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5 home studios to help jazz up your work from home dreams
We are exploring new manners of enhancing work productivity at home with radically altered design ideologies and work patterns. A perfect example of creativity and efficiency, these home offices motivate us to perform better indoors and revel in your own chore-friendly zone!
RESEARCH: YUKTI KASERA
“This space is my womb-space. I escape into it, away from the chaos of the world. You can call it a library, my personal workspace, a workshop, a den. There is abundant green just outside the door. The space has a lot of red and copper because these colours energize me and inspire my grey cells to think. Everything in this space is old and recycled. Some furniture is over 50 years old but the copper and red make it fresh (and a little bit gimmicky). Everything is exceptionally ordinary and utilitarian. Not designerly - in the ordinary sense of the word. The space itself is an industrial tin shed. There are bits of origami everywhere - predominantly in the ceiling, some lighting, the clock, a flower vase. These are all bits of love gifted to me by people who know I love origami. I have two abstract paintings here by one of my favourite artists - Shubhra Das. I am extraordinarily fortunate to have a space like this to call my own. Everyone living in a city deserves to have a space (even if smaller), to call completely their own, their thinking place.” - Ankon Mitra, Architect & Director, Hexagramm Design
“The natural shades of the clay block wall in combination with the gallery wall, robust with the abstract painting of a forest, is tied together by the rattan chair in beautiful wooden shades and green upholstery. The angle of the chair is just right to work on your sketch pad and your laptop. The table sports design books for inspiration and a live moodboard which is ever changing. No work space is complete without a plant to bring in some cheer!”
“I look so much towards nature in my design work. My studio space, which is an extension of my house, is a true reflection of it. Open the door, and it’s like walking into an art gallery. Color pops everywhere and my little oasis of lush green.The lush greenery instantly adds life to your space. Forget colour schemes and charts, this aesthetic takes on a variety of colours, bringing out your adventurous side. We are moving towards adorning our homes with trinkets and pieces from our travels, mixing cultures and traditions to create unique global spaces. A house which has objects with layers and layers of stories and personal narrations.”
“I like coloured walls and big, bold prints, sometimes exclusively but mostly all together. When I launched my brand and built the studio in the early months of 2016, I wanted the space to reflect my outlook on design, mixing of colour and patterns. The studio walls have gone from bright, teal to dark, rich aubergine coupled with grey. Our Sari draped furniture and accessories look wonderful against this backdrop. The studio is not very large. However, contrary to popular opinion on dark colours and large prints, the space is filled with light, colour, patterns and art, only to make it feel bright and spacious.”
“Our studio is a compact space surrounded by greenery. The workstation is a minimalistic black table that sweeps across the studio, while the walls are filled with art by friends and designers we admire. The office is dotted with vintage finds and souvenirs from earlier projects. The records are from Bagayaga’s, a boozy retro diner we designed and the wallpaper is leftover from the set design of ‘The Anxiety Series’ by Arjun Kamath. We’ve got a good balance of quirky and zen.”