Bharanikavu sits in Kollam district in southern Kerala, where the landscape stays dense and green through most of the year and the light at dusk turns everything amber before it …
DDI Edit Team
DDI Edit Team
The DDI Edit Team curates and reports on the finest residential, hospitality, and cultural architecture from around the world. Covering emerging studios, established practices, and everything in between, the team is committed to spotlighting design that pushes ideas forward — from material innovation to spatial storytelling. designdiaryinternational@gmail.com
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Located in Bakrol, Anand, Kala is a private residence designed by K.N. Associates that brings together traditional Indian elements and a restrained contemporary language within a carefully detailed built form. …
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The name on the gate is Swasti, and it sits on a green boundary wall in a Bangalore neighborhood without offering any clue about what lies behind it, which is exactly …
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The first thing you see at Vaikunth is a lotus, hammered in gold across the ceiling of the entrance passage, its petals pressed and textured and lit from within; a …
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The entrance foyer of this two-level, 5,100 square foot penthouse in Koregaon Park, Pune, is where the lower floor’s intentions become clear for the first time: warm beige marble in …
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Founders & BrandsInterviews
Australian Designer Adam Goodrum: The Man Who Believes Nothing Should Exist Without a Reason
In his Sydney studio, Australian designer Adam Goodrum has spent years asking a single, quietly radical question: Does this piece deserve to exist? Design Diary International’s Shweta put a series …
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Founders & Brands
Rajesh Bhandari of A-Class Marble, India: The Man Who Reads Stone the Way Others Read People
Five decades of sourcing the world’s finest natural stone. Quarries in Africa. Technology that thinks like a geologist. Design Diary International’s Shweta speaks with Rajesh Bhandari, Director of A-Class Marble, …
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Founders & BrandsInterviews
Neha Jain of UDC Homes, India: The Woman Who Turned a Paint Business Into a Wall Covering Empire
She read economics at Warwick and spent years in financial analysis before walking into the décor business and quietly rebuilding it. Neha Jain, co-founder of UDC Homes, talks to Design Diary International …
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While the design world spent decades apologizing for richness, Lori Morris kept building rooms that were layered, personal, and emotionally alive. Shweta of Design Diary International speaks with the founder …
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Celia Sawyer has designed palaces that fly and salons that sail. In a rare conversation with Shweta for Design Diary International, Britain’s most quietly formidable interior designer talks about the …
