Wender·Vista
Navi Mumbai
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
across Thane Creek from Mumbai, on the Konkan coast

Navi Mumbai

— — a city drawn before it was built.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A planned city laid out across the creek from Mumbai in the early 1970s, when the old island city ran out of room. Wide roads, low hills, the long curve of the Palm Beach corniche, and the mangroves of Thane Creek where pink flamingos come down each cold season to feed on the mudflats. Trains cross the harbour from CSMT on the old line and from Mankhurd on the newer one. The light off the creek at evening is the soft pink of a place still deciding what it wants to be. — from the studio

from the studio
Navi Mumbai
— bring it home

Navi Mumbai, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Navi Mumbai

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Navi Mumbai is a planned city in Maharashtra, India, built on the mainland east of Mumbai across Thane Creek and the Mumbai Harbour. The state government founded it in 1972 through the City and Industrial Development Corporation, CIDCO, to relieve population pressure on the original island city. The plan strung a chain of self-contained nodes — Vashi, Nerul, Belapur, Kharghar, Panvel — along the harbour and the eastern hills. The Sion-Panvel highway and a parallel suburban rail line tie the nodes to old Mumbai. Recent additions include the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, a 21.8-kilometre sea bridge opened in early 2024, and the Navi Mumbai International Airport at Ulwe.

— informed by Wikipedia, CIDCO
— the water

Thane Creek defines the city's western edge for about 26 kilometres, from the harbour up to Thane town. Its mangrove belt is one of the largest in urban India and a designated Ramsar site since 2022. Each winter, tens of thousands of lesser flamingos and greater flamingos arrive from Gujarat's Rann of Kutch and feed on the mudflats off Airoli and Nerul from roughly November through May. The Maharashtra forest department runs guided boat trips from the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre at Airoli during the migration season.

— the visit

Most visitors come for a day from old Mumbai. The Harbour Line train from CSMT reaches Vashi in about an hour. Belapur and Kharghar reward a slow walk: the CIDCO architecture of Charles Correa at Belapur, the Pandavkada falls and the central park at Kharghar in the monsoon. Palm Beach Road runs the length of the creek between Vashi and Belapur and is the standard evening drive. The flamingo boats at Airoli run on weekends in season; tickets sell out and book ahead through the forest department.

— informed by Maharashtra Tourism
— where
India · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
— position
19.0330° N · 73.0297° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
8 km N
Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary
Ramsar wetland
6 km S
Belapur
administrative node
11 km SE
Kharghar Central Park
urban park
5 km W
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
sea bridge
N
Navi Mumbai
Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary
Belapur
Kharghar Central Park
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Navi Mumbai — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

A planned city in Maharashtra, India, built on the mainland east of Mumbai across Thane Creek. The state development agency CIDCO founded it in 1972 to relieve pressure on the original island city.

Navi Mumbai is a separate municipal corporation with its own planned nodes, wider roads, and lower density. Old Mumbai sits on the original Salsette and Colaba islands; Navi Mumbai is mainland Konkan.

The mudflats of Thane Creek hold the algae and small invertebrates that lesser and greater flamingos feed on. Tens of thousands arrive from the Rann of Kutch each winter, roughly November through May.

By the Harbour Line train from CSMT to Vashi or Belapur, by the Sion-Panvel highway, or now by car across the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link from Sewri to Chirle, opened in January 2024.

Yes. Navi Mumbai International Airport at Ulwe began commercial operations in 2025 as the second airport serving the Mumbai metropolitan region, alongside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International in old Mumbai.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers with ties to the city. Many residents grew up watching the nodes fill in, and the creek light is a shared memory. A Small or Medium reads well as a desk piece.

The tile suits coastal-modern, Indo-modern, and warm-minimalist rooms. The creek pinks and mangrove greens sit well with teak, rattan, and unbleached linen.

A single Large is right above a console or a reading chair. Above a sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the wall. A nine-tile Mural is the move for a stair landing or a long entry.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes are scratch-resistant and humidity-stable. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure.

Microfibre cloth and clean water. Skip abrasive pads and household solvents. The thin glossy finish wipes clean, and the colour lives in the surface beneath it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our own visual language by Reid Wender, the curator, and produced only here. No licensing, no reprints from third parties.

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