Insite Magazine - January 2017

In this issue

The January issue of INSITE women pioneers, Madhavi Desai, Canna Patel, Parul Zaveri, Brinda Somaya and Sonali Rastogi share their personal and professional journey illustrating the crucial role of women in the design fraternity. Mira Nakashima, Creative Director of George Nakashima’s studio, interacts with INSITE on her journey from an understudy for her father to a virtuoso. The issue features an intimate narrative by three young guns at Abha Narain Lambah Associates. Meanwhile, Chitra Viswanath and Shivani Seshadri demonstrate the role of women academicians in design education. Additionally, Architect Neha Modi exhibits her design philosophy through her project and Interior Designer Pragati Jain creates a language of her own by merging the traditional and contemporary. In this issue, INSITE also interacts with Renu Mishra, MD of Grohe India and IPS officer, Ajay Choudhary, on his principles and triumphs as a self-taught artist. Follow the progress of the Design Yatra through Raipur, Nagpur and Vishakhapatnam.

Women In Design Edifice Of The Society

Women and men in the design professions are actively working alongside each other as never before, given the growing numbers of young women making headway into the field. The success and leadership of women in the design community need to be celebrated and encouraged. In this issue, women pioneers in the area of design and architecture, considered till very recently the predominant domain of men, interweave their personal and professional journey illustrating theircrucial role in not only shaping today’s spaces but also the future of design.

3 mins

Mira Nakashima Carving A Contemporary Legacy

After the passing away of the legendary George Nakashima in 1990, Mira took the role of the creative director of George Nakashima’s studio. She has relentlessly continued the studio’s philosophy of the woodworkers devotion to the sacrifice of the tree, preserved, and championed the studio’s techniques embraced by her father.

6 mins

Collaborative Commentary On Conserving Heritage

When the paradigm of conserving heritage with the attempt to acknowledge and realise the need to protect the heritage structures was expanding its theoretical foundations at the turn of the 21st century, Abha Narain Lambah Associates was instrumental in initializing and working in the field of heritage conservation leading by example. Our practice focuses on historic sites all over India ranging from 15th-century temples to colonial buildings, preparing management plans for ancient sites, UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Islamic monuments. – Abha Narain LambahThe feature brings a vivid narrative by Kruti Garg, Aditi Khavnekar and Sanaeya Vandrewala ontheir burgeoning journey in the world of heritage conservation under the wings of Abha.

4 mins

The Nature House Conducting And Composing Interiors

Neha Modi, Senior Associate Architect at Modi Srivastava & Associates, Vadodara, talks about her design philosophy inspired by her interdisciplinary interests, the joys of collaborating with her architect spouse and her project The Nature House.

3 mins

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Insite Magazine Description:

INSITE is India's first B2B design magazine with a primary focus on the profession of interior designing and architecture and it also focuses on the eternal factor of design. INSITE is the official magazine of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID).