Editor’s choice of the year 2016!

By Savitha Hira

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A recent research shows that “inspiration can be activated, captured, and manipulated, and it has a major effect on important life outcomes”. So is this thing called inspiration quantifiable, qualifiable, and obtained at certain outlets? I would say, yes and no.

IAnD’s most popular design stories of 2016!

By Team IAnD

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As we get ready to welcome new beginnings, Team IAnD collates the most-read stories of the year – coincidentally a selection that brings with it a message – old is timeless; cherished; and the new is welcomed with an open mind!

Fashion trends to ditch and carry forward from 2016 to 2017!

By Neehar Mishra

Photography: Courtesy the designers

Read Time: 1 min 30 secs 

©Manish Arora Design 

With the New Year just a few days away, there’s no reason why your wardrobe too shouldn’t get an upgrade. IAnD spoke to three leading Indian fashion designers to tell you what needs to be discarded and what is worth holding on to in 2017…

Kitchen: the life of the home!

By Team IAnD

Photography: IAnD Archives

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With the kitchen always being the heart of a home, its manifold avatars have grown its sociability into the ultimate abode of the most modern home! 

IAnD at UBM Index 2016, Mumbai

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Team IAnD

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Team IAnD’s public interaction at the UBM Index 2016 was a first in acknowledging our wide presence and humbling to the core…

#MySpaceMyPride: showcasing readers’ self-styled spaces!

Diwali Special 2016

Compiled by TeamIAnD

Photography: Courtesy the readers

Read Time: 2 mins 

Self-styled home by Mukesh Chauhan

Action Tesa celebrates Diwali with IAnD readers, showcasing their self-styled rooms/ homes/ offices; even bespoke areas. IAnD collates a few select entries…

Design Expressions: Glamour is…!

Diwali Special 2016

By FinchD

Photography: Courtesy the designers

Read Time: 1 min 30 secs

©Studio Osmosis

Glamour is an equivocal term, with varying interpretations in the design world. IAnD talks to six designers about their views on the topic!

Quiz: What does your decor say about you?

Diwali Special 2016

By Team IAnD
Photography: Courtesy IAnD Archives

Quiz Time: 1 min

©Shabnam Gupta

Are you the flashy types or one of those extremely laid-back characters? Do you know that your décor gives you away? Take our quiz and see how…

Question-a-day: Design Expert Rupande Shah advises

Diwali Special 2016

Photography: Courtesy Rupande Shah

Read Time: 4 mins

Ar. Rupande Shah of Rupande Shah & Associates, Kolkata

Taking glamour to everyday lifestyle patterns, India Art n Design (dot) com presents top-of-the-line Design Expert, Ar. Rupande Shah answering readers’ questions everyday starting today...

A room to eat?!

By Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy IAnD Archives

Read Time: 30 secs

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Dining rooms have come a long way from their original purpose; these days, they serve as aesthetic enhancers doubling up functionally as well… 

2 steps at a time!

By TeamIAnD

Photography: Courtesy IAnD Archives

Read Time: 30 secs

Style statement!

Gone are the days, where the sole purpose of stairs was to bridge two floors...

Calling the designer in you!

Diwali Special 2016

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IAnD invites you to showcase your self-styled rooms/ homes/ offices or even a corner /area in your home/office that is exclusively designed by you…

Mirror mirror on the wall

By Leah Linhares

Read Time: 30 secs

©chatroulettebingo.net

Mirror mirror on the wall, they have us looking at them all! 

Gen Next gets a slice of history via re-purposing native Indian crafts

IAnD Exclusive

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy Sarthak Sahil Design Co.

Read Time: 2 mins

Gujarat Collection for Arttdinox, Designed by Sahil & Sarthak ©Arttdinox

Product designers Sahil Bagga and Sarthak Sengupta of Sarthak Sahil Design Co in a candid interview with IAnD reveal how they layer cultural nuances to empower gen next to appreciate our vast and rich nativity…

The Indefatigable A A Raiba - Fond Memories

IAnD Exclusive

By Shriram Khadilkar

 Veteran artist - Late A.A. Raiba

Veteran painter Abdul Aziz Raiba breathed his last on April 15, 2016. He was 94 and still questing for the unfathomable through his artistic expression He was painting until few days leading up to his end…

Take your designs and business global!

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The Milan Design Week is the year's biggest opportunity for India's interior, lighting, furniture and design community to exhibit their work to thousands of global buyers and brands. 

Calling Applications for Milan Design Week 2016

IAnD Exclusive

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India Art n Design(dot)com – The Creatives’ Weekly Infotainer on Art, Design & Architecture invites applications for the India Design Pavillion Milan - Edition One at the Milan Design Week 2016  from 12^th to 17^th April.

Design Synergy: Collaborative Architecture and J. Mayer H.

IAnD Exclusive

By Marina Correa

Photography: courtesy J. Mayer H; Collaborative Architecture

Stacked Wedges project under construction by Collaborative Architecture &
Pavilion for the City Jubilee, Schlossgarten, Karlsruhe by J. Mayer H. ©Frank Dinger 

Surpassing tie-ups that are project-specific or draw on a valuable skill a partner company possesses, this alliance begins at the very inception of research, goes deeper into innovation, design and culminates with the execution of project…

The Good Life - Press, Party, Play!

Pre-Diwali Special 

IAnD Exclusive

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy mybeautifulife and HP Lakhani Associates

©mybeautifulife

Go for the luxury that affords a stress-free and enviable lifestyle! Forget all your woes this festive season and cull the ambience of your choice with sophisticated home automation applications…

This Diwali, luxuriate the bed!

Pre-Diwali Special 

IAnD Exclusive

By Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©decoist.com

Bed dress styles follow an alluring fashion as much as clothing does. It could be a dainty touch of decoration that enhances the bed or at the other extreme, a bold application of colour and pattern…