INDIA MAHDAVI

Her design of The Gallery dining room at London’s Sketch is saturated in dusty pink, further expressed in the now iconic velvet ‘Charlotte’ chair, whose shapely form cocoons diners. Born in Tehran, Mahdavi led a nomadic childhood living in Germany, the US and France.

She directed influential French interior designer Christian Liagre’s studio before opening her own in 2000. For Mahdavi, design is about joyfulness, and imbuing tradition with a playful take on the contemporary.

FOR MAHDAVI, DESIGN IS ABOUT JOYFULNESS, WITH A PLAYFUL TAKE ON THE CONTEMPORARY