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India Today
27-05-2025
- Business
- India Today
Multi-brand stores: Design's new playground
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today Home issue dated May 2025)There's a design renaissance brewing in India—craftsmanship, detailing, aesthetics, and function are finally vibing in perfect harmony. The latest sign? A new wave of multi-brand stores. But not your usual shop-in-shop snoozefests; we're talking about handpicked edits that celebrate the creme de la crme of design. Here are four new spaces that'll blow your socks off (and maybe your credit card limits too).advertisementLUXE, WITH LOVE OBJECTS OF DESIRE: Pavitra Rajaram and the collections at Nilaya Anthology Asian Paints has long been ahead of the curve, and with Nilaya Anthology—a 1,00,000 sq ft luxury design haven in Mumbai's mill district—they're cementing that reputation. Spearheaded by creative director Pavitra Rajaram, it's less store, more cultural experience, built on three pillars: curation, creation, and experience. 'It's not just a multi-brand store, it's a cultural space, an anthology of design, craftsmanship, and storytelling,' says Rajaram. Housing 92 makers (think Kashmiri cushions, vintage silver, and names like Cassina, Ginori 1735, and Living Divani), it's a layered, evolving edit of the best artisanal and international brands. Highlights? The Candle Library's heady aromas, The Dining Room's global ceramics, and The Cellar's glass wonders. Plus, exclusive debuts like Nilufar and a showcase from the Sabyasachi Art Foundation. There's even a chic co-working space for architects and TROVE Raseel Gujral Ansal at Arzaani Atelier Prive. (Photographs by Rajwant Rawat) When interior architect and purveyor of good design Raseel Gujral Ansal spotted a retail spot at Delhi's Bikaner House, she knew it was fate calling. Enter Arzaani Atelier Priv, a love letter to Indian design. 'The Bikaner House is a cultural and art hub, and I didn't want the space to be only about me,' she edit is driven by 'nazar' and 'nazariya', the eye for beautiful objects and the perspective to curate them, minus the social media hype. Everything here, from From Anantaya Jaipur, IKKIS, Nappa Dori and Rezon Luxury Silverware to Casa Paradox, Ira Udaipur, Casa Pop, The Palace Atelier and jewellery, is handpicked with heart. Nothing cookie-cutter about it. Bonus: check out the open-air rotunda exhibition space when you CRAFT BEAUTIFUL SPACES: Astha Khetan and Feroze Gujral along with various areas from The House of Things Gallery Astha Khetan, co-founder of The House of Things, knows good design when she sees it, and she has the receipts to prove it. Her newest passion project? The House of Things Gallery in Udaipur, a 25,000 sq ft space packed with treasures from over 200 Indian the launch, Khetan teamed up with Feroze Gujral for the 'Tastemaker's Edit', and organised 'An Udaipur Sojourn' with 30-plus creative minds crafting dreamy objects. Must-visit: The Pichwai House, where traditional artistry meets modern magic. 'The space celebrates the rich heritage and evolving artistry of traditional Pichwai paintings,' says OF STYLE Charu Munjal with her daughter-inlaw Aishwarya Munjal at CASA OMA Charu Munjal grew up surrounded by artful handicrafts. Over the years, after marriage and motherhood, Munjal found that her love for design never went away. So, two decades ago, she started OMA, where home decor was placed front and centre. But that wasn't enough, and she's carried that love into CASA OMA, her passion project, three years in the making. Located in Delhi's Khan Market, this 6,000 sq ft treasure chest houses over 90 luxury brands, all curated with a personal touch. 'I wanted to showcase global brands that have heritage and uniqueness to their designs,' says Munjal, who often travels overseas and is well versed with top, luxury home decor brands. On one such trip in Italy, she found someone making beautiful handmade boxes and ended up spending five hours with wonder, from delicate Bernardaud porcelain to Murano glass magic, Munjal's collection at the store is a global design buffet. Plus, she's committed to solving the heartbreak of broken souvenirs by bringing top-tier craftsmanship straight to India. Her personal anecdotes about each piece make a stroll through CASA OMA feel like a private museum tour—but better, because you can actually take the art design is the new cool, these spaces are its hottest hangouts. Whether you're hunting for a Kashmiri cushion or a Murano masterpiece, India's multi-brand movement proves one thing: good taste knows no borders, just better to India Today MagazineMust Watch advertisement
