Home & Design Trends Magazine - Volume 3 2015

In this issue

This month’s issue focuses on the retail milieu in India. However, we wanted
to do something different. In addition to presenting features that showcase
extraordinary new retail spaces being designed in the country and abroad,
we wanted to explore who it is, that is adding oomph to the design and retail
environment of the country – and specifically how it has affected our homes.
There has been such an explosion in this
segment, especially in the past decade. Products,
accessories, brands, designers and styles – it’s
like one day we discovered the world is our oyster,
and we set about choosing what we wanted for
our spaces. Along with international brands that
promised luxury came in local home-brewed talents
that now match the best in the world, offering
choices galore. We want a modern contemporary
international home, but we also want a good dash of
the India that we so love. Brands over time realised
our very specific tastes and adapted and evolved.
In this issue, we present 30 brands that did just that and are now effectively
changing how and what we buy. These are influencers – they have
experimented, are succeeding and are boldly changing our homes. Hope you
enjoy the feature.
In other pages, the offerings are rich and plenty too. Our portfolio section
showcases some of the best-designed retail stores from across the world.
Architect Dikshu Kukreja writes a column on how a retail space is not just about
the shopping experience. We also have fantastic residential projects. Shabnam
Gupta transforms a three-storey house into an exotic abode with her signature
style, and architect Puran Kumar designs his own home (called The Mango
House) in Alibaug that seems like the most natural and honest extension of the
beautiful surroundings it sits in. Interestingly, this project is a finalist entry - the
only one from India in the House category - for Inside Awards at WAF ’15.
Enjoy the read. Cheers.
Preeti Singh