India Design ID 2024, currently underway in Delhi, is an immersive experience indeed. Among the over 130 homegrown and international luxury interior brands, there are unusual examples like Ankon Mitra’s ‘On Paper Of Paper’. In collaboration with Apparao Galleries, this exhibition features the most impressive paper works from over 70 artists across India, from sculptors to architects.
Another unexpected showcase is Jaipur Rugs’ ‘Jaanwar’, a collection of floor rugs in collaboration with award-winning designer, Kunaal Kyhaan Seolekar. In this case, the organic designs break the mould of rectangular formats, and are expressed as biomorphic forms that are a medley of tribal art, animal skin patterns and mythological references. The designs evoke the raw spirit of nature and organisms with stippled patterns, stripes and dashes, primarily with a Gond art typology in modern geometrical renditions. These are sweeping statement pieces, carefully handcrafted in natural shades — from red, vermilion and ochre to the blue and green palette.
