Fashion & Lifestyle
Takbir Fatima gets NDTV’s Emerging Architect of the Year award
Takbir Fatima, the 32-year-old London-educated founder of DesignAware, a company that creates awareness through liveable, wearable, usable, accessible and responsible design, has been awarded the Emerging Architect of the Year 2016 by the NDTV Design...
Architecture & Interiors
Join Cindrebay ‘SketchUp Marathon’ – 3 Day Workshop on SketchUp
Technological innovations are the very backbone of the dynamic world of architecture. Those unwilling to learn the latest tech releases or are ignorant of the same will find themselves lagging far behind in the...
Fashion & Lifestyle
New Year Series: This year, let’s turn classy
It is that time of the year when the old goes out, and the new is welcomed. The year 2017 has begun, and we are all hoping it won’t be half as bad as...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Features: India Modern, the buzzword that truly defined Indian fashion in ’16
"This brand does not define you. But damn you look good in it".
Preeti Verma’s postscript-like message, imprinted on the tag of every one of her fashion label Runaway Bicycle’s floaty, sorbet products, echoes the...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Being comfortable is my fashion mantra: Honey Rose
She is a gorgeous woman, a versatile actor, and an absolute pleasure to talk to. Honey Rose is undoubtedly one of the most well-known faces in the South Indian film industry. Starting her career...
Architecture & Interiors
The ARCASIA Awards: recognising the best in Asia
The prestigious Arcasia awards (Architects Regional Council Asia) are back! And, for the first time, the same is being hosted by the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA). The award, rebranded as AAA in 2013,...
Careers & Professional Development
Expert Speak: The evolution of kitchens
Gautam Shah looks at the evolution of kitchens through the decades. Shah is a consultant Interior Designer based at Ahmedabad, India, since 1970, and a highly respected former faculty member, School of Interior Design – Faculty...
Architecture & Interiors
The common debate in the design world: Digital vs Physical?
No, I’m not talking about intimacy but about designmacy! I regularly have dialogues with my fellows when I advocate digitalized pedagogy. Though we have abundant technological advancement, the design studios have fundamentally remained unchanged....
Careers & Professional Development
Allen Claudius George: A sneaker fanatic and a dog lover
Allen Claudius George still uses Yahoo Mail. And, that is probably the only aspect of his life that is anachronistic. Everything else about this 34-year-old fashion blogger –his style statement, his blog, and his...
Furniture
The Indian design industry has potential to grow over Rs 18,800 crore by 2020
The Indian design industry has a potential to grow over Rs 18,800 crore by 2020, of which industrial design segment is expected to be at Rs 11,000 crore, according to industry body CII.
The potential...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Alicia Souza: Taking the doodling world by storm
Alicia Souza and her work are evocative of a new and emerging India. Quirky, funny, independent, courageous, and fiercely creative, Alicia belongs to the growing tribe of youngsters that do not wait for someone...
Architecture & Interiors
Deepak Guggari, a passionate architect and lover of the Zen philosophy
Khushboo Agarwal, Asst. Prof. in Jhulelal Institute of Architecture, Nagpur had done her apprenticeship with Varsha and Deepak Guggari Associate (VDGA). This piece speaks about her experience and contains her personal views about the...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Meet Babita Jaishankar, an image consultant, a designer, and a confidant
“There are usually two images that you encounter when you look in the mirror. One is your reflection and the other is the image of you that has been imprinted in your mind; the...
Architecture & Interiors
Guest Writer: Bad standards of drawing are unpardonable
Drawing is as important to an architect as the right ingredients for a chef. It is an integral part of any architectural blueprint. And flimsy drawing standards inevitably showcases the callous attitude of the...
Architecture & Interiors
Space can be a healer: Dr AnilKumar
Are structures just merely the sum of their building materials? Or do they, at some point, transcend from being an inactive object to an emotional experience? How do some structures evoke a sense of...
Architecture & Interiors
Design should be democratic, not discriminatory: Takbir Fatima, DesignAware
In the extremely dynamic world of Design, a company like DesignAware that dabbles in 3D and digital fabrication, and employs technology to create futuristic designs takes the game a notch higher. DesignAware believes in...
Fashion & Lifestyle
How are trends created in the fashion world?
Ever wondered how trends come into being? Trends, an amalgamation of colours and moods, end up dictating the style for every season. But what maketh these trends? A simple mechanism; the Trend Mood Boards....
General
Cindrebay students capture the various moods of Calicut
Alfred Stieglitz, the American photojournalist internationally recognized as the pioneer of modern photography had this to say about the art of taking pictures, “In photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes...
Architecture & Interiors
Eclecticism –A Mismatch solution
Eclecticism is a fairly new term to most of us. But unbeknown to the beautiful space seekers, we have all been treading this path since long. We have encountered eclecticism while doing up our...
Architecture & Interiors
Prasanth Mohan: an ardent architect, a passionate photographer
It is hard not to take an instant liking to Prasanth Mohan. Armed with a disarming smile, and a humble persona, this lanky, bearded Kollam resident is a hesitant architect and a passionate photographer....
Architecture & Interiors
Courtyards and the life within
A courtyard can be described in many ways; an open relaxation spot, a meeting-place, or a common ground. But if pushed to define, then a courtyard is an open space within the interiors that...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Pop up your Festive game!
It’s that time of the year to get your dusting equipment out along with the knick knacks from the closets for their annual cleaning rituals. The festive season is upon us!
Every year we agonize...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Artifacts : Art for art’s sake?
