This September brings with it a distinct change of pace in India. The monsoon lends our cities a quieter rhythm, while the festive season begins to appear on the horizon. With only a few months left in 2026, there is a natural inclination to pause, reflect, and look ahead. This issue of Arivaa Lifestyle arrives
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In every crowded street of Bhubaneswar, houses today are built to look expensive with bright granite and shiny paint. That’s in fact the reality of major Indian homes. But this 2,200 square foot family home in Kharvel Nagar is different. Designed by Chirag U Swain of Chirag Design Studio, it was built for a couple
A Home in Bhubaneswar: Quiet Japandi Interior Design in India. Read More »
Walls have had a quiet couple of decades. Paint them, tile them, hang something on them, move on. Antica Ceramica, the Delhi tile major that has been importing and manufacturing surfaces since the 1990s, is betting that phase is ending. Its newly launched 4D+ Surface Collection is built on a simple idea, that a wall
Antica Ceramica’s New 4D+ Surface Collection Wants Your Walls to Do More Than Sit There. Read More »
Homegrown design label Orange Tree has a lighting range that keeps stealing the spotlight from everything else on its site, and it’s easy to see why. The Vita Amalfi collection is named after Italy’s sun-bleached coast, swapping clinical minimalism for something warmer, softer, and a little sun-drunk. Why the Vita Amalfi Collection Feels Different Every
Orange Tree’s Vita Amalfi Collection Is the Coastal Escape Your Living Room Needs. Read More »
Black has run the neutral aisle in Indian handbags for years now, the safe pick that goes with everything and says almost nothing. This season, chocolate brown is the one doing the talking, and Lavie’s new brown monogram collection is arriving right as that shift picks up pace, built around structured totes that read more
Lavie’s New Brown Monogram Collection Is Betting Black Won’t Be Missed. Read More »
For decades, designers have searched for materials that possess both sustainability and biological intelligence. Now, a research team at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology has advanced this field through the creation of a living mycelium textile. Published in Science Advances, their work introduces us to a responsive material capable of self-renewal, surface repair, and
The Future of Bio-Design: How Living Mycelium Textile Is Redefining Materials? Read More »
When Ronika Pipal opened the doors of Das Werkhaus in Berlin’s Heckmann Höfe this July, everyone thought she was introducing a new slow fashion label to Fashion Week, but actually, she was staging an argument. INHERITED: The Pop Up, held during the busiest weekend of Berlin Fashion Week SS27 as part of the official Studio2Retail
PIPAL: A Slow Fashion Label With Something to Say. Read More »
Mario Luca Giusti turned to Florence’s long tradition of decorative craft this season, building a spring table setting out of synthetic crystal glassware and melamine tableware dressed in the brightest colors of the collection. The pieces borrow the sheen of cut crystal and the warmth of hand-painted ceramic without carrying any of the fragility, a
Mario Luca Giusti Sets a Candy Colored Table for Spring. Read More »
Thukral & Tagra closed out Chennai’s summer with Mimesis, a show that translated hundreds of painted canvases into a study of data, memory and the pixelated textures of digital life. Presented at Ashvita’s newly launched white cube space in Ozone Premia, Mylapore, the Mimesis exhibition ran through July 17, marking the gallery’s first outing since
How Thukral & Tagra Turned Data Into Paint for Mimesis at Ashvita’s. Read More »
This month’s issue celebrates that idea through stories rooted in craftsmanship, thoughtful design, and experiences worth remembering, whether it is a hand-forged light fixture, a rug inspired by the rhythm of water, or a serving board crafted from reclaimed wine barrels, each one a reminder that the objects we choose to live with often carry
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