Atelier Bobby Aggarwal’s third limited edition collection, titled Denscity – There’s a Moon Hanging Over My City, is sharp and profound. This time, the focus is on the layered, unpredictable character of urban environments, spaces where chaos and calm often exist side by side. The collection looks at how cities grow without a clear plan, forming clusters that feel both alive and quietly poetic.
Whether it’s a crowded street, a fading wall, or an oddly angled building, each part of the city carries its own rhythm. Mr. Aggarwal said, “I find a quiet nobility in how these spaces evolve whether in small villages, bustling towns, or grand, historic cities like Bombay and Calcutta, where compact, three-story buildings have endured decades of change.”
To bring this concept into form, the studio has worked with found waste wood, black-and-white leather, and brass, materials chosen for their texture, contrast, and ability to create drama. The natural imperfections in the wood reflect the rough edges of the city, while the brass adds sharpness and structure. Every detail serves to highlight the tension and balance within urban life.
The collection tunes into the rhythm of places that may seem overwhelming at first but become strangely comforting the longer you stay.
Each piece, like the La Luna coffee table and sideboard, or the Walkeshwar Tower cabinet, draws from this visual and emotional language. Their forms echo the bends of narrow streets, asymmetrical buildings, and the layered perspectives seen in Pichwai paintings. There’s something whimsical in the shapes, but also grounded, a clear reference to lived spaces shaped by time and movement.
There’s no attempt to clean up or idealize the city in this collection. Instead, the pieces offer a way to see the everyday in a new light. They reflect a kind of honesty, where imperfection doesn’t need to be corrected, just noticed. As the studio puts it, there’s a “method to the madness,” and once you recognize it, everything starts to make a little more sense.
The work doesn’t aim to romanticize the city. Instead, it points out what’s already there but often overlooked: the calm in the mess, the design in the disorder. With Denscity – There’s a Moon Hanging on My City, Atelier Bobby Aggarwal reminds us that beauty doesn’t always come from order. Sometimes, it grows out of everything that isn’t.
