India Design 2015!

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India's Definitive Design week an Annual event is on from 13  to 15  February 2015.This event is going to be an amazing event for all of us who love design  and are interested in participating a dialogue and discussion on design.It fosters a dialogue between India and the global fraternity with a key focus on promoting the business of design.

If you are planning to attend, you can find all the details on the India Design ID.There are the exhibitions of all designers happening,then you can listen to the famous speakers  and then is the most interesting aspect where you get to travel to the famous design destinations in Delhi.

All in all the event is going to be a dream chaser event .So why wait please register and get on to the bandwagon to attend the sessions and get a whole good feel of the design fraternity in India.I am going to be there with all my heart and soul..

Delhi Decor Scouting::Flipside Cafe,HAuzkhas,New Delhi

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Flipside Cafe ,tucked in one of the streets in the bylanes of Hauzkhas,Delhi.There is dimlighting in one of the sides and bright sunlit balcony faces seat on one side.They have home made cakes form sweet lemonades to the normal chai...

All images Lakshmi Arvind

Green the Gap

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Green the Gap set up by the NGO Swecha in 2008 in Delhi spreads  awareness  for reuse and recycle.I was amazed seeing their range of well designed products .They give good livelihood opportunities for people in the textiles sector.They say they hope to change attitudes of people how they think.They make consumers think about the choices we have to make in our shopping habits.

The Green Gap workshop is in Malviya NAgar,South Delhi.The have employed tailors on a full time basis,who transform old tyres,tetra packs,waste cloths,waste leather and other materials into new products.Their small team makes excellent quality materials.

Images courtesy:Green the Gap.

a Farm Stay and Surjivan

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It seems like yesterday. A journey to get inspired. A Beautiful part of the world and lovely surroundings we have been to last year.. A beautiful farmstay, most peaceful of all and unbelievably delicious village food. A journey which we took to a farm near Delhi a few kilometers away from Gurgaon. All travels for us are to take some time off from work and the hectic schedules of the cities fast pace. This truly made it possible. The houses were made of mud and cowdung, painted in terracotta colour and designs were made on it to remind us of small villages in Gujarat. 

 

 

 

 All images Lakshmi Arvind. Please do not use without permission.

Delhi Decor Scouting: Indian Architecture and Art-Hauz Khas Village,New Delhi

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NewDelhi's most faboulous green patches surrounds Hauz Khas Village,a nice walkway around the lake,some impressive monuments dot the region.A different world thrives in the small area surrounding the lake and called Hauz Khas village,an artists village.The artists village is not too much designer type,but still very stylish and bohemian.Its got some decent cloth stores,decent food joints,jewellery designs,cafes,leather,art,fashion agencies,travel agencies etc.The area is quite and laidback.Its quite stylish and has got some real wacky names unlike a standard market in Delhi.

Back in the village,wander through the narrow lanes to experience a medley of old and new structures-expensive shops and art galleries in a medieval warren.Find your way to the gardens near the ruin of a madrassa at the back of the village.In the 1980's Hauz Khas was designated an upscale tourist destination,but the process of redevelopment was never completed,so some of the village's character persists.After exploring,stop for a ameal at one of the viallges restaurants,particulaly,(Park Balluchi) in the Deer park,Naivedyam or the Village Bistro...

We entered the small bylanes of HAuzkhas and this is what we saw and you all enjoy

Park your cars here,private cars are not allowed inside the village

you pass the Mulk Raj Anand centre here,you can register yourself for tabla classes here,watch out for exhibitions here..

advertisements adorn the walls

kunzum cafe,what a name for a cafe? Very nice place.

a litter free board..quite artistic

we had our lunch at Naivedyam..and set out for the walk.

indian arts store where you get ravi varma prints,lithographs and maps and movie posters..

you walk down the stairs and select the best,prices are fixed..

interesting advertisements for shops

interesting posters..

a temple in the bylanes

we have been to gunpowder umpteen times,only problem is it is in the fourth floor,climb all the way up,book your seats in advance..

it was diwali time and marigolds where seen everywhere hanging in front of shops,an artistic way to hang

country collection,you can window shop or enter and see the rare old furniture housed here..

drawings on the walls...

shom or ishom?

purple jungle,where you get things kitschy..

the front of an art gallery,lovely seating designs

what a name for a clothing store

here you get things for the garden and outdoors...

Hope all of you enjoyed the joy ride in the bylanes of Hauz Khas...

Image courtesy; Lakshmi Arvind.please do not steal nor copy images..