PICTURED FOR PEOPLE

With a sense of giving back to the society, my dream ponders upon a space that absorbs community living.

- GOURI DESHPANDE

Gouri set up her Pune-based studio along with Ammeya Gogate in 2016 and ever since, has been practicing the art of curating spaces perfectly for the user. Gouri believes that understanding the homeowners, studying their lifestyle and socio-cultural background as well as analysing their requirements are absolutely essential when it comes achieving a space they desire, even if that means placing the development of a signature style on the back burner. Purpose is primary, and she maintains that shape or form should be derived from function, user, context and then aesthetics as an added value. The