Sussanne Khan On Taking The Bold Path To Design

Unrestrained yet balanced, designer Sussanne Khan follows the path of quiet luxury in her bold quest to contribute to design. Trends unravels the layers of the lady who crafts dynamic visual stories

- Meenakshi Shankar

 We’re before time for our meeting with Sussanne Khan – we picked her store, The Charcoal Project, as venue so we could get added insight into the mind of an otherwise elusive aesthete. Our early arrival buys us precious time to walk around the store where a cache of trend-setting textures and interesting vignettes find address. We expected an ode to hi-living — what we discover is a vibe that is strong, comfortable and warm, humming with an aesthetic that is everything we did not expect. This, we discover by the end of our interview, is exactly what defines the designer. To which, Khan says, “Isn’t that the basic tenet of good design? It needs to be effortless, and reflect its owner. The balance (of styles we saw at the store) is a reflection of me. The world of design that I exist in is not a pause, but a flow. And I don’t have a method to this madness.” What we enjoyed even more was the fact that even though she insisted the style reflected her, there was nothing restrictive about it – there was an openness to it that seemed to encompass a wide range of design periods and preferences.