Amrapali Museum: an ode to Indian jewellery

By Shilpi Madan

Photography: Courtesy the museum

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toe-rings| ruby hastphool at the back of the tiny hand at the end of the silver back scratcher, with concealed daggers within at each end - probably a queen's vanity essential| hairpin

Unseen tribal jewellery and heirlooms in silver and gold from across India pirouette proudly at the recently opened Amrapali Museum in Jaipur…

The brick store

By Marina Correa

Photography:  Tejas Shah; courtesy the firm

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Modi Srivastava & Associates ingeniously designs an experiential gallery-cum-showroom for over 100 varieties of bricks in Ahmedabad…

The pattern-on-pattern trend

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web; IAnD archives

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Do you often wonder how some décors flaunt a plethora of patterns with aplomb?! 2018 is all set to see the ‘pattern-on-pattern’ or the ‘mixed patterns’ trend being revived in a big way.  IAnD decodes the trend for you…

Heritage from a technological perspective

Compiled by Marina Correa

Visuals & representations: rat[LAB]interiors

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Parametric scenography at Farzi Cafe, Jaipur (inset) Aanchal Chaudhary & Sushant Verma

rat[LAB]interiors fuses heritage references and patterns of the ‘pink city’ with computational design and digital fabrication, turning the interiors of Farzi Café, Jaipur into a feast for the senses… 

Play of contrasts

By Sonal Mamoowala

Photography: Ashish Bhonde; courtesy Cluster One

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Multi-disciplinary design firm, Cluster One Creative Solutions Pvt. Ltd. designs a stand-out abode spanning 3250 sq. ft. in Chandrapur, Maharashtra based on a theme of contrasts…