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Pittella Celebrates 50 Years

For more than five decades, Pittella has quietly shaped Australia’s architectural landscape through the language of Italian craftsmanship. Known for its meticulously crafted architectural doorware – designed and manufactured in Italy – the family-owned studio has become synonymous with detail, material integrity and subtle luxury. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the architectural doorware brand continues its legacy of innovation and design excellence while exploring new directions in bathroom fittings.
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Sliding Door Hardware by Halliday + Baillie - The Local Project

Halliday + Baillie’s sliding door hardware is crafted for projects where every element must align at the highest level. Whether in a minimalist apartment or heritage transformation, the hardware seamlessly integrates into a range of design contexts without compromising performance. A prime example is the HB690 privacy set, chosen for the restoration of the iconic Raffles Hotel in Singapore – proof that when it comes to combining design integrity with mechanical precision, few can rival Halliday...
Architectural Digest •

From erstwhile school to a haven for artistic endeavours, a 150-year-old Bengaluru landmark gets a second life

Buildings that have reverberated with the voices of multiple generations carry a quiet magic—a magic that lingers long after those voices have faded. Architect Bijoy Ramachandran of the multidisciplinary design practice Hundredhands knows this to be true, as he also knows that sometimes, that magic can take time to uncover. “We had to look deep,” he says of Sabha, the studio’s maiden conservation and adaptive reuse project. The initiative was helmed by civic evangelist and former honorary director of the Bangalore International Centre, V. Ravichandar, with whom Ramachandran had previously collaborated. “He and his wife, Hema, had started a family trust and were interested in restoring a Colonial-era school in Bengaluru’s Cantonment and reimagining it as a hub for artistic expression,” explains Ramachandran, who worked closely with cultural strategist Raghu Tenkayala on the project. “He played an instrumental role in bringing together the RBANM Educational Charities, to which the school once belonged, and Ravi’s family trust.”
Architectural Digest •

This Halloween, 8 interior designers share their scariest interior design fails

For most interior designers, Halloween doesn’t roll around once a year—it’s an ongoing state of being. Ghosts and ghouls have nothing on vanishing contractors, interior design fails, fabric mishaps, or the occasional client meltdown. Miscommunications form the cobwebs, budget revisions deliver the jump scares, and the real haunted houses are the ones they’re scrambling to finish. Between paint colours that shift overnight and deliveries that never arrive, the design world is rife with horror. Ei...
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Eggs, mushrooms, and flowers in a fantastical shoot by Porus & Prayag, for Nama Home

Photographer Porus Vimadalal enjoys his eggs with a side of furniture for Nama Home. “And my mushrooms too,” quips the Mumbai-based creative director, who used the said protein sources to nourish his latest project with his husband, Prayag Menon: a still life campaign for the metal furniture brand Nama Home. “I was immediately drawn to their design philosophy,” continues Vimadalal, noted for being the imaginative force behind some of India’s most successful photography campaigns, including sever...
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In focus: Halliday + Baillie - The Local Project

Architectural hardware often goes unnoticed – concealed as hinges behind doors, channels under drawers and brackets beneath stairs. Since its inception in 1995, New Zealand company Halliday + Baillie has sought to rewrite this narrative, elevating joinery staples with superior design, materials and finishes. For more than 30 years, Halliday + Baillie has supplied clients with quality hardware for both commercial and residential spaces. “We’re an architectural fittings company, predominantly door...
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In focus: Halliday + Baillie - The Local Project

Architectural hardware often goes unnoticed – concealed as hinges behind doors, channels under drawers and brackets beneath stairs. Since its inception in 1995, New Zealand company Halliday + Baillie has sought to rewrite this narrative, elevating joinery staples with superior design, materials and finishes.
For more than 30 years, Halliday + Baillie has supplied clients with quality hardware for both commercial and residential spaces. “We’re an architectural fittings company, predominantly door...
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Measured’s Furniture Inspires a Well-Lived Life - The Local Project

