Art
Elle Decor India
A NEW ERA FOR BATHROOM LUXURY
Sternhagen's new experience centre in Gurugram heralds a new era in luxury bathroom solutions
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
BEYOND THE SURFACE
V&J Furnishings breathes sustainability and durability into its textiles
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
ELLE DECOR FOCUS
As Indians, we entertain generously. But peel away the decadence, the lush grazing tables, and the details, and you're left with heirlooms, archives of stories and nostalgia, gathered to make you pause and slow down
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
THE REFINEMENT OF EXCESS: NOTES ON LUCKNOW CULTURE, MEMORY AND CINEMA
Some cities train the eye to look for monuments.
4 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
CONCEALED IN THE THICKET
Liebherr Appliances inculcates automation into modern living at the Urban Thicket
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
THE ART OF CIRCULATION
Windmill Designer fans are for spaces created with a design-forward thinking
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
THE GREAT INDIAN MAXIMALIST TAKEOVER
A DESIGN COUP FOR THE AGES
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
ATITHI DEVO BHAVA RICH INTENTIONS OF INDIAN HOSPITALITY AND THE ART OF ABUNDANCE
The old Air India Maharaja lounge smells of jasmines and sandalwood. In this in- between world of airports, where time and place are distilled into concepts, at once amorphous and ever-present, the lounge offers a sanctuary. It locates the traveller in an experience.
4 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
A WHIMSICAL MAKEOVER
Ek Kalakaar and House of Berserk unveil a series of vibrant collectables brimming with character, inspired by nature's effervescent flora and fauna
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
ADDA AT A PHARMACY
In the mercurial glow of Butto Kristo Paul's bonedi bari in Kolkata, at once, pharmacy and home, Dr Devi Shetty reflects on the intersection of community, faith and the practice of healing in contemporary India
5 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
ABU JANI AND SANDEEP KHOSLA FOR THE LOVE OF MORE
For couture behemoths Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, the opportunity to design a wedding came at a culturally pivotal moment.
6 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
BETWEEN JEWELS AND COMMERCE
A MAXIMALIST REPOSITORY
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
DESIGNED TO DISAPPEAR
Liebherr Appliances of the family-run Liebherr group designs fully integrated refrigerators that are best suited for the Indian climate and your luxury kitchen
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
INDIA'S NEW LANGUAGE OF MODERN LUXURY
Born in Jaipur and grounded in craft expertise, Home of Chirmi creates work that is architectural yet unmistakably human in its presence
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
THE DESIGN INTENT BEHIND THE MCI EXPERIENCE CENTRE
Conceptualised by Wong Chiu Man of WoW Architects, the MCI Experience Centre was designed for experiences that showcase the functionality, versatility, and endless possibilities with natural stone in a curated, “lifestyle sort of a way,” as Wong puts it, that feels natural and real.
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
HAVELI THAT MOVED CITIES
Centuries after deities moved from temples into havelis, artist Amit Ambalal and his father salvaged a ruined Burhanpur shrine home, dismantling it piece by piece and rebuilding it in Ahmedabad as Kamal Chowk
4 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
TEXTILE AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
The idea of maximalism is often seen against minimalism.
5 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
JOURNEYING THROUGH CRAFT, CULTURE AND SOCIAL HISTORY
Less is more is not part of the Indian aesthetic. Every element, whether colour, imagery or embellishment, is used to the full. Every surface filled to the maximum. Unlike the Japanese or Swedes, we don't do minimal!
7 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
BEAUTY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF BUSINESS
Kolkata starts its day on slow simmer. The sun rises over the Hooghly by 6 a.m, but the city does not rush itself. Breakfast is a leisurely affair over tea, luchi alur-dom and deem paurutis.
3 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
The KariGhars combine human insight with engineering precision to craft quality luxury residences at an unmatched pace
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
SUJATA AND BROTINDRO MULLICK CUSTODIANS NOT OWNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LEGACY
The Mullicks are thoroughly modern, much like you and me. Brotindro Mullick is an advocate at the Kolkata High Court. Sujata works in the social sector with human rights, social justice, gender and women's empowerment.
4 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
FOSTERING CREATIVITY
The Roca Group rolls out its flagship gallery in Delhi, complete with a dedicated LAUFEN space offering the best in bathroom design
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
PRIDE, PREJUDICE & PEOPLE CITY LIFE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW
Hindustan ek khwab hai. India is a dream. In 2019, when the country was engulfed in protests that questioned who gets to call themselves Indian, these words by poet and artist Aamir Aziz became a rallying cry of dissent.
5 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
LIGHT SCULPTED TO BLOOM
Olie studio sculpts luminaries inspired by nature's meditative beauty
1 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
IN THE QUIET
What happens when a city outlives its owners? In Siddhpur, locked Bohra mansions showcase beauty, survival and resistance long after the families have gone and only edifices remain
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
WHO OWNS A PALACE?
Caught between the city's contradictions and revelling in magnificent disarray, Nilmoni Niketan in Kolkata, built around art, devotion and generosity by the Mullick family, finds beauty in decay almost two centuries after its conception
9 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
GV SANJAY REDDY THE RELUCTANT MAXIMALIST
Sanjay Reddy is the kind of maximalist you would hardly associate with maximalism. He is not flamboyant or loud. “I knew minimalism, but I heard about maximalism only when Sabyasachi made the term mainstream,” he laughs when I tell him that we want to profile him on maximalism.
4 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
WORLDLY TASTES OF INDIAN ROYALTY
Through ambitious commissions that demanded scale, spectacle and symbolism, Indian royalty shaped how European maisons viewed luxury
2 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
RADHIKARAJE GAEKWAD A MAHARANI'S ROYAL CHAPTER FROM BARODA
When you grow up surrounded by beauty and maximalism, do you ever learn to see it anew again? The answer to this can be simple, complicated or even unfound. \"There is maximalism in my life, but it has become so normalised that it doesn't appear maximalism anymore.
5 min |
December 2025 - January 2026
Elle Decor India
INDIA'S SUPPLY CHAIN MAXIMALISM AS A FUNCTION OF DENSITY
India's markets show how multiplicity organises itself into commerce, where density and diversity make maximalism the country's most efficient and democratic infrastructure of trade
8 min |