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Mumbai Shilpgram: Rural Theme Park Injects Usable Open Space in Choking City
Aparna Rao October 29, 2018 at 10:40 AM
A city usually pictured as crammed with people, numbed by concrete and jammed with traffic, choking with pollution and gasping for breath, yet forever on the move with no time to stand and stare, is still looking out for fresh air to breathe and open space that supplies it. The oft repeated clamour for pu... read more ›
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Designing for Yoga: Inspirations From Around The World
Aparna Rao July 27, 2018 at 01:12 PM
On the occasion of Guru Purnima and with the International Yoga Day just gone by, we decided to round up some fascinating meditative spaces from around the world! In these times, as the world tries to look inwards for wellbeing, the mind is inadvertently drawn towards spaces meant for these higher experie... read more ›
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Diwali Decor Ideas for 2017!
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge October 17, 2017 at 05:08 PM
Here's wishing all TFOD members and readers a very happy Diwali 2017!! Deepawali or Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights symbolizing the victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness. But in the present context, the festival becomes an excuse to decorate our homes; with lights and col... read more ›
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A Life At Sea: the Bajau community of Malaysia
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge September 10, 2016 at 12:59 PM
While we ordinary mortals dream of having villas in the middle of the sea, or going on cruises in luxury yachts;  and marvel at the engineering and technology that enables the construction of bridges and buildings in the water,  a peep into the life of the Sama-Bajau community off the coast of M... read more ›
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Alexandrine Lukach, Ukraine: "Elegy: taste of France"- Restyling & Reconstruction of Manoir Normande
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge June 18, 2016 at 03:21 PM
Widely featured on leading blogs across the world, this home restyling project by Alexandrine Lukach is displayed by the designer on his TFOD Profile! The home built in 1993, was given to Lukach of Intemporary Designs, for an extension + make-over; necessitated by the fact that the home was falling short ... read more ›
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Eva Sonaike: African-inspired Home Couture
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge June 03, 2016 at 06:10 PM
Décor stylist and textile designer Eva Sonaike has carved out an enviable position for her London-based brand of textiles and décor products, and has been capturing interior designers’ fancy for quite some time now - with her unique, indelible stamp of African-inspired designs adapting... read more ›
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Kite Flying: A Festival of Colours and Camaraderie
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge January 15, 2016 at 05:40 PM
If you have grown up in Gujarat, your fondest memories have to be of the wondrous festival of Uttarayan! Of course as kids, we don’t bother to know the significance of the day – we just love the kites! This Photo Essay by Meena Kadri on Flickr lucidly captures the essence of the festival, as c... read more ›
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Festivals from around the World: Celebrating Light
Aparna Rao November 09, 2015 at 03:46 PM
As we Indians all over the world gear up to celebrate the victory of good over evil with Diwali, the world will join our celebrations - for, indeed, who doesn’t  enjoy light? The magical light that enables us to enjoy the beautiful creation around us, ironically, requires the presence of darkne... read more ›
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Rangoli: the art of colours
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge November 06, 2015 at 05:58 PM
One of the most fascinating folk art-forms, Rangoli is integral to the festivities of Diwali! Traditionally supposed to be a symbolic welcome to Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, who is worshipped during Diwali, it has evolved over the years, into numerous variants.  But large or small, made of... read more ›
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Contemporary Adaptation of the Traditional Art of Warli: Owara, Nashik
Aparna Rao October 27, 2015 at 02:38 PM
Synectics Architects Pvt. Ltd. was established at Nashik, Maharastra, in 2009 by Ar. Dhananjay Pawar and has since had a pan Indian practice, with two restaurant design projects completed in London as well. With a design style that combines popular appeal with a fair finesse in technology and finishes, Sy... read more ›
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