Design at the intersection of creativity and psychology| Redefining healthcare design| Proposing post-lockdown social dining| and more

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Human behaviour is complex, often hard to predict and partly a response to the external social environment. Urban Zen decodes organizational psychology to reveal an efficient and proactive workspace.

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, Architects and designers' shoulder different responsibilities - social, cultural... and above all, extremely personal as they play the role of essential advisors not just for the space they design but the lifestyle changes that the outcome would herald. Our stories this week feature projects that illustrate such responsibilities on the physical and psychological fronts: the diagnostic imaging clinic in Delhi that propagates cognitive healing; the all-suite hotel in New York that promotes luxurious residential living to soothe travel woes; the Plexiglas visor-like shields that designer Christophe Gernigon has developed to enjoy a social outing whilst maintaining safe social distancing; and our cover story, where adaptive reuse has completely transformed an old home into a progressive office environment with focus on employee engagement and wellbeing. And in our ongoing Special on Nostalgia, Minnie Bhat reminisces about her all-time favourite and challenging project - Tru Tram Trunk! As we come to terms with our rapidly altering lifestyles, let us mull over our ways of interaction and personal take-aways from everyday situations. Get introspective. Enjoy the issue... Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored

When interior design is an anthem for timeless appeal| Two potent design elements – minimalism and neutrality| Motivational moments with Ar. Jaisim| and more

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Team IAnD is grateful to all participating designers and architects of the mini web series Dhara –motivational messages by the design and architecture fraternity, for the fraternity…

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, As we wrap up our mini web series Dhara with a ten-minute insight and message from veteran architect Jaisim Krishna Rao, we are flooded with requests from different architects and designers to start yet another web series - light-hearted and fun. Well, we are chewing on a few ideas and will keep you posted on this decision. Meanwhile, we hope that you have enjoyed Dhara as much as we have putting it together. Do check out our cover feature with links to all the episodes. Continuing in our efforts to showcase meaningful design, we bring you homes from Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Ukraine - all the three following minimalist and neutral interiors. Totally recommended - different treatments underlined by similar design thought. And in the ongoing series on Nostalgia, read about unconventional charm by Group DCA Architects as they revisit an old project in Sainik Farms, Delhi. Until next week then... Stay safe. Stay inspired. Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored

Motivational moments that help strengthen you against the Covid-information influx| Designing for aesthetic maximalism| and more|

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The Line Office by MIRA Design Studio is quite the conversation starter – its bright, expressive interiors spark curiosity and impart a cheerful vibe, conveying a bold statement, in alignment with the theme ‘more is more’.

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, A noticeably big, heartfelt "Thank you" for your words of encouragement and appreciation for our mini web series 'Dhara'. You help us push the envelope and we so love you for it! This week, you will get to see three episodes of Dhara and yet another new story in our ongoing special - Nostalgia. Besides, we bring you the interiors of a beautiful shack-like pizzeria from Vietnam and the dynamic aesthetics of an office from Bengaluru, which is also our cover story featuring another young talent - interior designer Shruthy Sanghvi, who ingeniously plays with stripes on the flooring! Do check it out, it's very interesting. We look forward to your views as usual - the email is editor@indiaartndesign.com Take care. Enjoy the issue. Until next week... Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored

Dhara – a mini web series of Motivational Moments with fellow creatives| Getting sentimentally pro-charged with Nostalgia| and more

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Designers at Bora Da Designs perpetuate a shift in modern, conventional retail design as the Torani garments store in Delhi follows the architectural language of Sindh…

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, Team IAnD has been having constructive conversations with a lot of our readers - architects, artists, designers, and design collectives. And we realise that whilst collectively, we stand robustly brave and confrontational; individually, quite a few of us have genuine problems coping with the uncertainty that looms large in the aftermath of the current lockdown. Notwithstanding the economic slowdown, the disruption in project execution, and the constant need to sustain oneself, let alone the emotional regression all of this is causing seems to be taking a toll through low self esteem, lethargy, mood swings and a general feeling of what-do-I-do-next?! To keep the creative juices flowing and to reinstate one's inner strength, team IAnD in collaboration with various architects, artists and designers has initiated a mini web series titled "Dhara" to share with you their motivational messages in these unprecedented times. Dhara - flow: uninterrupted... consistent...empowering. A word whose meaning transforms with different inflections on different letters. Yet, its underlying essence conveys the most potent essence known to mankind - strength of purpose. Besides three of these episodes - by artist Brinda Miller, Ar. Hafeez Contractor and Chief designer, Tata Elxsi, Mr. Narendra Ghate, our series on Nostalgia continues with designer Saranin Artemy from Russia and Ar. Hiren Patel from Ahmedabad getting sentimentally pro-charged. Our cover story brings you young design practice Bora Da Designs' latest retail design project that follows the nuanced architecture of Sindh with strong overtures from Sufism and Persian architecture. Enjoy the issue. Stay healthy. Stay creative. Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored

IAnD proposes a new mantra – Stay informed. Stay inspired!

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Interior designer Saheba Singh crafts a modern, globally chic bar and lounge in Tokyo, subtly referencing inherent and nuanced traits of Japanese and Indian cultures...

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, One sure way of beating the blues of the pandemic is positive action. And Team IAnD is doing this in two special ways: we've just kicked in a special series called 'Nostaligia' that has some of the best architects and designers reminisce about the projects or nuances thereof that they hold extra-close to their hearts. This week, you will get to read stories from Ar. Reza Kabul and Ar. Gurjit Singh Matharoo. The second is an upcoming series on our YouTube channel, where you will see stalwarts again - from various disciplines of design share their motivational messages with you; their creativity and positive actions that will inspire you to hang in with gusto and bolster your inner self. Stay tuned in to our YouTube channel. If you've yet to subscribe, do so now and you'll get notified as soon as the first of the series goes live. In this issue, we are also proud to showcase some young talent - Saniya Kantawala and Saheba Singh, who are making a sure-footed mark on the hospitality industry. Their youthful ways and sense of style is commendable. Do checkout both restaurant designs - one in Mumbai and the other in Tokyo. Stay informed. Stay inspired! Until next week... Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored