Interview

Where Heritage Meets Modernity: The Design Journey of Swati Gupta

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Swati Gupta is the founder and principal designer of Bluedot Design, bringing over two decades of experience across interiors and furniture. Trained at APIED, Gujarat, she practices a minimalist, warm aesthetic focused on functionality, material honesty, and careful detailing. Her work balances global influences with Indian context, collaborating with artisans to create handcrafted pieces and […]

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Staying with the Feeling: A Conversation with Artist Shagun Agarwal

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Shagun Agarwal is a multidisciplinary artist and psychologist, who treats making as a way of staying with feelings long enough for them to take shape. Working across drawing, installation, textiles, sculpture, and text, Agarwal draws on her background in clinical psychology and community mental health to explore how memory, gender, queerness, and vulnerability shape who

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After the Last Mill: Himil H. Ramani Discusses Ends in Architecture

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In 2026, the last working textile mill in Byculla closed. With it, Mumbai lost the final trace of the industry that once shaped the city. Ends in Architecture, a video work by architect and researcher Himil H. Ramani, was filmed inside this same facility. It is now projected onto the mill’s abandoned walls, next to

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Material Driven Designs of TEVA Architects 

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Tejaswi Poludasu and Vamsi Ballepu are the founders of TEVA Architects, a lively studio in Hyderabad that blends building design, room interiors, and outdoor landscapes into one smooth and connected flow. From early on, Tejaswi fell in love with drawing, which sharpened her natural sense for how spaces come together beautifully, while Vamsi discovered his

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Walking the Talk: Gita Balakrishnan and the Architecture of Empathy

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In an era when design is often equated with visual spectacle, Gita Balakrishnan stands out for turning architecture into an instrument of empathy and social change. Trained at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and later at Carnegie Mellon University, she began her career with hands-on community work in Bangalore’s slums through AVAS,

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Pooja Chamudiya’s Design Journey & the Art of Ceramics

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Based in Mumbai, Pooja Chamudiya works with clay and continues to experiment with its many artistic forms. Her evolving relationship with clay has been shaped by periods spent in Goa, Pondichery, Alibaug, and, more recently, Tamba and Tokoname in Japan. Each place has offered new ways of observing the landscape and its material culture, informing

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Crafting Timeless Furniture: Swetha Vegesana’s Journey with Intent Made

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In today’s design world, furniture is no longer just for sitting or storing things. It is about feeling, memory, and how people live with objects day after day. This idea sits at the heart of Intent Made, a studio founded by Swetha Vegesana. Intent Made comes from an architectural way of thinking. Every object connects

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“Love Matters”: Kushal Ray on Intimacy, Observation, and the Lifelong Marathon of Photography

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Kushal Ray’s journey into photography is as unconventional as it is compelling. Born in Kolkata in 1960, he began his career as a sports journalist at The Telegraph before turning to photography full-time in the early 1990s. Self-taught yet deeply informed by observation and empathy, he quickly developed a visual vocabulary that diverged from prevailing

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The Language of Textiles: Inside Kosh Furnishing Studio’s Design Philosophy

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In a design landscape increasingly driven by speed and spectacle, Nidhi and Ketan Gupta of Kosh Furnishing Studio offer a quieter, more deliberate alternative—one rooted in material sensitivity, craftsmanship, and an evolving understanding of space. Drawing from an early immersion in the textile industry, Nidhi’s practice is shaped by an intimate knowledge of fabrics, processes,

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Fellow Yellow Shapes Design Rooted in Stillness and Human Experience 

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Fellow Yellow Design Studio is a young and thoughtful design practice led by Geethu Gangadharan and Sreyas Vidhu S. The studio believes that good design is not just about how a space looks, but how it feels and how people connect with it. With a background in architecture, Geethu brings a strong focus on people

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