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What It's Like to Do an Eight-Hour Sprint Through Milan Design Week
A Ligne Roset sofa that isn't a Togo, copious cork, really big beds—and more of what Dwell's visual media producer loved in Italy. If you had just one day at design week in Milan, how would you spend it? That's the question I posed to myself when I landed in the city for its 63rd edition. The answer turned out to be: See 11 exhibitions, attend two dinners, shake upwards of 50 hands, take more than 1,100 photos, and set a new personal record for most steps taken in a day at 23,532 (Take that, Duncan Nielsen!) Between a room made entirely from cork, a maze wrapped in faux fur, and a decrepit space with loose floorboards underfoot, photographer Olga Mai and I were able to cover a lot of ground—more than eight miles worth. Here's everything we saw on Thursday last week as we zigzagged across Milan. On Thursday morning, we were off to a late start because someonemissed the train. But I was able to catch up with Olga around 10:20 just outside of Nilufar Depot, a Milanese gallery and staple of Milan Design Week that's known for its juxtapositions of older icons and newer designs. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the depot (Nilufar Gallery proper has been around since 1979), Nilufar designed its presentation to function as something of a walking theater, unfolding as five acts across its three floors. When walking through the space, it almost felt like exploring an impeccably curated vintage store, as familiar floor lamps, tables, and chairs stood against brand new designs. The effect was a fantastic tasting menu of where we've come from in furniture design, and where we might be headed. See the full story on What It's Like to Do an Eight-Hour Sprint Through Milan Design WeekRelated stories: The Most Eye-Catching Moments at Alcova Milano 2025, According to Dwell's Visuals Editor Japan 3D-Prints a Train Station in Six Hours—and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week Will Rocket Companies's Recent Acquisitions Transform Home-buying—for the Better?
New York Times
06-04-2025
- Business
- New York Times
A Milanese Design Gallery Owner on Her 45 Years in the Business
This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Few gallerists in the contemporary design sphere have the singular vision of Nina Yashar, 67. Ms. Yashar, the founder of Milan's Nilufar gallery, established in 1979, and Nilufar Depot, now marking its 10th anniversary, has long been a tastemaker in the world of collectible design. In its first two decades, the gallery was known primarily for antique carpets — Ms. Yashar's father, who had emigrated from Iran with his wife and children in 1963, similarly dealt Persian rugs. However, a pivotal trip to Stockholm in the 1990s, where she encountered the greats of Scandinavian furniture design, reoriented her curatorial approach. Shortly after, she mounted the 1998 exhibition 'Swedish Rugs and Scandinavian Furniture,' spotlighting works by Alvar Aalto, Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen. Eventually, Ms. Yashar expanded her focus beyond historical pieces, introducing contemporary designers into her fold and placing them in conversation with their midcentury predecessors. In 2007, she organized 'Gio Ponti Translated by Martino Gamper,' in which she commissioned Mr. Gamper, the Italian-born British designer who was then just emerging, to deconstruct an entire suite of Gio Ponti-designed furniture from the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento, Italy, and reassemble it into contemporary, collagelike forms, including functional tables, benches and consoles with jigsawlike facades. But it was the opening of Nilufar Depot — a former silverware factory transformed by the architect Massimiliano Locatelli to echo the tiered balconies of the opera house La Scala — that cemented her status as a major force in the design world. Each year during Milan Design Week, the Depot is a first stop for collectors and aficionados eager to discover the industry's next marquee name. Nina Yashar at Nilufar Depot in Milan. She established her first gallery in Milan in 1979, and is now a key tastemaker in the world of collectible design. Credit... Andrea Wyner for The New York Times Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
