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CELESTE JA COBS, CONTENT PRODUCER & PHO TOGRAPHER

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What is your all-time favourite design icon?

The Hawa Mahal – Palace of Winds – in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 from red and pink sandstone by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. From the moment

I saw a photograph of it, I knew I had to visit it.

While Celeste has been a regular contributo­r to VISI’s pages for several years, she recently joined the team on a more permanent basis as a staff writer. You can also check out her exceptiona­lly lovely photograph­s on Instagram, where her feed is @_celestejac­obs. In this issue, she wrote about a house by architect Jo Noero (page 78), as well as contributi­ng several features to the REASONS section.

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