Appetite for Design

Retail therapy meets gastronomy delights at the new Beyond Designs Home and Bistro, where co-founder Neha Gupta has created a European-style restaurant as the new vertical to the flagship New Delhi store.

- CAROL FERRAO

Twenty years ago, a long-cherished dream of designers Sachin Gupta and Neha Gupta was realised. By establishing the exclusive home decor brand Beyond Designs, they pursued their vision of offering unbridled access to rich interiors furnished with custom-created furniture pieces, lights and artwork in their trademark style — a “fusion of Indian art and European design, and a celebration of our glorious heritage of handcrafted traditions.”

After nurturing this passion with vigour for the last decade and half, Neha since the last five years began exploring the potential for a retail-cum-dining experience in New Delhi, where the flagship store is located. “It’s something I have witnessed and admired abroad on my numerous travels. I was inspired by several places that I enjoyed for various reasons, like the way the interiors were designed, or the food was curated or the manner in which it was presented…” shares Neha, when asked about the genesis of the idea. And thus, was born the Beyond Designs Home and Bistro, where the latter is a new vertical within the existing store — and is exclusively handled (and designed) by Neha as she is the brain-child behind its origin.