Re-editions is a collaboration between the American Hardwood Export Council and Bangalore-based furniture manufacturer, Phantom Hands. It features eight pieces of furniture (tables and seating), each made in American red oak or cherry; designed by Dutch duo x+l, Japanese-Danish duo Inoda+Sveje, Australian architect and furniture maker Adam Markowitz and the iconic Sri Lankan Architect Geoffrey Bawa.

Unveiled at Design Mumbai 2026, the pieces are placed within a micro environment, organized as a strict grid structure with independent floor, ceiling and wall modules. The geometrical arrangement of fabric layers coupled with the dismantlable structure point to the origins of Phantom Hands, rooted in Chandigarh's modernism - particularly Corbusier’s brise soleil such screens and Jeanneret's furniture designs - such as the periodicals bookcase and the demountable chair. Bangalore-based architect, David Joe Thomas was commissioned to design the exhibition, crafted by Phantom Hands.

The booth has been designed to accommodate the eight selected pieces made with American red oak or cherry. Since it would need assembling at the fair site and dismantling once the event was over, the structure had to be light, transportable, and easy to unpack and construct. It also had to use American hard maple, the last of the three hardwood species donated by The Rossi Group, that Phantom Hands had yet to explore. Most importantly, the booth would have to reflect PH’s design aesthetic and history. This would involve connecting a geographically alien wood to the mid-century modernist moment in India that was the point of PH’s inception.

“After many months of experimentation, knowledge transfer and a successful collaboration, Phantom Hands were more than willing to adopt American hardwoods into their body of work and across their collections. Bringing this to Design Mumbai was an obvious thing to do, as it would give us an opportunity to show India’s design community what is possible,” - Roderick Wiles, AHEC Regional Director.