BLOWN AWAY
How is this for doubling the fun? With a design gallery and a glass art studio opening side by side, you now have the best of both worlds.
It’s not often that glass and class collide, but when they do, it results in shining beauties that brighten up the darkest corners. Arjun Rathi Design’s flagship Design Gallery in Chembur, Mumbai, is a case in point. Strategically placed right next to his Rural Modern Glass Studio, an art-glass studio exploring handblown glass art, home accessories, objects, and tableware, you get the best of both worlds—polished products and a chance to dabble in creating a unique piece with your own hands.
So, who is Arjun Rathi? He is an architect and a light designer who recently celebrated his studio’s 10th anniversary. His works have graced homes of the well-heeled for quite some time now, in fact, the installation at Mumbai’s World Towers, or the lights at The Lodhi, Delhi and the bright beauties at the
popular restaurant in Mumbai, The Nutcracker are all his pieces.
The gallery itself is spread over 15,000 sq ft and balances high-end design with an industrial chic aesthetic. On display here are lamps, wall brackets, pendants from Rathi’s the latest collections such as Sugar and Bauhaus as well as lights installations that can be purchased. The glass studio on the other hand is all about raw beauty. The idea being to take inspiration from rural India and translate it in a modern context. They host resident artists who come here; currently, Matthew Piepenbrok is the artist in residence and is the fifth artist to visit. Besides artists, light designers, architects, and interior designers are also welcomed here to dabble with glass art. The general public can take part in workshops that are regularly conducted here to learn the art. This one’s clearly a glass apart.