Dubai just built a $62 million, 150-metre high photo frame in the middle of the city
Dubai gives you one more reason to add it to your bucket list – a 150-meter high photo frame standing in the midst of the metropolitan. Called the Dubai Frame, the architectural marvel opened its glass doors to the public earlier this month. Step inside any one of the two glass towers that take visitors […]
How Danish luxury will shape Indian design in 2018
Navin Khanna, the director of Danish luxury furniture and home accessories brand, BoConcept Asia, tells us about the designs we should look out for in 2018: Tell us about BoConcept’s latest collection… We have gone with red and blue as the main theme of our new collection. While blue looks classic and timeless, it also […]
4 unconventional young artists worth investing in
All my life, I have stayed away from buying established artists. To buy their work, all you need is money. When you do that, you do not employ the three things that I think are critical in buying art: your eye, your intuition, your self-confidence. And I buy a lot of youngsters. Because very few people […]
5 brilliant books on architecture for the design fiend
From coffee table books to engrossing reads, we’ve picked 5 of the best books on architecture and design for you to expand your bookshelf with: 1. Urgent Architecture by Bridgette Meinhold With over 2000 articles on sustainable architecture, Bridgette Meinhold uses her experience in writing to offer housing options for people who have lost their […]
Sunil Sethi predicts the major design trends for 2018
For over 20 years now, Sunil Sethi, the head of FDCI and sourcing and buying agency Alliance, has been representing lifestyle stores such as Anthropologie, Crate & Barrel and Armani Casa. So, when he advises on the trends to look out for, we take it seriously. For 2018, Sethi predicts bolder patterns, clean geometrical lines […]
Tour this charming mansion with its designer, Kunaal Kyhaan Seolekar
At the end of a quiet lane in a residential estate in Pune, there’s a pitstop at StudioHAUS, the Scandinavian style white shed that is my design and architecture studio beside a small craft workshop. Nearby, a flaming red gulmohar canopy sets the tone for the dwelling aptly named parkHAUS. This is the 7,000 sq […]
Take a look at the winners and designs from EDIDA 2017
Are you still playing catch-up with the stellar line-up of winners at the 16th ELLE DECOR International Design Awards in India? Here’s a quick low down on it all: Amongst other winners, celebrity architect Ashiesh Shah passed the Designer of the Year award to Rooshad Shroff, while bagging an EDIDA for the Fabric category, hand-weaving […]
ELLE DECOR celebrated 17 years with a spectacular Dinner with Friends
The legendary Mill Owner’s Association building in Ahmedabad was transformed overnight into the venue for the grand reveal of ELLE DECOR India’s 17th anniversary issue cover. All the biggest names in Indian architecture and design converged within the hallowed halls of the structure often referred to as the ‘guru’ by architects in reverence of its […]
Find Ashiesh Shah originals on Urban Ladder
This multi-talented architect, who has dabbled in all spheres of product design, is on a rocket ship going nowhere but up. Now, the man behind celebrity houses like Hrithik Roshan and Jacqueline Fernandez is launching not one but four furniture lines in collaboration with Urban Ladder. First step “Amongst many other things, the EDIDA India […]
In conversation with Amit Vadehra
The director of Tarun Vadehra Interiors and Manager of Timothy Oulton in New Delhi shares the interior trends to look out for in 2018. What are the furniture and design trends to look out for in 2018? Next year will bring a burst of colours in earthy tones and pastel shades. Conversation-starter pieces in accent […]
A fabulous street party kicks off ID Satellite’s Art and Design Trail
If you’d followed the winding brick road towards Shakti Mills on the 16th of November, you would’ve been witness to panel discussions, brilliant artwork and installations, plates of food and flowing alcohol at the ID Satellite street party, hosted by the participating 5 stores and restaurant. The Art and Design Trail kicked off with the unveiling […]
Spend the day with design genius Barnaba Fornasetti
The genius behind Milan-based whimsical design house Fornasetti, originally founded by his father Piero Fornasetti, is a master of the magical. When his father, a revolutionary surrealist designer in the 20th century, passed away in 1998, the company was in debt. Not only did Barnaba resurrect it from the financial crisis, he also took it […]
