it suitable for both hot and cold applications. The borosilicate colour glass and ribbed/fluted construction of the Twilight pieces means each item carries the visible marks of the hand-blowing process like variations in colour saturation, minor surface marks, and unique bubble inclusions — that are deliberate characteristics of the artisan process, not production defects. The Twilight series represents one of the Kitchen collection's most cited and reviewed product families.
With Love — Champagne Flutes
The With Love champagne flutes are delicate stem glasses with an elongated flute form — the extended bowl shape that maximises carbonation retention and aromatic concentration in sparkling wines. Available in set formats. Among the most popular pieces in the drinkware category for gifting and hosting.
Eileen Glasses
The Eileen glasses are a glassware set with a refined, modern form — named pieces in the collection that bring a distinct identity to the table setting rather than functioning as anonymous background glassware.
Swirl Cocktail Glasses
Cocktail glasses with a twist-body construction — the Swirl Cocktail Glasses introduce a decorative surface element to the glassware without compromising hold or use. Most popular among the cocktail and entertaining glassware range.
Pop Twist Glasses
Ribbed twist glasses with a bold graphic silhouette — a set of four for table entertaining. The Pop Twist's surface texture catches and refracts light, adding visual animation to a table setting.
Hammered Glasses
A set of four hammered-surface glasses — the hammered texture is created by applying surface indentations to the glass wall, producing a faceted, irregular surface that refracts light and provides tactile grip. Ready to ship.
Glass Carafe with Cork Lid
A glass carafe with a natural cork stopper — a vessel for water, juice, infused water, or wine service on the dining table. The cork lid brings a natural, artisanal material reference to a functional object. Ready to ship.
Lava Glass Set
The Lava Glass Set is a glassware range in warm tonal coloured glass — the lava name references the rich, volcanic colour palette of amber, brown, and earthy reds that characterise the set. Available in multiple configurations.
DD Stem Glass Set
Stem glasses in teal and pink coloured glass — the DD Stem Glass Set brings colour into the stem glass format traditionally dominated by clear glass. The coloured stem positions these for decorative table settings as well as functional use.
Handcrafted Serveware
Moonflower Dinner Plate & Quarter Plate
The Moonflower plates are a standout serveware collection by Patchou Home — handcrafted entirely in brass and coated with a high-gloss enamel finish in three colourways: green, red, and orange. The Moonflower design features a vintage-frame border motif stamped into the brushed brass base, a design reference to decorative antique tableware traditions reimagined in contemporary enamelware. Not microwave or dishwasher safe; hand wash recommended. Patchou Home is a premium Indian design studio known for its brass-and-enamel tableware.
Chantilly Dinner Plate
The Chantilly Dinner Plate is a refined ceramic dinner plate with a clean, elegant form — available in multiple colourways. Ready to ship. Suited to tablescapes where the plate itself contributes to the visual composition of the table.
Charcoal Kai Organic Bowls
Charcoal-coloured ceramic bowls in an organic, hand-formed shape — the Kai bowls have an irregular, asymmetric rim profile characteristic of hand-thrown pottery. Most popular in the serveware category. Available in multiple sizes.
Lava Bowls
The Lava Bowls series presents ceramic bowls in warm, earthy glaze tones — amber, terracotta, and brown — that reference the molten, textured surface suggested by the name. Available in multiple sizes. Ready to ship.
Para Bowls
A premium serveware set by Studio Saswata — the Para Bowls are decorative serving bowls with a considered sculptural form and high-quality finish. A design object as much as a functional serveware piece.
Arc Bowls
The Arc Bowls are a premium serveware set with an architectural arc profile — the bowl's curved rim creates a visual sweep that distinguishes it from standard round bowl forms. Suitable for presentation serving at the table.
Mīlan — Brass Bowls (Set of 4)
The Mīlan set — subtitled "The Midday Reunion" — is a set of four brass bowls with a warm, burnished metal finish. The brass construction places these in a lineage of traditional Indian kansa and brass tableware, reinterpreted with contemporary proportions and surface treatment. The set format and the culturally resonant name position these as pieces appropriate for both everyday use and as a considered gift for a housewarming or celebration.
Black Wash Organic Platter
A flat serving platter with an organic form and a black-wash ceramic finish — the irregular edge profile and the brushed black surface gives the platter a handmade, artisanal quality that suits both everyday serving and styled food photography contexts. Ready to ship.
