Custom Product, Packaging & Design Development

Ihsan Ishan Design creates custom products, packaging and merchandise for museums, cultural institutions, universities, organizations and brands.

From textiles and accessories to packaging and special-edition merchandise, we transform artwork, collections, ideas and existing designs into thoughtfully developed contemporary products.

Working with a network of artisanal, luxury, eco-conscious and large-scale manufacturers, we guide projects through design, material exploration, sourcing, sampling and production—from small runs to larger quantities.

Our approach combines design expertise, research, faith literacy and cultural knowledge with an understanding of materials and production, allowing complex ideas to become meaningful, beautifully made objects.

Fabric and textile swatches used by designer Sangeetha Kowsik for material exploration, sourcing and product development.

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Beyond Bollywood:
Celebrating 2,000 Years of Dance Exhibition

For this landmark exhibition, Ihsan Ishan Design designed and produced a capsule collection translating over two thousand years of sacred movement, rhythm, and art into contemporary design.

Drawing from deep cultural knowledge, lived spiritual practice, rigorous research, and strong design and technical execution, this capsule collection is inspired by two pieces from the exhibition preserving its meaning while reimagining it for today.

Through thoughtful storytelling, special details, and contemporary finishes, each design educates, builds understanding, and deepens appreciation for global faiths and cultures.

Beyond Bollywood exhibition-inspired product collection designed by Ihsan Ishan Design for the Asian Art Museum

Historic painting of South Asian dancers featured in the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibition and adapted by Ihsan Ishan Design for the Dancers Collection.

“Dancers” Scarf & Bag

ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO

This scarf and bag reinterpret a historic North Indian painting featured in the exhibition, attributed to Pandit Seu (Guler, Himachal Pradesh, circa 1730).

Kathak is the classical dance form of North India, and in reference to the artist and region from which this painting originates, hand illustrated ghungroo bells, worn by Kathak dancers, frame the design. Contemporary tassels were added to evoke movement and rhythm.

A conscious design choice was made to foreground a dark skinned dancer, highlighting the African presence in South Asia and expanding the historical narrative.

Combining art historical research, cultural knowledge, and technical execution, the design transforms a historic image into a contemporary, meaningful products.

Dancers Collection scarf and tote designed by Ihsan Ishan Design for the Asian Art Museum’s Beyond Bollywood exhibition, translating historic South Asian dance artwork into contemporary fashion accessories.

FROM MUSEUM ARTWORK TO DESIGN
Discover how historic artwork from Beyond Bollywood was researched, restored, retouched, and transformed into a contemporary scarf and accessories collection for the Asian Art Museum.

Krishna Rasamandala Children’s Tee

ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO

The spiritual meaning embedded in South Asian art is often lost without lived practice or understanding of Hinduism. At Ihsan Ishan Design, we approach sacred imagery with cultural and faith knowledge, translating historic artworks while preserving and sharing the spiritual narratives behind them, creating design that educates and deepens appreciation.

This hand-drawn illustration reinterprets an 18th-century Rasamandala featured in the exhibition, incorporating modern elements inspired by Hinduism and Lord Krishna, revered as the embodiment of love, compassion, and tenderness, and the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

His childhood, spent among the cowherds (gopis) of rural North India is celebrated across South Asia through music, dance, and storytelling. In Sanskrit, mandala means “circle,” symbolizing unity and divine presence.

The design incorporates the prayer Jai Shri Krishna in Sanskrit calligraphy and references the story in which Krishna appears in multiple forms so that each gopi (girl) may dance with him, an expression of divine generosity and love.

Cows, peacocks, flowers, and lush vegetation, symbols traditionally associated with Krishna surround the composition. Finished with playful hot pink accents and glitter, the artwork transforms a sacred narrative into a modern, wearable design created especially for children.