The green screen!

By FinchD

Photography: Courtesy Banduk Smith Studio

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Banduk Smith Studio designs a vertical garden as the focus loci of a restaurant design; ingeniously doubling the element as a significant climatic feature...

Let the sunshine in!

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Oranges and yellows are zippy colours that perk up your interiors, bringing in positive vibes, creating feisty and cheerful environs...

Allow your spaces to breathe!

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy IAnD Archives

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Accessorizing is an art and your décor demands nothing less than a studied approach. IAnD equips you with some pertinent pointers to help you accessorize with élan…

Chic design tips!

Diwali Special 2016

Compiled by Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the designers

Read Time: 1 min

Colour me bold!                                                                                                                                        ©PSDesign

With glamour presenting so many connotations, IAnD get you expert opinions from the two ends of the spectrum – glam as in ‘luxe appeal’; and glam as in ‘chic and smart’. Check out what takes your fancy…

Bathroom Ideas 2016

By Leah Linhares

Read Time: 30 secs 

Photography: Courtesy NOA Architecture

Bathrooms make the most curious room in a house. From sensor motion taps to automatic showers to different lighting to channel music to splendid bathtubs, you can actually play with the design and still find new ways to make your bathroom look stunning!

Raw appeal!

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy Skywardinc Architects

Read Time: 2 mins

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Designed by Skywardinc Architects, the 800 sq.ft. refurbished China Village restaurant stands apart for its hard-hitting raw and unfinished look amidst swanky boutiques, high-end cafes, affordable-but-aspirational street shopping in hip locale, Bandra, Mumbai…

Recreating the aura of the 'once upon a time...' world

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy Minnie Bhatt Design

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Nestled in a residential area of Juhu, Mumbai, is a cafe with a tagline ‘Cooking up stories’ that tries to bring alive the aura of fables and the joy of reading...

Party all night!

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Sameer Chavda; courtesy the designer

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Untouched for over 20-years, a battered down space is turned into a luxurious party house for a couple in Mumbai’s posh Juhu suburb…

Naizoshoku-Gaizoshoku: Applying biomimetics to product design!

Compiled by Savitha Hira

Photography: Jiao Yang, Orproject; courtesy Orproject & ATLV

Gaizoshoku above the reception desk

Drawing from a biological process, designers Rajat Sodhi, Satoru Sugihara and Christoph Klemmt algorithmically carve out indoor architectural installations that define the operating maxims of an IT company in Beijing...

Saying it with charcoal!

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Jesal Shah; courtesy KSDS

  

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Reinventing tried-and-tested design tenets, Kavan Shah Design Studio designs the new Garden Vareli flagship that proposes to re-establish the brand as a prêt contender in the market!

Identity – thy name is reinvention!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Shamanth Patil; courtesy FADD Studio

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Simple materials and a finger on the pulse of a potential client are the unpretentious tools that help FADD studio carve out the Alanoville marketing office in Bengaluru...

Crisp white shirt - Essential style tips!

By Emeara

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©www.fashion-agony.com

The classic white shirt has always been one of the most versatile wardrobe staples that flatters every body type. It is interesting how this classic piece can bring definition to the jaw, and frame the face…

The Good Life - Press, Party, Play!

Pre-Diwali Special 

IAnD Exclusive

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy mybeautifulife and HP Lakhani Associates

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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

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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…

Rugs and Dhurries - Spread them chic!

Pre-Diwali Special 

IAnD Exclusive

By Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©www.hgtv.com

This festive season, adorn your floor with a glamorous, colourful rug or let it speak the tradition of the Indian dhurrie...

Silken Interiors

Pre-Diwali Special 

IAnD Exclusive

Compiled by Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©www.sanctuary9design.wordpress.com

Introduce an element of awe - create an ambience of silken delicacy and beckon your guests to sensational understated warmth...

Get Party-ready

By Chirag Sharma
Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©www.youwall.com

Holidays are just around the corner and so is the spirit of partying and generally having a great time.  We bring you 6 hot tips to a trendy party makeover … have a blast…

The Art of Bookkeeping

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

©freshome.com

Bookkeeping is an art in itself! Here are some handy hints on how you can make the best use of your space to treasure your collections…

Play of volumes and voids

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Sameer Tawde

 

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A miniature concrete model by Material Immaterial Studio builds on the idea of space as an inherently formless vapour that constantly surrounds our being...

The Monsoon Home Décor Guide

IAnD Exclusive

Monsoon Special Edition

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Courtesy the designers

Soft furnishings from Monsoon & Beyond

Fuss-free yet trendy home décor ideas to counter the wet weather!