Firdaus Bowl & Bottle
The Firdaus range spans both a serving vessel (Firdaus Bowls — Tall, set of 2) and a decorative bottle (Firdaus Bottle Round). The Firdaus aesthetic references Islamic decorative arts — richly coloured, patterned glass objects with a distinctly ornamental quality. The Firdaus Bottle Round is a decorative glass bottle for table or shelf display, as much a votive or accent object as a functional vessel.
Premium Trays & Table Accessories
Podium Trays — Round (Black) and Set of 3
The Podium Tray series by FIG Living is a precision-crafted tray family in a black finish — available as the Podium Round Tray S (Black) and as a Podium Trays Set of 3 in ascending sizes. Podium trays function as organising surfaces on the kitchen counter, on the dining table for condiment groupings, or as decorative display platforms on open shelving. The black finish suits contemporary, minimal, and industrial kitchen aesthetics.
Memphis Wave Tray
The Memphis Wave Tray is a statement serving tray with a wave-form profile inspired by Memphis Group design — the 1980s Italian post-modern design movement known for bold geometric shapes, contrasting materials, and playful subversion of functional object conventions. A premium tray for entertaining and display.
Marble Serving Tray
A marble surface serving tray — marble is a metamorphic stone formed from limestone under heat and pressure, characterised by its veining patterns of calcium carbonate minerals. Each marble tray carries a unique veining pattern that cannot be replicated, making it an inherently one-of-a-kind object. Ready to ship.
Belem Aluminium Tray
An aluminium tray in a contemporary form — lightweight, non-reactive, and suited to both serving and decorative display applications. Available in multiple sizes.
Dosa Tray
A premium statement tray designed specifically for South Indian food presentation contexts — a luxury tray for the serving of dosa, idli, and related South Indian breakfast and meal items in an elevated hosting environment.
Gateau Tiered Stand
The Gateau Tiered Stand is a multi-level serving stand — traditionally used for afternoon tea and dessert service, the tiered stand format maximises table surface efficiency while creating a vertical visual hierarchy in the table composition. Ready to ship.
Bowtie Napkin Holder
A designer napkin holder in a bowtie form — a functional table accessory with a distinct sculptural presence. Ready to ship.
Votives, Candle Holders & Table Lighting Objects
Noor Votive (Set of 2)
The Noor Votive is a handmade glass votive with a cylindrical chimney accompanied by a gold-plated t-light plate. An apt designation for a votive whose primary function is the warm, intimate diffusion of candlelight on a dining table. Most popular in the votives category. Available from the Diwali-adjacent season through year-round.
Kandeel Votive (Set of 2)
The Kandeel Votive is a glass votive with a lantern-like form — the kandeel reference (meaning lantern in Urdu/Hindi) gives the piece a culturally specific and poetic identity. Available in sets of two.
Fairy Lamp Candle Holder
Glass candle holders in three colour variants — available in teal and other colourways. The Fairy Lamp candle holder produces a coloured, diffused glow that can be composed across a table in complementary or contrasting colour combinations.
Ceramic Coil Candle Holder — Beige
A ceramic coil-wound candle holder in beige — the hand-coiled surface construction creates a textured, organic form. Small and medium sizes available. Ready to ship.
Surreal Candelabra & Candlestick Holder
The Surreal Candelabra is a multi-arm candelabra with a sculptural, abstracted form — an object that functions as table centrepiece when lit and as a sculptural decoration object when unlit. Its design language places it in a category between functional hosting accessory and decorative art object, suited to dining tables in contemporary, eclectic, and maximalist interiors. The Surreal Candlestick Holder is a companion single-stem piece in the same design family.
Glass Vases & Decorative Glass Objects
Haze Brown Glass Vase
A hand-blown glass vase in a warm brown-haze finish — the haze effect is achieved through the glass-blowing process, producing a translucent colour field that shifts with the light direction. Most popular in the glass vase category. Available in multiple sizes.
Slate Grey Glass Vase
A glass vase in a slate grey colourway — the cooler, more restrained palette of the Slate Grey Vase suits contemporary kitchen aesthetics with monochromatic or neutral colour directions. Available from size. Ready to ship.
Ezra Textured Glass Decorative Object
The Ezra Textured Glass Decorative Object is a premium glass piece with a multi-faceted, textured surface — it functions simultaneously as a vase and as a standalone decorative glass object on a kitchen shelf or counter. Most popular in the decorative glass category. Available in multiple sizes.
