Elle Decor India celebrated its 18 year anniversary at India Design ID 2019 with cube installations in the signature styles of eminent architects and designers from across the country.
18 talented visionaries were given a brief to create an 18 X 18 X 18 inch cube, and the rest was left to their individual creative expression with diverse design elements and materials. Here are the fascinating results:
Bobby Aggarwal (Portside Café) recreates the traditional stepwell.
Bijoy Ramachandran and Sunitha Kondur (Hundred Hands) crafted a cube that reflects the irony of ‘iconic architecture’.
Rooshad Shroff (ROOSHAD SHROFF) celebrates a void – the presence of absence with his cube.
Michael and Preeti Knowles’ (Hidden Gallery & Academy of Creative Art & Design) cube tours the evolution of creative concepts over 18 years.
Ravi Vazirani (Ravi Vazirani Studio) celebrates exclusivity with his ‘not so mad hatter’ tea party.
Kunaal Seolekar (KOY) showcases handcrafted brilliance in marble. Inspired from the tangram puzzle.
Tejal Mathur (Tejal Mathur Studio) creates a space within a space.
Ketan Jawdekar’S (Studio K-7), creation is a fine balance between ‘the mirage’ and reality.
Nuru Karim’s (Nudes) sustainable labyrinth celebrates growth.
Shonan Purie Trehan (Language.Architecture.Body) built her cube with playful building blocks across her favourite nostalgic materials.
Jasem and Huzefa’s (museLAB) cake lamp is a fun take on 18.
Pradeep Sachdeva’s (Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates) installation rests on wood joinery and indigo fabrics.
Aahana Miller’s (ABM Architects) ‘Stratum’ connects spatial relations.
Husna Rehman’s (Fulcrum Studio) artwork gives a glimpses into a realm of illusionary infinity.
For Meetu Akali (Studio Momo), 18 revisits a time closer to the mysteries of nature.
Annkur Khosla’s (Annkur Khosla Design Studio) metaphorical stair convolutions represents milestones.
‘Ruled by Rulers’ is Brinda Miller’s (Studio Millernium) connects art, design and architecture.
Ekta, Rajiv, Apoorva and Maithili (reD Architects) portray opposite yet complementary energies.
Ketan Jawdekar’s installation bagged the Platinum Award at the A’ Design Awards 2019 in the Crafts and Ready-Made Design Category