A life well lived – this is the aspiration of Measured, an Australian furniture company known for its thoughtfully crafted, enduring design.
Founded by designers Ceci Thompson and Aydin Keyvanloo, Melbourne-based studio Measured reimagines the idea of intentional living with pieces where well-balanced elemental forms and a considered design approach lend a sense of harmony to their surroundings. Whether on a patio, in an office or a hospitality setting, Measured’s furniture strives to contribute...
Architectural Digest •

[Print] Porus Vimadalal & Prayag Menon's Labour of Love for Nama Home

Photographer Porus Vimadalal
enjoys his eggs with a side of
furniture. “And my mushrooms
too,” quips the Mumbai-based
creative director, who used the said protein
sources to nourish his latest project with his
husband, Prayag Menon: a still life campaign for the metal furniture brand Nama
Home. “I was immediately drawn to their
design philosophy,” continues Vimadalal,
noted for being the imaginative force
behind some of India’s most successful
photography campaigns, including several
projects for Gucci and Apple.
Vogue •

Surat-based designer Priyanka Shah is building furniture that looks like it walked out of a storybook

When she isn’t in her studio thinking about what to make, Priyanka Shah likes to send her imagination to faraway lands, past wispy clouds and azure waters. When she is in her studio, those dreams take on tangible form—wooden half-tunnels for storing pencils and pens, prayer wheels à la Tibetan monasteries and French-style carousels inspired by gaushalas, castles and Rajasthani folktales. The Surat-based product designer, who graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York, has one rule: never dream the same dream again. Which means no two of her creations are the same.
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Andblack Design Studio’s Loop series explores the idea of infinity through form

If there is a special talent of Andblack Design Studio, it is to imagine a building and a bulb in the same breath. “Spatial and furniture design are two sides of the same coin,” says Jwalant Mahadevwala, founder and principal designer of the Ahmedabad-based interdisciplinary studio, whose idiosyncratic Weltanschauung continues to shape its multifaceted practice. The studio’s latest Loop series—comprising a swing, a console and a serpentine light—is a collection of curved curiosities that embody the concept of infinity. Each is sculptural yet functional, sitting at the intersection of architecture and art.
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Craftsmanship meets innovation in the Dash pendant lamp by Italian brand Ghidini 1961

Let there be light—or perhaps not. That seems to be the ethos behind American architect and designer Johanna Grawunder’s Dash light, a sculptural piece that commands attention whether switched on or off, made for Italian furniture and lighting brand Ghidini 1961. Suspended from a bar, the angular pendant lamp has a rhythmic sequence of translucent grey cast acrylic panels, their upper edges softly aglow. Debuting at Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan, the luminaire filters light in a geometric danc...
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Finely Crafted Decorative Mouldings by Intrim

Established in 1987 as a timber stairs manufacturer, Intrim has since emerged as a pacesetter in the world of bespoke timber mouldings, collaborating with architects, interior designers and builders to provide perfectly matched moulding. Over the years, Intrim’s identity has evolved to encompass a range of finely crafted timber mouldings. The company’s portfolio includes an assortment of skirting boards, intricate wall panelling, ornate architraves and elegant wainscoting that can be tailored to...
Vogue •

Priya Mani’s food encyclopedia may have originated in Denmark but it has the warmth of a desi kitchen

When Mani and her husband, Vinay Venkatraman, her batchmate from the National Institute of Design and the co-founder of the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, moved to the Danish capital in 2007, she took to recreating the dishes of her childhood, first as hearty meals for guests, and afterwards, as soul food for her own children. One day, inspired by the book The Illustrated Foods of India by KT Achaya, she started documenting them. “Like many other parents living in a diasporic commun...
Architectural Digest India •

Ashiesh Shah’s showcase at Paris Design Week highlighted India's incredible craft heritage

In the AD100 architect’s creative cosmos, the line between art and design is indistinguishable, underpinned by distinct craft clusters. During the Paris Design Week, the divine Channapatna Chair and Channapatna Floor Lamp—their legs adorned with lustrous wooden beads—paid homage to the eponymous toy town in Karnataka, renowned for its handmade lacquer wooden toys. The formidable Naga Bench, draped in a traditional raincoat woven from elephant grass, drew inspiration from the proud tribes of Naga...
Architectural Digest India •

