tippler chair and stacker'd

Young Indian designer, Garima Aggarwal based in Ahmedabad is a civil engineer by education and furniture designer in the making.

Her conceptual and sample products talk loud enough to tell us what kind of furniture designer she is in the making!

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slide n stack

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‘Slide n stack’ is an adjustable shelving system that takes inspiration from bamboo grass. It has movable rods, acrylic shelves and back lit stainless steel panel.

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the tippler chair

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The inspiration for ‘tippler chair’ is wine glass. Ergonomically designed this chair has won her Edida Elle Décor 07 student’s category award.

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stacker’d

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Stacker’d is a sustainable design which gets my full votes. Made from corrugated paper, it is light weight and needs no adhesive.

(see her profile here too)

tour a Swedish home

First you take the tour and then only I will let you know about the interior designer and owner of this home!

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do you want to sit by the logs, on the floor…

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or by the books, on the stairs…

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taking in baked aroma or…

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or dancing around blue column…

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no, I won’t ask you to occupy this ?for long but I know you will…

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Absolutely clean lines, just enough colours and a few objects of interest which makes this house alive with pristine buzz. Verdict is clear the owner of this home has a clarity, simplicity and elegance which sink in.

Purple of Purple Area is into interior designing besides her regular job and a blog!

(So, many of you know now!)

Recently when I stumbled upon her beautiful bilingual blog, I immediately started exploring. Her home just hooked me in.

And if you think she can’t revel in colours, geometry and flowers; here are a few more glimpses of her understated creativity…..

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glimpses of Goa

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Baga beach

I still have a few conch shells and pebbles I had picked up from beaches of Goa when I went there as a teenager. There was no Konkan Rail at that time and so no Konkan Ghat stunning scenic beauty on our way to Goa from Mumbai. But I remember being surrounded in the mist of ocean while coming back at night by bus.

Through these random images I hope you get the whole picture of Goa- today and history as well as architecture. The Portuguese encounter in Goa has ensured uniqueness in culture and architecture.

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raj angan (courtyard)

This is a traditional Hindu courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded gallery called ‘chouki’.

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velha Goa-old Goa

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the Portuguese lady by famous Goan artist Mario Miranda

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fishermen @ Zuari river Goa

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