Art, Architecture and Design Professionals On TFOD

This month saw the launch of the Golden Pillar Awards conferred by the CREDAI-MCHI for excellence in contributions to the development of real estate and housing in Mumbai/ MMR area and Maharashtra at large. Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the Indian building industry’, the 36 awards, which were given away at a glittering event held at the NSCI Dome on the evening of May 5^th, 2018, have been constituted by the MCHI apex body to recognise and encourage the work of various sectors of the building industry ranging from developers and designers to financiers and regulators, with Green practitioners, researchers, consultants and manufacturers in between – the veritable pillars of the housing and real estate industry. It gives us immense pride and pleasure to celebrate here the Golden Pillar Award for ‘Interior Designer of the Year (Commercial)’ which was bagged by Shahen Mistry Architects, led by Mumbai-ite and TFODian Ar. Shahen Mistry.

You begin by noticing the charming combination of various coloured yarn. Then, you appreciate the fine weave that results in such an eye-catching fabric. The knit and purl that come together to create such delicate beauties seem to be the deft work of nimble hands, And, sometimes, the hands themselves can be seen frozen at work to become one with the creation. Are those caps and socks, or are these coats or shawls with such a fine fall of the fabric? Hey, no, wait!! That’s GLASS!

After a mind-blowing sketch of none other than India’s biggest filmstar Amitabh Bachchan on the occasion of his 75^th birthday (11^th October 2016), self-taught artist Sadashiv Sawant renders a masterly sketch of the cricketing maestro Sachin Tendulkar on his 45^th birthday, yesterday (24^th April 2017)!! We at TFOD – The Future Of Design - wish the master blaster a very happy birthday through this wonderful sketch displayed by the very talented TFOD member Sadashiv Sawant!

The works of Japanese French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux are a burst of peppy pretty colours – not a wild burst, mind you, but a well-orchestrated symphony of the most pleasing colours arranged in studied compositions that are maddening in their variety of forms, concepts and usages. For, she is the innovator of ‘Shikiri’, a concept of dividing space by the use of colours, in which she uses her self-developed palette of more than a 100 shades to articulate the exteriors as well as interiors of her design. With this, Emmanuelle delivers charming projects in her signature style. What’s more? Her use of ‘Shikiri’ isn’t limited to just architecture, it pervades all forms of art and expression that this prolific designer indulges in, even extending to urban infrastructure and planning projects in and around Tokyo, her base.

Spaces we move in during our daily lives are deceptively immersive – they surround us in more ways than we realise, grow on us, work on our psyche, play up our moods and influence our behaviour and choices. Isn’t that precisely the reason why we design and decorate our personal spaces to suit our tastes? Also, communication is an art, and one that spaces are masterful at. A space that surrounds us speaks to us, convinces us and influences our actions with an impact that is definitively more immense than that which a written word, a sound or a picture might.