We sat down with co-founders Parishi Jain and Surbhi Sinha to discuss their design school origins, how their skill sets collide in the studio, their earliest memories of jewelry, and what led them to start Studio Espyé.
How do you navigate the balance between being long-time friends and business partners?
P : We’ve been close since meeting in design school back in 2018, which created a foundation of real honesty for us. We can give feedback freely without taking things personally, making hard decisions feel surprisingly straightforward.
S : When you’ve spent years traveling, sharing late-night thoughts, ranting, and just figuring things out together, you develop a deep shared intuition. Blending friendship and business takes balance, but having that complete trust gives us confidence in every step we take.
What would you say are your key strengths, and how do you complement each other’s skills?
S : Parishi is the grounded one - her drive and structural mind keep us moving forward. She makes sure we never settle on quality or execution.
P : Surbhi brings the story, mood, and creative clarity! We see things through slightly different default settings, but those differences balance us out completely in our work life.
What led you to start Studio Espyé, and why craft in Jaipur?
S : For us, Espyé is rooted in the art of discovery - observing the world, taking notes, and finding pieces that feel deeply personal. Over the years, we’d collected so many pieces, but they were either too delicate or felt temporary, wearing off and getting lost in daily life. We wanted the space in between... to create jewellery that become an effortless part of everyone's daily routine - something you discover, make your own, and carry with you for a long time, like a story meant to be told and retold.
P : Jaipur has such an incredible heritage of metalwork and craft, and as design students, we had always felt close to it.. Staying on the ground there allowed us to build from scratch, test proportions, be wrong about a hundred small technical decisions before getting even one right.
