Design and culture writer. Currently with Mint, Lounge, Mumbai. Previously, contributor to Herman Miller, Metropolis Magazine, New York, and Architectural Digest and Vogue, India. Write to me at komal2610@gmail.com
Godrej DesignLab, a collaborative, mentor-led outfit, has worked with 30 independent designers over the last three years. This year some of those collections will be launched in the market. We meet the team that’s ushering this design-rich culture
Mint, Lounge / May 2017
The first concrete reinforced construction in India was designed by Antonin Raymond and George Nakashima. Golconde in Pondicherry is home to the disciples of Sri Aurobindo.
Metropolis / February 2017
For his new collaboration with Forevermark, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee imagines diamond jewellery for the jazz age
Mint, Lounge / April 2017
With a new monograph to celebrate 20 years of their practice, Manit and Sonali Rastogi of leading architectural firm Morphogenesis look forward to breaking new ground
Mint, Lounge / April 2017
An exhibition at Ahmedabad’s National Institute of Design pays homage to George Nakashima, one of the most memorable designer-architects of the last century
Mint / November 2016
Architect and designer, Rooshad Shroff talks about his new collection: 15556
Mint, Lounge / February 2017
From dealing with the Bridezilla to creating a special scent for the event, Punit Jasuja shares his golden rules for the Big Fat Indian Wedding
Mint, Lounge / March 2017
Warp ’n Weft, a quintessential Banarasi textile store in the city, expands to a larger space as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
Mint, Lounge / March 2017
Maithili Ahluwalia of Bungalow 8 collaborates with Annika Fernando from Colombo, to bring a slice of Sri Lankan fashion to India
Mint, Lounge / March 2017
An event that showcases architectural sketches, iconic and new. Our pick: Moshe Safdie
Mint, Lounge / February 2017
The re-design of New Delhi's iconic fashion boutique, Carma focusses on the aesthetic experience of shopping
Mint, Lounge / November 2016
India plays muse to these international design brands
Vogue, Casa / October 2015 / [Pdf , 864 KB]
Interiors: Graphic Designer Rymm Massand's SoHo apartment is home to romance--of a city, of wanderlust, of love and marriage
Architectural Digest, Conde Nast India / October 2014 / [Pdf , 2.04 MB]
A new book by designer and CalArts faculty, Louise Sandhaus, documents design's decades-long love affair with California.
Metropolis Magazine / December 2014
Take a tour around the world with Casa Vogue, as we look at seven iconic architects of the 20th century through the visionary homes they built.
Casa Vogue / August 2015 / [Pdf , 869 KB]
Tribute to the late architect
Vogue, India / April 2016
Examining mid-century modern designer George Nelson’s writing reveals the key to creating timeless design. Hint: it’s all about people.
WHY digital magazine, Herman Miller / March 2016
A short history and nostalgic re-look at the Cottage Emporium in New Delhi, India's pioneering crafts development center
Maharam Stories / February 2017
In conversation with Japanese architect, Tadao Ando
Casa Vogue / August 2016 / [Pdf , 619 KB]
Loft designed by New York based architect Shamir Shah captures both the functional and artistic needs of its inhabitants
Architectural Digest India / February 2016 / [Pdf , 791 KB]
Interiors: Inside the Homes and Workspaces of 8 Great Architects
Metropolis Magazine / February 2014
Textiles: UK based design studio Doshi Levien collaborates with Spanish rug maker Nani Marquina to design flatweave rugs inspired by the Rabari tradition of Western India
Metropolis Magazine / April 2014
Urban Design: Digital maps of New York, Boston and DC show how ground reality is twisted in subway maps
Metropolis Magazine / February 2014
Architecture: Houses without windows, are they meditative respites or architectural straightjackets?
Metropolis Magazine / February 2014
Art: Los Angeles-based artist Yutaka Sone sculpts Little Manhattan
Metropolis Magazine / March 2014
Product Design: Designers take the vernacular Bamboo and turn it into the material of the future
Mint, Hindustan Times / August 2012
Product design: Eco-chic may not really save the planet but its a step closer to good design and fair practices
Mint Hindustan Times / December 2012 / [Pdf , 9.1 MB]
On its ninth anniversary, Vogue along with JSW, invites three sculptors from Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka each to create an artwork representative of the restorative potential of art
Vogue, Conde nast, India / October 2016 / [Pdf , 717 KB]
Trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort calls us out on our increasing material love, and proposes more of it, in India and around the world
Vogue Casa India / August 2015 / [Pdf , 309 KB]
Pakistani born artist Shahzia Sikander abstracts from the traditional miniature painting and draws new assiciations
Maharam Stories / March 2016
Exhibit: Design and Disaster: Japanese architect/designer Kon Wajiro captures life after a disaster in sketches and photographs of every objects and rituals
Metropolis Magazine / March 2014
Danish wood-flooring company Dinesen’s new showroom in Copenhagen exhibits the versatility of its chosen material.
Metropolis / November 2015
Exhibit: Herman Miller and Maharam collaborate to present a retrospective of 'folk modernist' designer, Alexander Girard, at New York Design Week
Metropolis Magazine / May 2014
Fashion: Siyahi, a new collection by home and fashion store Good Earth, contemporizes Ajrak, a traditional block-printing technique
Mint Hindustan Times / January 2013
Art: Sculptural, artistic or utilitarian--studio pottery is fast becoming an aspirational art form
Mint Hindustan Times / March 2013 / [Pdf , 8.84 MB]
Interview: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders talks to Mint during his tour to New Delhi for the India Design Forum 2013
Mint Hindustan Times / February 2013
Interview: Tarun Tahiliani talks to Mint at the Bridal Couture exposition at DLF Emporio, New Delhi
Mint Hindustan Times / July 2012
Fashion: Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla trace their journey and their interactions with the first ladies of Bollywood and business
Mint Hindustan Times / August 2012
Fashion: A walk through the closet of Bollywood stylist Pernia Qureshi
Mint Hindustan Times / May 2012
Exhibit: Singapore based design gallery, Madder Moon, to showcase Indian contemporary art and design
Mint Hindustan Times / November 2012
Entrepreneurship and design: Through three new Delhi based workspaces we find out what guides the design choices of fledgling businesses
Mint Hindustan Times / February 2013
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