Young & Edgy

A creative amalgamation of interesting design sensibilities, Kunaal Kyhaan Seolekar of StudioHAUS tells us about his work with the brand.

- Kunaal Kyhaan Seolekar

A graduate from the Parsons School of Design, New York, Kunaal Kyhaan Seolekar is a new-age designer. As the founder of StudioHAUS – an interior design practice in Pune since 2012 – he has headed some of the most thought-provoking design projects. With an aim to take his bespoke designs to a larger audience, he launched KOY in 2017, a contemporary Indian home and lifestyle brand. A whole lot of learning later, he makes some of the most exclusively curated homes. With a keen balance of design and art sensibilities, he has been prominently shaping new homes.

Q Where did you acquire your keen design sense from?

My upbringing plays a major role in my design sense. Both my parents are highly talented, creative individuals. To add to it, an international school education in Kodaikanal truly exposed me to a beautiful biodiversity that instinctively sharpened my vision to finer details. My parents are avid travellers; they inculcated the same values in me. Exposure to diversity enhanced my outlook towards design. An education in New York at Parsons School of Design, honed my aesthetic sense in unimaginable ways too.

Q What is your design process like?

The power to influence someone’s lifestyle and provide them with objects that emotionally stir is probably the most important thing to me.

Our tailored experiences affect the senses in a multitude of ways from furniture and art to emotion and interaction with an innovative approach.

The vision is to see things through, understand the modern taste, express design and mentor and in the process, respect the available resources which are reflected in the application that make the design relatable and conceivable.

Q Tell us about some of your amazing projects.