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

Let’s fire up our inherent resilience. Let’s adapt by design.

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Studio Bipolar catapults a basement into an inward-looking, youthful work space especially tailored to a millennial client base…

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, The current news that has hit us hard is that of the possible extended lockdown. A sense of futility and the loss of lives around us bombard us with unpleasant thoughts, damaging to our self-esteem. But the truth is that we are all inherently resilient. And the best of the philosophical texts reiterate that we remain positive and respond to the challenges of life, rather than react to them. Let us, therefore, shift our attention to all things pleasant. Motivate ourselves to continue to work the way we always have. Look at the horizon. Look for positivity and try our best to imbibe and adapt amidst chaos. This is one reason dear IAnDian that we continue to keep your focus on the good things happening around you. The magic of design. This issue comes to you after a fortnight. Carefully collated to bring you only the utmost sense of design magic. We have for you stories from Surat, Delhi, Istanbul and Montreal. We also bring you two stories that directly relate to the pandemic serving design solutions in the wake of calamity - CURA - quick and cost-effective ICU units designed by Carlo Ratti Associati - the proto being installed in Milan - an intensely hit city in Italy and the second is NOVEL - an IR thermal scanner that product designer Paul Sandip pitches as a handy tool to segregate the ill at the very first stage of recognising a Covid-19 victim. So let's take a deep breath and pledge that we will respond with serenity and strength as we adapt to new ways of coordinating, communicating and doing business. Stay positive. Stay safe. Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored

Stand by Corona; let’s tap into the rejuvenating power of creativity.

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Stade Du Senegal in the city of Diamniadio aims to catalyse the masterplan, establishing a nexus between the stadium area and the immediate urban tissue through visual cues and social influence.

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Editorial Dear IAnDian, We are at a tough juncture. All of us, collectively. Uncertainty seems to underlie almost all our actions. The situation is grim. But, come what may, the show must go on. The focus now, more than ever, should be on how to brace ourselves against this calamity. How we face the situation is more important than what the situation is bringing to us. For, a lot depends on the way we respond. Team IAnD is working at full capacity to bring you stories that will uplift you and take your mind away from the disastrous news of death and disease that seems to engulf us from all quarters - WhatsApp, News channels, social media... Our efforts are focussed on bringing forth the best in the fields of architecture, art and design and this week we take you the stadium that is being built in Senegal, West Africa. A well-defined and multi-layered edifice - this will be the joy of all football lovers... do read about it in our cover story. Besides, we have a store design fron Bengaluru and an adaptive reuse project from Cologne, Germany that define myriad nuances of design approach. Today is an auspicious day. It is Ugadi. It is Cheti Chand. It is Gudi Padwa and it is the beginning of Chaitra Navratri. May the New Year bring an auspicious beginning of health, wealth and happiness to 2020 and rid us of all negativity. #staysafestayhome. Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor								sponsored