“I AM A STORYTELLER. IF I'M WORKING ON YOUR SPACE, MY DESIGN TELLS YOUR STORY”

Specialising in creating creative, alluring and functional spaces, interior designer Iram Sultan shares her design journey

- RIDHI KALE

She has often topped the lists of the country’s most influential designers, yet prefers to remain under the radar. She guards her privacy with the same passion she designs homes, restaurants and offices. A storehouse of information on all things design, decor and architecture, we guarantee an afternoon with this powerhouse will leave you doubling over with laughter. The enigma in question, interior designer Iram Sultan.

Her story starts with the first project she designed—Yellow Brick Road, Ambassador, New Delhi—in 1999. “This was the time every restaurant was brown and beige. I decided to move away from it and worked with the carpenter and painter to give the chairs a beautiful patina,” says the Gurgaon-based designer. She got a lot of appreciation for it and her eponymous firm (started the same year) became a way for her to create innovative design.