AD Architectural Digest India - July - August 2022

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AD's July-August issue dedicated to craftsmanship has arrived!

The special issue traces the history of textiles and shines the spotlight on some spectacular homes that champion craftsmanship and textile work.

AD explores iconic textile artist Monika Correa's body of work and takes you inside her home in Goa. A feature that pays homage to rug-maker Shyam Ahuja's indelible legacy.

ALSO, DON'T MISS..A special shoot with three emerging textile artists in their studios in Ladakh. Everything you need to know about textiles-from the latest news to the most interesting launches in the realm of design and craftsmanship.

A Lightness of Being

Light-as-air, color-blocked textiles become the headlining act of the latest collection from Hermès, unveiled at Salone del Mobile.

1 min

Come Home to Dior

With the reopening of its iconic 30 Avenue Montaigne store in Paris, Dior offers guests the chance to stay in the building's private suite; with interiors by Peter Marino.

3 mins

THE MAGICAL WORLD OF TEXTILE ARTISTS

In search of Kala cotton, seduced by indigo dyes, or sewing away portraits to express oneself, AD spotlights three emerging, young textile artists who are united by the shared possibilities of thread.

6 mins

Ladakh: PORTFOLIO ONE

For AD's textile special issue, collector and author Monisha Ahmed takes us to the Ladakh Arts and Media Organization (LAMO) in Leh and walks us through its history, its indigenous architecture, and her own private collection of Ladakhi textiles.

3 mins

Shyam Ahuja: PORTFOLIO TWO

AD pays tribute to Shyam Ahuja-who passed away last year the man who introduced the world to India's distinct flat-woven dhurrie and its artisanal charm.

3 mins

MONIKA CORREA

THE PLEASURE OF WEAVING IS THE JOY OF SEEING FORM AND COLOUR GRADUALLY UNFOLD AND COME TO LIFE THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF YOUR FINGERS - PARTLY THROUGH CHANCE, AND PARTLY THROUGH THE EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES INHERENT IN THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES. TO RECOGNIZE THAT WONDERFUL MOMENT- AND TO CATCH IT IN THE PLAY OF WARF AGAINST WEFT - IS THE ESSENCE OF THE ART - Monika Conca

7 mins

MONIKA AND CHARLES

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE AND TEXTILES SO WE MUCH ΤΟ THE CORREAS. FOR THEIR TALENT AND VISION, WE ARE RICHER. HERE, FOR AD'S TEXTILES SPECIAL ISSUE, WE HEAD TO GOA, TO THE HOME OF MONIKA CORREA, DESIGNED BY HER LATE HUSBAND, WHERE OUR COUNTRY'S FINEST TEXTILE ARTIST SPENDS HER TIME, BY THE SIDE OF THE MANDOVI RIVER, IN A HOUSE THAT HOLDS MEMORIES OF CREATIVELY PIVOTAL TIMES.

4 mins

BODE

DESIGNERS EMILY ADAMS BODE AND AARON AUJLA'S WARM AND WHIMSICAL HOME IN NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN IS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, "BIOGRAPHICAL", WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING HANDMADE AND SPEAKING TRULY OF THEIR ROOTS.

3 mins

ONᏟᎬ UPON A TIME IN SHILLONG

A CLASSIC ASSAM-TYPE HOUSE, LOVINGLY RESTORED ΤΟ ITS ORIGINAL EXPOSED TIMBER STRUCTURE AND MADE WARM WITH UNDYED WOOL BLANKETS, NAGA THROWS, AND JAPANESE NOREN-AN ODE TO THE AESTHETIC OF THE LAND.

4 mins

PRITI PRATAP SINGH

PRINCESS OF THE ERSTWHILE KINGDOM OF KUCHAMAN AND A TRUE CONNOISSEUR OF TEXTILES, SHE OPENS THE DOORS TO HER DELHI HOME, WHERE MEMORIES AND HISTORIES INTERTWINE, AND SHE LIVES SURROUNDED BY ROYAL HEIRLOOMS AS WELL AS NEW PIECES TASTEFULLY CRAFTED UNDER HER EXACTING EYE.

3 mins

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