Elle Decor India - Collector's Copy

Elle Decor is celebrating it's design journey in India, spanning 50 delicious issues since the last decade. The issue for the months of Feb-March is a collector's copy on contemporary Indian design and decor. I am feasting on my copy of the mag...make sure you get your copy before it runs out of stock!

[All images Elle Decor India]

Indian Art at V&A

Victoria and Albert Museum in London has an excellent online print site from where you can order prints of the art exhibited in the museum. V&A Prints have a selection of more than 3000 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the most renowned collections of art and design in the world. The images for sale have been chosen to reflect the richness and diversity of culture, lifestyle and art found at the V&A. I loved some of the prints in the Indian Art section, as well as their collection of vintage posters. Definitely worth a look, and quite reasonably priced too.

[All images from V&A]

Finding India in Cape Town..

Antique furniture, chandeliers, jharokas, nandis, silver bed, patina-ed buddhas figurine, kilim carpets, brass thaalis, marble archs, carved pillars, jaisalmer stone floors, incense sticks, sikh paintings, stone idols, mirror work textiles, brass urlis.....you will be forgiven to think that I am sharing with you an Indian palace today. Though, on second thoughts, in a way I am doing just that; just the location of this magnificent home happens to be Cape Town’s historic De Waterkant. This, is Danny and Mitch's home. Their love for collecting and preserving Edwardian and Indian antiquities is evident in each of the photographs below. See more of their museum like home here..

[Credit: All Images Frank Features]

Traditional Indian Decor - Part 1

I came across some more of John Henry Claude Wilson's excellent work, showcasing traditional Indian decor and design. Covering select interior shots in this post, and will share the rest in a post early next week.

[Credits: Photographs by John Henry Claude Wilson; Source: Frposters; Some of the interior shots are from: Samode Palace, Samode Bagh, Devi Garh, Toy and Joy Singh's residence, restored traditional pol (residential cluster) haveli in Gujarat, Neemrana Palace, Deo Garh Palace) 

Miv Watts

Sometimes, you need to let the visuals do all the talking. This is one of those times.

Read about the creative journey of Miv Watts, and browse, linger, pause, sigh and dream through this post, to see her work inspired by the East and by India...

...and let me know if this satiated your creative urge for India inspired interiors for this week? :)