Iknow what you’re thinking—interior design is a bit wussy, a bit fey, more the province of housewives than alpha dog business tycoons with chest hair and biceps. Well, that was true once. But today, the modern Indian male is more design conscious than ever before. He understands that there’s no better way of announcing your success and sophistication than with a beautiful home. He also knows that restyling a home is a huge, pricey and often baffling undertaking, fraught with potential pitfalls.
So this spring, we show you how to approach the whole enterprise with confidence. It’s a blast once you get into it. Top designer Pinakin Patel offers his tips on how to hire an interior designer—and keep your marriage together. Use our design dictionary to figure out what your designer’s going on about when he says “let’s go modernist with a rococo feel and a trompe l’oeil near the credenza.” We tell you how light fixtures can liven up your home. And for the truly moneyed classes, consider the heady world of high-end bespoke furniture. We track the story of a bar made over the course of nine months, out of bison horn, silver and diamonds, especially for a millionaire named Amit—one of those alpha dog business tycoons, in fact.
In other sections, we explore the possibility of taking a weekend break within a Delhi mall (yes, it can be done). Columnist Prabhdev Singh shows us that Obama’s a mere mortal—at golf. Kushan Mitra, our tech columnist puts the new Sony Vaio through its paces. And we hunker down with the sailors on the Volvo Ocean Race, one of the most gruelling contests in the world. Forty days at sea. Bitter storms and sleepless nights.
Now, where’s the fey in that?
