Interior design should bring character into homes to represent its people
Live MintIn late May, I was invited to Sitara Himalaya, the 10-room spa by design house Good Earth, 13km from Manali at an altitude of more than 8,000ft, nestled within candy floss clouds, the Himalayas looming like a wizened sentinel. I often think of AL’s clarity and ability to create warm inviting designs, both in her private spaces and business, when I sift through images of a vast majority of interior design projects from around the country. Some interior designers now use stylists to ‘style’ a home with sourced art and accessories which are returned once the images are taken. Most architects and interior designers will admit that designing in India is an emotionally charged process, where “a client” is many generations of a single family, where everyone wants something different, but no one really knows what “that” is.