Design and culture writer. Currently with Mint, Lounge, Mumbai. Previously, Herman Miller, Maharam, Metropolis Magazine, New York | Architectural Digest and Vogue, India | Parsons the New School of Design. Write to me at komal2610@gmail.com
How does one reimagine a historic city to enable urban development? We follow the trail of an ambitious urban regeneration project that combines architectural restoration, infrastructural upgradation and retail and cultural options
Mint, Lounge / August 2017
Editor's Note: In the Design Special of Lounge, we look at the future of design and the directions in which our creative spirit is taking us
Mint, Lounge / May 2017
An experimental workshop in Ahmedabad, India, explored the intersections between the two seemingly opposing concepts while making a subtle suggestion for the future of handwork and technology.
Design Observer / August 2017
A three-day trade fair in Ahmedabad, India, brought the entire value chain of the textile industry under one roof, showing the staggering diversity of textiles in India but also revealing loop holes in the industry
Mint, Lounge / July 2017
Google Cultural Institute director Amit Sood on the technology in digitizing and storytelling of art and culture
Mint, Lounge / June 2017
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
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
Architect and designer, Rooshad Shroff talks about his new collection: 15556
Mint, Lounge / February 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
Tribute to the late architect
Vogue, India / April 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
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
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
India plays muse to these international design brands
Vogue, Casa / October 2015 / [Pdf , 864 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]
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]
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]
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
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
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
Architecture: Houses without windows, are they meditative respites or architectural straightjackets?
Metropolis Magazine / February 2014
Pakistani born artist Shahzia Sikander abstracts from the traditional miniature painting and draws new assiciations
Maharam Stories / March 2016
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
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]
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
Exhibit: Singapore based design gallery, Madder Moon, to showcase Indian contemporary art and design
Mint Hindustan Times / November 2012
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