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A Box Of Mystique

Seams Pret and Couture, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Setting The Mood

A set designer talks about the heartbreaks that come with dismantling what she creates—homes, worlds, lives.

Michael Anastassiades

The renowned lighting designer on the creative inspiration behind his products and why it pays to experiment

Fatalism Of Architecture Or Architecture Of Fatalism?

The following essay critically reflects on the morphogenesis of architecture in the South Asian territories while debating and positioning on the role of the architect in shaping our built environment. It builds its premise on readings such as Correa’s ‘Change and Continuity’, Raj Rewal and Romila Thapar’s ‘Tradition and Change’, Yatin Pandya’s ‘Contemporary Indian Architecture’ and ‘Courtyard houses of India’ etc.

The Lost Detail

A village in Odisha, a narrow lane in Srinagar, and the Jal Mahal in Jaipur remind us, in vivid detail, the painstaking slowness of creation and the rich rewards it begets.

Weaving Histories

The Kashmiri carpet-weaving tradition, introduced to the region around 400 years ago by India’s Mughal rulers, is filled with multiple narrative threads, each bringing its own flavour to a story that continues to be made

On Shimmering Air

Artist Sumakshi Singh shares her thoughts about the criss-crossing rivers of time and memory and why the poetry inherent in the act of embroidery is perhaps one way of navigating this space of unknowability

Shadow Lines: Experiments With Light, Line And Liminality

Abstract art, or rather ‘non-representational’ art, has been of interest for visual artists for several decades.

An Immersive Experience

Self-taught artist and author, Manish Pushkale lives in his South Delhi home with his studio in the basement of the building. The façade faces the Chor Minar (Tower of Thieves), a 13th century minaret built under the rule of Alauddin Khilji. The backyard of the house shares a wall with a temple. A trustee of the Raza Foundation, Pushkale literally and metaphorically lives between history and religion. We talk to him about his love for the arts and philosophy.

Amar Kanwar: The Lightning Testimonies And The Sovereign Forest

It starts with a single-channel video, 42 minutes long, that shows the impressive landscapes of Odisha. They are images captured with a poetic sensibility and intimate precision that allow viewers to explore the beauty of these landscapes while simultaneously encouraging reflection: a fisherman casts his net at dusk to the sound of birds and insects; a snaking estuary as it flows out to sea; and the interplay of the different greens of blades of grass and rice.

A Single Shade Of Equal

The Aravani Art Project is more than just transgender women painting murals on walls – it is a deeply woven dialogue of equality and experience, bringing a much-needed, warmer, inclusive perspective to sexuality and belonging

Don't Fit In, Stand Out

Jasjyot Singh Hans is showing mirror to the society through his illustrations. Images without conventional distortion is what it shows.

The Product Purist

Unravelling the numerous stories behind award-winning designer Suket Dhir and his most recent textile adventure – digital prints on ikat – that tell some interesting hybrid stories of their own.

Real And Ethereal

‘My works do not stop at the visual level and every viewer becomes a serious thinker. He creates his own story according to his perceptions and questions the society in his own way.’ Krishna Setty

Pieta By Cesare Lucchini

Rosenfeld Porcini is located in a quiet by-lane just off the busy Oxford Street in Central London.

Fiona Tan: Shadow Archive

In the late 19th century, two young Belgian jurists – Paul Otlet (1868–1944), the father of documentation, and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate – conceived of a project that sought to gather the world’s knowledge and file it using the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system that they had created.

The Alternate Path

If he could he would only design main titles! Till then, award-winning art director and designer Harshit Desai is making a clear mark in the world of motion design.

Weaving Strands Of Success

As Principal Designer of one of India’s most well known design studios, Mahesh Borse has revolutionized the home décor industry. Decades of experience and a flair for looking beyond textiles to a complete business strategy help him make Mahesh Borse Designs a name to reckon with.

Following Vision

Though co-founder and creative director of an advertising and design agency in Mumbai, it is his parallel roles as digital visionary artist and landscape photographer that allow Aashit Singh to get in touch with his true nature

More Cream, Please!

Malai, created by Zuzana Gombosova and Susmith CS, is a sustainable alternative to leather that will delight environmentally conscious manufacturers and consumers alike

Doodling With Purpose

Freelance illustrator and cartoonist Mounica Tata enjoys creating illustrations that make people think

A Himalayan Effort

At Atelier Lãlmitti, his studio in the mountains, ceramic artist and teacher Reyaz Badaruddin uses red clay to give form to his imagination

A Cut Above The Rest

It takes more than a steady hand to create the delicate and intricate artwork that Parth Kothekar does with such skill

Wed To Woodworking

Through Solli Concepts, Sohel Contractor and Zahabia Abid offer hand-crafted furniture that makes the best, and often unusual, use of different varieties of wood

Travel Tales On Textiles

Storytelling is at the heart of Safomasi, an award-winning design studio and brand set up by Sarah Fotheringham and Maninder Singh

The Art Of Ageing

Kritika Soni’s handcrafted ceramics reflect her philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection

Re-Imagining Ceramics

Freelance animator and design consultant, Shashank Nimkar hopes not only to give new life to ceramic waste, but to encourage others to do so as well

Going Beyond The Myths

Rithika Merchant’s thought-provoking and striking work is an exploration of the common thread that runs through different cultures and religions

A Talent For Crafting Spaces

Through Baaya Design, Shibani Jain combines her considerable experience in the craft sector with an innate understanding of interiors to help customers create their own little nest

A Different View Point

Graphic designer Kritika Trehan finds her creative output is often a reflection of how she views the world at the time