Chirp Glass Object Series
The Chirp series is one of the most distinctive product families in the Kitchen collection — sculptural glass objects in bird-inspired forms, produced in a range of colourways including Teal (Big), Grey (Small), Yellow & Teal (Set), Penguin, and Black and White Set. The Chirp Yellow & Teal Set is among the most popular combinations. Ready to ship across most configurations.
Sprig Container
A ceramic container designed for herb and small-plant use on the kitchen windowsill or counter — the Sprig Container introduces a biophilic element into the kitchen surface without the scale of a full planter.
Kitchen Pendant Lighting
The kitchen is the one space where pendant lighting is directly functional as well as atmospheric — task lighting above a counter, island, or preparation surface requires focused downward illumination that pendants positioned at an appropriate drop height can provide far more effectively than ceiling-mounted diffuse sources.
Bella Black & Bella White Hanging Lamp
The Bella series consists of two cylindrical hanging pendant lamps — Bella Black and Bella White both in a glass and mild steel construction with a marble-pattern surface finish. The cylindrical form and marble-effect glass make these suitable for installation in sets of two or three above an island or breakfast counter. Most popular pendant in the Kitchen collection.
Dash and Dot III
A contemporary pendant lamp constructed from pine wood modules and black powder-coated metal rods — Dash and Dot III is a multi-element pendant that introduces material warmth (natural pinewood) and structural complexity into the kitchen ceiling plane. Most popular pendant for open-plan kitchen-dining configurations.
Opium Pendant Lamp
The Opium Pendant Lamp is a smaller-scale pendant available in multiple sizes and colourways — suited to installation in series above a breakfast bar or kitchen counter where multiple pendants at a shorter drop create rhythm and punctuation in the ceiling plane.
Esferra Ring Series — Gold and Rainbow
The Esferra Ring (Gold) and Esferra Ring (Rainbow) are circular hoop pendants with opal glass bulbs — the ring form introduces a geometric, architectural character to the kitchen pendant. The gold finish suits warm-toned kitchen palettes; the rainbow finish adds colour and playfulness suitable for more expressive or eclectic kitchen aesthetics.
Bell Pendant Lamp & Esferra–Bell 180 Chandelier
The Bell Pendant Lamp is a directional conical pendant available in black-and-gold finish — suited to single installation above a cooking hob or counter zone. The Esferra–Bell 180 Chandelier is a linear multi-pendant chandelier combining Esferra and Bell form elements across a horizontal 180-degree span — designed specifically for installation above a dining table adjacent to or within the kitchen-dining open plan.
Kitchen Furniture: Dining Chairs
Sirocco Upholstered Teakwood Dining Chair
The Sirocco is an upholstered dining chair in a teak wood frame — a premium furniture piece that bridges the kitchen and dining zone in open-plan configurations. The teak frame brings the material warmth and durability of solid hardwood to dining seating, while the upholstered seat and backrest provides the comfort required for extended meal and conversation settings.
Luxury Gift Objects for the Kitchen
Leticia Box & Leticia Green Box
The Leticia Box and Leticia Green Box are premium decorative storage boxes — objects with a jewellery-box quality of material finish and craftsmanship, suited for display on kitchen open shelving or a countertop, or as luxury gift items for housewarmings and celebrations.
Athena Rectangular Box
A rectangular decorative box in a premium finish — the Athena Box is a table and counter object that functions as both a practical container and a display-worthy decorative piece.
How to Style a Kitchen Counter and Open Shelf
The kitchen counter and open shelf are the two most visible display surfaces in a modern Indian open-plan kitchen — and the most easily overcrowded. The most effective approach follows a three-object grouping principle: a tall object (vase, carafe, tall glass), a medium object (bowl, candle holder, decorative box), and a low accent piece (coaster set, small decorative object, candle). Within each grouping, material contrast amplifies visual interest — pairing glass with ceramic, or brass with natural stone, creates a richer surface composition than materials that are too similar.
The open shelf benefits from treating each shelf as a distinct visual unit: one shelf for glassware (uniformly organised by type), one for ceramics and serveware (arranged by form and colourway), and one for mixed accent objects. Leaving deliberate space on each shelf empty — allows the eye to move across the surface rather than registering it as clutter.
Shop Designer Kitchen Serveware & Drinkware Online in India
The Living Influence offers free PAN India shipping across the entire Kitchen collection. Most drinkware and serveware pieces are ready to ship within 2–7 days. The collection is extensively gifting-appropriate. Bulk and B2B orders for hospitality and residential projects are supported through the dedicated B2B programme.