A new exhibition in Bengaluru highlights worship and celebration through varied craft forms

Anastasio and Baghel exercised a deft touch with their joint collection of metal lamps—designed by the former and crafted in Dhokra by the latter. But look closer, and there’s more to their repertoire than meets the eye. Each lamp embodies celestial aspects of the goddess, re-explores Dhokra art, and serves as a symbolic lesson in light triumphing over darkness. “The pieces continue KAASH’s exploration of light, but this time through the traditional oil lamp. Andrea has deconstructed the archety...
Vogue •

The sprawling gardens at this Bengaluru resort made me feel like I was in Bridgerton

The summer I turned eight was the summer my dad made a thrilling announcement: we were headed on a holiday to the American East Coast. The dates were set, the tickets booked and the accommodations arranged. We were based in London at the time, but we had family in the US, and my dad, ever the saver, was determined to economise on lodging wherever possible. The itinerary was packed with familiar places and names: Washington D.C. with this aunt, New York City with that uncle, Maryland with a recently resurrected second cousin. The only exception was Buffalo, home to the Niagara Falls, which, by some minor miracle—and to my insurmountable joy—had no relative to host us. Instead, the schedule displayed another name: Marriott—a company my uncle worked for, and one that would, in the years to come, remain emblazoned in my cerebral hard drive.
Architectural Digest India •

[Print] Glass Half Full: Lobmeyr x Douglas Friedman

What do Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, and photographer and tastemaker Douglas Friedman have in common? Besides being trailblazers in their respective fields, the two Americans, born over a century apart, both collaborated with the 200-year-old Austrian glassware company Lobmeyr to create things the world had never before seen. In Edison’s case, it was the world’s first electric chandelier; in Friedman’s, a collection of exquisite hand-painted glasses inspired by the spectacular views behind his home in Marfa, Texas.
Architectural Digest •

Glass Half Full

What do Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, and photographer and tastemaker Douglas Friedman have in common? Besides being trailblazers in their respective fields, the two Americans, born over a century apart, both collaborated with the 200-year-old Austrian glassware company Lobmeyr to create things the world had never before seen. In Edison’s case, it was the world’s first electric chandelier; in Friedman’s, a collection of exquisite hand-painted glasses inspired by the spectacular views behind his home in Marfa, Texas.
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In Focus: The Reliquary

The Reliquary is a Los Angeles-based creative workshop that explores the intersection of the historic and the modern in pieces that are elevated with sustainable components. The studio is launching this year with the upcoming release of its first collection. In an age of machine-made and mass-produced furniture and objects, its work stands apart.
Informed by an old-world sensibility, the studio employs traditional techniques and motifs in new, imaginative ways. Each piece is made to order by sea...
Architectural Digest India •

Bindoo by Kumar La Noce gives Indio-Italian heritage a centre stage in Milan

Altreforme is an offshoot of Fontana Group, the producer of avant-garde aluminium parts for luxury car brands like Ferrari, Rolls Royce, and Jaguar. The collection is therefore born from the same know-how and technology, sculpted from the same aluminium as said automobiles, and even shares with them a production facility.Kumar admits that the design process was equal parts visceral and cerebral, and that it took months of work, technical drawings, 3D modelling, and colour studies to realize the...
Architectural Digest India •

Makaan by Tahir Sultan is filled with 200-year-old urns and other rare curiosities

The store is as whimsical as the objects that inhabit it. Old rusted sewage pipes—found and saved several years ago—masquerade as art installations beside artisanal clay pots of Sultan’s own design. Cardboard boxes and bamboo laddersdisplay artwork and vases. Old boxes of incense find new life as pedestals. “People come to Makaan for the experience,” reflects Sultan, who refreshed the aesthetic lexicon last year to reveal its most soigné identity yet: think triple-height ceilings, black stone b...
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