SRAVANYA RAO PITTIE

THE ACCLAIMED INTERIOR DESIGNER GIVES US A PEEK INSIDE HER FABULOUS NEW HOME AT MUMBAI’S FAMED PIRAMAL HOUSE, AS SHE REGALES US WITH THE STORY OF HOW SHE GOT INTO DESIGN AND WHAT TRULY INSPIRES HER SENSE OF AESTHETICS

- VISHWAVEER SINGH

Sravanya Rao Pittie is the quintessential socialista, often found jet-setting her way to red carpets and covetable events around the world, while maintaining her several cliques of high-flying friends in different, exotic destinations. What makes her stand out, though, is that Rao Pittie has, for years now, been an extremely well-versed and experienced designer. Designing the homes and spaces of India’s most rarefied, be they industrialists or celebrities, she’s been plying her talent by enlivening interiors for almost two decades, steadily growing her own business, Soka Design Studio. HELLO! met with the lady at her tastefully done up home in Mumbai, where she shared with us tales of her journey and more.

Can you take us through your journey with design?

Design has always been a very innate and undiluted thought process in my life. In retrospect, it transpired into my life rather inevitably, in the way I did things since my days in college. Making things aesthetically speak my mind has always been a way of life, be it my dorm room’s little carpet, a table fountain or just adding a piece of my creativity with a painting on the wall.

What was it like working with one of the country’s most celebrated interior design and architecture firms, Talati?