Understated elegance

By Marina Correa

Photography: Rahul Pawar; courtesy SSA Design Studio

Read Time: 2 mins

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SSA Design Studio carves out an all-white interior shell with predominantly neutral tones that exudes visual interest through subtle detailing and choice of materials…

Feb. Focus: Role of art in Interior Design

Guest Editor of the month: Interior Designer Shabnam Gupta

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Just as H2O is incomplete without that one molecule of oxygen, interiors are incomplete without art. As Guest Editor of the month, Interior Designer of repute, Shabnam Gupta will be bringing us her insights, talking about the use of art as an integral aspect of interior design; as an influence, a starting point, at the intersection of urban design and architecture and at times for its own sake!

Kaleidoscope of kitsch and culture

By Marina Correa

Photography: Nitika Bhasin; courtesy the designer

Read Time: 2 mins

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South Mumbai’s epicurean delight, Lemon Leaf offers a pot-pourri of popular culture and retro elements, catering to a varied user profile…

‘Nude’ is always in!

By Rita Roy Choudhury

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

Read Time: 1 min 30 secs

Sparkly nude dresses on the red carpet at Oscars 2014

The Nude palette has armed us with tools to shape, shift and re-contour our fluid faces and reshape our silhouettes - hour-glass or not. IAnD revisits the trend that swishes silently behind the curtains…

Coconut house: ray of hope for low cost?!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Ar. Jayneel Trivedi

Read Time: 2 mins 

Ar. Jayneel Trivedi with Mr. Sonam Wangchuk at the Maker's Mela 2017 in Mumbai

Ar. Jayneel Trivedi adds to the uses of tender coconut by applying it as an essential cladding material to augment the concept of low cost housing at a mere Rs. 15000/-