DELHI’S DESIGN-LED DIALOGUES

Vetti.bali@partner.hindustantimes.com ibrant tapestries, nouveaux art NFTs, gilded chandeliers and outlandish home tech installations — luxurious innovations spell India Design ID. The annual event, returning after a two-year Covid-induced hiatus for its 10th edition, had a VIP preview on Wednesday, and witnessed palpable excitement among exhibitors and guests alike.

While a weaver spun a carpet at one pavillion, guests jumped into marbled bathtubs at another to pose, perhaps for their social media. Designers mingled with art mavens and design entrepreneurs, as some guests were heard saying, ‘It is just like old times, except some of us have become fatter’.

Among those present were Fashion Design Council of India chairman Sunil Sethi, designer Rajesh Pratap Singh, interior designer and architectural restorer

Sunita Kohli, Sunil Munjal and Aashti Bhartia Riddhima Kapoor Sahni

Amit Aggarwal Kavita Bhartia

. Sunil Sethi ▲ Priya Paul

PHOTOS: RAAJESSH KASHYAP AND SHANTANU BHATTACHARYA/HT ▲ Payal Jain

Payal Pratap and Rajesh Pratap Singh

Rahul Arora and Suneet Varma

◄ Jenjum Gadi

Peter D’Ascoli

Tanira Sethi