Designer: Neha Chandra
Young Indian designer Neha Chandra carefully studied the work of Picasso and picked up basic curves and surfaces in his work and then came up with this beautiful art-y salt and pepper.
There are endless possibilities of designs as you can put pepper shaker in the salt shaker in different ways making a new art piece each time!
champa collection
Designers: Sheila Nambiar and Shruti Phagre-Mahajan @ Eucalyptus
I am so tempted to put the title of this post in Hindi – borrowing from an old Hindi song:
Champa – Chameli muskaye {meaning: Champa and Chameli (both are flowering plants) are smiling.} I am not doing that. But let me warn you I am emotional at the moment!
These home-furnishing products are designed by two very talented young designers (NID ians + MS University @ Vadodara-ites) Sheila Nambiar and Shruti Phagre-Mahajan.
Brand new in the market they do not fail to entice you with a very thoughtful and ‘full of memories’ collection.
A lot of India – things Indian, memories of bygone era, Indian native plants have got expressed in their collections! Indian tradition is at rework here.
Though very Indian in theme and colours yet collections has absolutely minimalist and contemporary feel.
chaupad collection
Each and every collection transports me to a different land and era.
Chaupad – lets play- anybody game!
The ancient dice game of India inspires this rich blue Mangalgiri runner embroidered with Kantha.
If you know how to, you can actually play chaupad on it with cowries and gotis.
Designer: Kedar Naik
Going to a party and you have nothing new to wear. Try this most inexpensive piece of jewellery and dazzle the crowd!
Paper jewellery – a very clever piece by Kedar Naik.
The neck piece gets lit when it is worn. Handmade paper stained with coffee. To accentuate the translucency and the texture of the paper small lights are inserted inside the cones.
Don’t go by the ‘just out of school’ innocent looks of this young Indian designer Kedar Naik; he has got quite a few very clever designs up his sleeves!
Here are few of his functional, clever and beautiful designs.
twin
Twin is another of his cleverly designed leather bags. 2-in-1 looks!
velvet with felt appliqué
Designers: David Abraham + Rakesh Thakore + Kevin Nigli
cocoa wool crepe cushion cover with embroidered hand
Pieces that decorate museums. Pieces with a strong respect for material, form and craft.
These cushion covers are from India’s well respected name for fashion, accessories and home textile products – Abraham & Thakore.
wool and velvet with hand embroidery
The work of Abraham & Thakore has been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, in a British Council exhibition on contemporary Indian design; at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, in the Volkart Foundation sponsored exhibition on Khadi that later traveled to Switzerland etc.
velvet with multi-floral embroidery
(images via – Abraham & Thakore, Maison & Objet, Abitare)
Lotus pond
Designer : Dipen Desai
Lotus Pond is a very unusal name for shoes with heels! Isn’t it?
It is always a delight to discover a young Indian designer’s work – varied, full of talent, sometimes teasing, sometimes posing new questions.
Lifestyle Trends research & Accessory Designer Dipen Desai likes to traverse the boundaries of art & design.
ebola
Now this is ebola, no, not the virus but a brilliant necklace-design.
Designer Pawan Pagaria @ Coroflot
Can anyone beat sporting lines of this simple stunning vase!
Designer Pawan Pagaria is a student at IIT, Delhi pursuing his masters in Design.
His inspiration…