Picture this: you are in your favorite home décor store and your eyes fall on a beautiful art object. It could cost you a fortune but you are sure that it fits well into...
Courses & Certifications
NID Bengaluru all set to celebrate World Bamboo Day
The largest member of the grass family, Bamboo, is slowly but steadily finding itself in the middle of debates around sustainability that has gripped the design world. The Bamboo has been all pervasive in...
Architecture & Interiors
The idea called Chair, its evolution and stagnation
Stare, sit and get conquered - the simple logic to a comfortable chair. All furniture designers struggle to realize and understand this lucid thought. And, it sure is a complex process to those who...
Careers & Professional Development
Vernacular architecture is the flag bearer of a culture: Dr. AnilKumar
Postmodern structures have often been burdened with numerous skewed expectations. Stylish, trendy, international appeal, different, are just some of the many objectives that these structures are forced to fulfill. The pressure to look distinct...
Architecture & Interiors
Expert Speak: What ails Interior Designing in India?
The field of Interior Designing, like is the norm, has seen numerous changes; be it in its aesthetics, its style or the message it wants to deliver. And, what about the scene in India?...
Architecture & Interiors
Go hunting antiques this monsoon!
Love Antiques? Then this article is just for you.
Architectural Digest with inputs from architects, designers, antique dealers, and tastemakers has complied a list of 25 stores and dealers across India for rare and one-of-a-kind...
General
Feng Shui, Then and Now
The practice of feng shui is not a new one to many of us. From interior decorators trying to define the ‘spirit’ of a space, to a college student picking out pretty knick-knacks for...
Architecture & Interiors
What is Interior Designing?
Interior Designing is an extremely misunderstood term. Some confuse it with Interior Decoration, while others think it is an extended arm of architecture. If you are also confused then let one of India's leading architects...
Architecture & Interiors
Brijesh Shaijal: Loving the traditional, exploring the modern
The joy of creating and seeing one’s idea take shape is inexplicable; an emotion Brijesh Shaijal knows too well. For those in the field of architecture, Brijesh needs no introduction. He enjoys an almost...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Antique, Vintage, or Just Old?
You are out shopping for antiques for a magnificent living room, and you spot a piece of furniture that looks like it once graced an 18th century palace. You approach it with high expectations,...
Architecture & Interiors
Dr. Anil Kumar: Making a more sustainable world
In a field where aesthetics more often than not takes precedence over practicality and sustainability, Dr. P P Anil Kumar is an exception. An academic by profession and architect by passion, Dr. Kumar’s designs...
Architecture & Interiors
Meet Sujith G S, an Architect cut above the rest
In the world of tried and tested formulas adopted by Architects and Interior Designers, Sujith G S is a welcome aberration. A casual interest in buildings soon bloomed into a fascination that led him...
Careers & Professional Development
Design lovers get ready for Living Edge – One Day Interactive Design Seminar by Cindrebay Nurture
There is, it may seem, a disconnect between students and those they would like to emulate. Today, any information relating to Interior Design or Architecture is readily available online and is being heartily consumed....
Architecture & Interiors
The Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh: Beautiful Collision of Art and Architecture
The Capitol Complex of Chandigarh, one among 17 buildings of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier added to the World Heritage List in 2016, is an architectural wonder, incongruous to the era in which it...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Presenting the Monsoon Lookbook
Monsoon is quite an important time in the fashion world. Spring collection has long gone, and the most revered collection of all year; the Fall collection is yet to begin. Monsoon then becomes the...
Fashion & Lifestyle
It’s time for kids’ room makeover
Designing for a kid’s room is a hard task. Cluttering the room with various toys brought by you or relatives and friends from across the globe is passe. Also, following the traditional colour division;...
General
Eid Mubarak: Iftar with Kannur Cindrebay family
“Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you many learn piety and righteousness. “
Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar,...
Architecture & Interiors
Interior Designing – An overview
Contrary to the laymen’s thinking, the interior design profession is much beyond a simple home-makeover job. It is a more creative and aesthetic practice. It encompasses a broad range of allied disciplines and skills...
Careers & Professional Development
Do I have to go to school to become an Interior Designer?
If you have been contemplating to become an Interior designer, it's quite possible that you must have asked this question to yourself, may be more than once. Not all successful businessmen go to school...
Architecture & Interiors
This Monsoon become a minimalist!
Ever wondered what it would feel to run into the arms of a clean, tidy home? Or, wondered how easy it would be to have a home that requires minimal cleaning, and yet always...
Architecture & Interiors
Anabelle Viegas: The up and coming urban designer to look out for
There’s an old saying, the sea doesn’t like to be restrained. It might as well be written for architect and urban designer Anabelle Viegas D’mello’s work. Brought up in the small coastal town of...
General
In the heart of Bangalore lies Mecca of sustainable living
In the midst of a city that has become a juggernaut of sorts crushing the tradition of sustainability while thriving on mindless consumption of natural resources, there lies a house, almost like an oasis...
General
Dr. Janis Naha Sajeed: Marrying the modern with the long forgotten
Persian influence, British motifs, the predominance of Indian art, modern with an obvious sprinkle of the old world charm; peeking into Dr. Janis Naha’s world of interior designing is like looking into a kaleidoscope....
Courses & Certifications
Cindrebay Trivandrum, the best place to study Interior Designing
Never before has the youth of Kerala experimented with so many career choices. Moving away from the conventional trinity of careers; Engineering, Medical, and Government services, the youth today is focusing on taking the...