Riya Panchal is a London-based lighting designer-maker and founder of MESEME Studio, creating handcrafted sculptural lighting with a distinctive artistic presence. Her practice explores material, form, colour and light through an intuitive, making-led design process, bringing together contemporary design with specialist craft and fabrication.

Working from Blackhorse Workshop, Riya develops self-directed collections alongside limited-edition, collaborative and bespoke commissions. She works across paper, glass, metal and timber, often bringing contrasting materials and processes together to create expressive lighting objects that balance function with sculptural form. MESEME’s lighting has been commissioned for projects with Universal Design Studio and House of Honey, featured in Livingetc’s “Blazing a Trail”, and presented through design platforms Adorno and Curio and exhibitions including at the Aram Gallery.