Design Thinkers & Insights

Ruetemple architects, Alexander Kudimov and Daria Butahina design a compact world for a brother-sister duo, with transformable and dynamic recreational areas, while the work areas remain anchored. Check out how simplicity in design thought can transform a space... Check out this room for siblings

Conceptualized and designed by architect and designer, Emmanuelle Moureaux, the Shinjuen Nursing Home near Tokyo, has been turned into a warm and friendly centre that not only welcomes the ailing into a positive ambience, but also nurtures feelings of joy and wellbeing. Read here and leave us your views...

Khosla Associates designs High Ultra Lounge - the currently trending plush roof-top bar and lounge at a height of 420 ft atop the World Trade Centre building in Bangalore…

Story-telling the Zaha Hadid way - ground-breaking design for the new Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum, London will tell the stories of how mathematicians have helped shape the world...

The new Shri Swami Narayan mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey revives one's burgeoning pride in Indian temple architecture. Take a look.

With the profound thought that the dead require a revered burial, the winning design of the National Pantheon in Kazakhstan's capital Astana has been recently unveiled... Read here and leave us your views…

Latest issue of India Art n Design ezine focuses on two polar realities of city housing - luxurious living and urban density. Check out this and much more…

A spacious layout aside, this home in Indore is a veritable exercise in incorporating fine hand-crafted details that may date back centuries - infusing warmth and heritage charm into contemporary interiors and lifestyle.

Mexico City's proposed new airport "pioneers a new concept for a large-span, single airport enclosure, which will achieve new levels of efficiency and flexibility", says Lord Foster. Click here to read more...

Evolving design sensibilities are truly taking over, blurring boundaries in a holistic global outlook; as seen in this apartment in Mumbai, designed by Mexican architects Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop. Click here to read more and view the apartment...

Sound Cloud is a symphonic embodiment of music dedicated to Estonian musician par excellence, Avro Pärt. Read here and leave us your views on the surreal structure and its tranquil environs…

Moscow-based za bor architects, Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev showcase a signature design style that draws one into its abstract sculptural folds through a strong palette of colour and form... Read here and leave us your views.

An amalgamation of the words, "luxury" and "high-end" generates an uber chic interaction in today's world of avant garde interiors. Ar. Shaheena Javeri Mistry decodes uber living... Read here and leave us your views.

In its design for the housing project CJ5, Caramel Architects tackle the question of sustainable urban density on the outskirts of Vienna.

In its design for the housing project CJ5, Caramel Architects tackle the question of sustainable urban density on the outskirts of Vienna.

Designing our spaces to optimize a healthy environment is nothing short of a deep study of human interactions with their spatial requirements. Here's what a a formal degree in Interior Design can teach you...

Soon, in 2014, the Eindhoven region in Netherlands, where Vincent van Gogh lived from 1883 to 1885 will receive the first innovative bicycle path comprising thousands of sparkling stones designed by artist Daan Roosegaarde.

Suhasini Paul is a toy designer with a difference. A qualified electrical engineer, she is a much sought after designer by toy manufacturers in countries like China, Thailand, Italy, UK, USA and Germany.

Evolving from carnage of shipwrecked metal, the interiors of Prost Beer House in Bengaluru, India, make it an attention-grabbing drinking hole…

Can you imagine a playful, faceted skull-shaped organizer grinning eerily at you on your table-top? Well, what else can one expect from a designer, who names Predator and Predator Vs Alien as some of his favourite movies!

London-based designer Giles Miller's surface tiles are truly a feast for the senses - visually, texturally and spatially. What makes Miller's creations stand apart isn't the use of extraordinary materials but ordinary material used extraordinarily well…