Pre-Diwali Special - an Overview

IAnD Exclusive

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With Diwali – the festival of lights just around the bend, there is a flurry about an annual spring clean routine, wads of shopping money to be splurged, warmth in interactions and a wait for that one big festive celebratory mood that pervades everything around us.

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The colours of this season are the warm and welcoming marigolds, brilliant shades of orange and golden dust in its myriad tones – yellow bright, yellow ochre, lemon yellow, pale yellow...

Revelling in this festive cheer, indiaartndesign.com brings you a Special Issue on “Festive Decor” to equip you with ideas galore on how best you can top the celebratory charts in your friends-n-family circles.

Our Guest Editors:

Helming this Special are 2 very versatile design professionals – architect and interior designer, Saket Sethi and celebrity fashion designer, Ashley Rebello. While Saket is best known for philosophical and explorative avant garde design sensibilities, Ashley is an expert stylist with his finger constantly on the pulse of fashionistas and femme fatales!

Ar. Saket Sethi

On a more sombre note, our illustrious guest editors are stalwarts with Saket having the likes of Aditya Birla Group, Varun Shipping, Bollwood biggie Salman Khan and others like Shilpa Shetty and Raveena Tandon on his formidable client list; while Ashley Rebello has designed for the beautiful Sonakshi Sinha, the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai, the stunning Katrina Kaif, among several others; besides dressing and styling Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shahid Kapur, Imran Khan and Shahrukh Khan, etc. This, added to his forays in Hollywood, and ramp shows with a very chic ‘approachable’ and ‘attainable’ personal line.

Celebrity Fashion Designer Ashley Rebello

Ashley's Rebello's recommendations for the festive season: 
http://www.indiaartndesign.com/2013/10/festive-styling.html

Peek into the Special: 23^rd Oct – 30^th Oct.’13

With the confluence of design and fashion, IAnD brings you stories that of course define the design styles of our guest editors; but also touch upon important issues in décor such as styling, accessorizing and defining your aesthetic quotient. Besides, with a fashion expert on board, you can expect some ‘tips and tricks’ of personal styling too! Topping it all, we are bringing you some adept advice on ‘festive décor’ from various professionals on how you can be the shining star this festive season!

Intimate Spaces by Ar. Ajay Sharma

Check out the bedroom suite designed and stylized by Ar. Ajay Sharma for a young couple: http://www.indiaartndesign.com/2013/10/warm-and-glamorous.html

Stylizing by P. S. Design

Priyanka of P.S. Design gives you some handy tips on stylizing your interiors: http://www.indiaartndesign.com/2013/10/style-substance.html

“Wrap to Win” Online Gift Wrapping Contest: 20^th Oct. – 28^th Oct.’13

 A beautifully gift-wrapped package can ‘wow’ the recipient of the gift, as perhaps not even the gift inside can! A gift commemorates a special moment. And irrespective of what’s inside, the first impression is made by what’s outside – the way the gift is packaged and presented.

India Art n Design ezine, in association with Pepperfry.com presents ‘Wrap to Win’ – an online gift-wrapping contest that brings to the fore the nimbleness and artistic imagery of packaging a gift.

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Whether big/ small, heavy /oddly shaped, the package that holds one’s cherished love for another must surely be worth much more than the actual gift itself. In fact, this is what Wrap to Win is all about – gifting in style!

Prizes worth Rs.5000/- to be won!

Pepperfry.com is our associate sponsor for Wrap to Win. As India’s No. 1 online furniture, home and living destination offering products across categories like furniture, home décor, furnishings, gourmet and much more, Pepperfry.com assures you of finding any product that you may be looking for, under their roof. That’s why it’s safe to say that for every imaginative and enthusiastic home owner, Pepperfry.com is the one-stop solution.

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Keeping pace with growing and changing needs of homeowners, Pepperfry is now also the ideal platform for architects and designers. Designating these professionals as ‘Design Gurus’, this exclusive community is created with the intent of giving their over 8 lakh customer base, who are looking to redesign their homes, the access to direct contacts of designers and architects, who can do the job for them. What’s more, all registered Design Gurus earn special benefits and additional discounts on the pepperfry products for their projects - no strings attached.

Check out the offices of our guest editors here: http://www.indiaartndesign.com/2013/10/interiors-fashion-overlap.html