In this issue

This issue is not just a magazine that celebrates collaborations, but the magazine itself is collaborative effort. Let me start with the cover feature. For our cover feature Architect, Artist and Designer Ashiesh Shah, a pioneer of sorts when it comes to collaborations, and Interior Designer Vinita Chaitanya, engage in an interesting conversation about their friendship, their partnerships with brands, designers and the community at large. But the conversation got really interesting when we roped in Portland-based digital artist Reshidev RK to illustrate the cover. We couldn’t shoot, thanks to the semi-lockdown situation, but we collaborated. Perhaps it was meant to be. After all, the issue is all about “Collaborations” From artist Yinka Illori’s teaming up with Lego, Sir David Adjaye’s partnership with Aston Martin, to couturiers Shantanu Nikhil joining hands with carpet brand Obeetee and Architect Rooshad Shroff’s The Gyaan Project, the issue highlights some of the most intriguing synergies in the world of design.

SUNDAY - GLOBAL DESIGN; MADE IN INDIA

Sunday Design, a venture by entrepreneur Gautam Baid, curated by renowned interior designer Iram Sultan, seeks to reinvent furniture and home decor shopping in India.

3 mins

IN CONVERSATION WITH RESHIDEV RK

Introducing the artist behind our cover illustration

3 mins

Vinita Chaitanya & Ashiesh Shah on ‘THE POWER OF COLLABORATION'

What is so enticing about collaborations? What is so intriguing about creative minds coming together to create new design typologies, or write a new design narrative? Well, we got together with two of India's biggest names in the industry, Ashiesh Shah and Vinita Chaitanya to engage in a freewheeling conversation about their design philosophies and ethos, collaborations and the future of design in India.

10+ mins

A SACRED AURA IN A ROYAL HOUSE

Project: Pilibhit House, Haridwar, ARCHITECTS: DESIGNERS GROUP IN COLLABORATION WITH PRADEEP SACHDEVA DESIGN ASSOCIATES, Highlighting the four phases of life as per Hindu mythology, the Pilibhit House hotel in Haridwar is a perfect representation of the holy town in a contemporary design language

5 mins

MATERIAL MELANGE

Project: Bibelot, Mumbai , ARCHITECTS: OPEN ATELIER MUMBALIN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST RUTUJA PADWAL , The project designed by Open Atelier Mumbai in collaboration with artist Rutuja Padwal is an aesthetic home with juxtaposing design styles that cohesively embraces the choices and lineage of each member for united living.

3 mins

A LIVELY URBAN ENSEMBLE FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

PROJECT: FARFETCH HQ / FUSE VALLEY, PORTUGAL; COLLABORATORS: BJARKE INGELS GROUP (BIG), At the upcoming new headquarters of Farfetch in Porto, architect firm BIG has tailored each building to its specific programs within the community village of Fuse Valley

3 mins

EARTHY EDIFICE

Project: House of Courts (Lopez Design Studio), Gurugram, ARCHITECTS: DADA & PARTNERS IN COLLABORATION WITH ALCOI INDIA, The project designed by DADA & Partners in collaboration with ALCOI India is earthy in nature and uses a brick and concrete design vocabulary.

3 mins

A TASTE OF VIETNAM

Project: Nho Saigon, Mumbai ARCHITECTS: MUSELAB IN COLLABORATION WITH JETSONS Integrating a mix of traditional and contemporary aesthetics in its interiors, this Vietnamese restaurant transports you to the bustling streets and markets of Saigon

2 mins

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