Jivi Sethi

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168175364253831074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsTDSAYaNtWE1IBRH7u1rfKKthvv_H_r2-o9W5VqTV5ney-ICuRiH7NbeM23Y3e7O2Ju5tTU9Y_IY6-GKanVRkNxxztsIoRpGV7B7DUfejIOdHYdDRa6X1O3gdc62Xe84g0HlBCTaWvAj/s400/jiv1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <div><div>Some of you might remember I had featured <a href="http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/2007/12/two-for-joy-immense-joy.html">Jivi Sethi's Goan home</a> in December last year and yesterday as I flipped through the glossy pages of Elle Decor's latest edition I found myself staring at another eclectic space designed by Jivi Sethi, this time he shares his New Delhi residence.<br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168252415967121426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-0xX-ommGMgknXFp6lByZPuaGLUjZ4Ci50kR1E5JwNEfRekMMW33zMI5QIswx7QwhG5Vyujre7S8jWJnwsetzObW4QinKSUFGsw-vPLqPXoLCRVN551rRgnDm1M8AVPUmjU2ItcYSG_c/s400/jivi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A colonial daybed with vibrant cushions by Jivi, Sadr, Iris & Soleh. Glass paintings of Lord Hanuman & Ganesha on a Kashmiri screen. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168272486349295682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8kAHfgLvDEe4N19oQdIhi4nM0R5BZhBhHwVAp-vEXOP1AixVn-M_ZchDdw-yxT9LuSyRnG5Lm-drUCaNfrjWXsCVLmnpxgGDKmgDey4HAPikfMWUcHNsbFq9wozVjaMkqHdHK2_xvV0o/s400/jivi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em></em></div><div>The entrance hall to the apartment has a 'Jaali' door designed by <a href="http://www.michaelaram.com/">Michael Aram</a><em>.( I love the flowers hanging in lovely water filled test tubes:-)<br /></em></div><div><em>The things that I find interesting in his spaces are the carefree use of colours, art & crafts picked up from parts of India as well as abroad. His ability to very smoothly blend the east with the west and yet create a harmonious style, I find very unique.</em> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178890421981138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJNAERYHldAYpsH4cdklm7aorBHHNJISQBY30zlzFa6ea2pcCxXNlA5038WkqxOOS2RkSTTcPFrCc1rmUPpHQtNradD1TcnIj4Kl11n0NtvfSqG7psn4rJ_Fv6mhhYXK5_lsxsNSuUfvj/s400/jivi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> The terrace dining table has black stone platter with patterned jasmine inlay work, sculpture by M J Enas & block print poppy table cloth by <a href="http://www.aletaonline.com/BrigetteC/bs.html">Brigitte Singh</a><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178924781719538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lw80NrzGHaBQYTRhWCcpdZceJpM6YI7Z3D1_bSXHXI5WqAzroDE2kzbWtYoWVzkGOmgDU6eA1bPLRNyiKl4MDEfG97KrMwijZRVc2nwGznnbg-pNMf4XzUFjovwI2n5RiWESylFQjZ5s/s400/jivi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Painting by <a href="http://www.saffronart.com/artistdetails.asp?sourceid=714">Haku Shah </a>in the dining room, with doors salvaged from an old mansion. <em>( I love restorations:-)</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178886127013826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NM5ykisVz60AK1pB2ZFY8-7S1QtAtvNyYiA4f0OYEvOT5rra9DSGykrolAYS0FnUIIADtWEvMhypuREILUL737y2ql7318jwW7eE6UfN7V1s0sJ4GMmjrvL6rNs0rf7g2824gX_dEIYK/s400/jivi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The dining table all set with black marble inlay side plates, granite & bidri work tea-light holders and old brass oil lamps from Kerala on the consoles & Italian lamp overhead provide lovely light.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178868947144626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8bsPwtr2X4yK5Vvor_7pF-2mb54xhIlYqg0hpAm_oec_GRE42uflMUHAbkh4eT0xrBUT1mW16JUnCUk4kjezEgW1W2lNxsHRYyWgW-xtEk7eVLRlU7O38EFXQZcN4fL8VsuY26Lz4l3P/s400/jivi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Seen here are Chinese Inlay and lacquer work of birds & bedside chest with <a href="http://www.antjeweberart.com/">Antje Weber </a>sculpture.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178916191784930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfhjvzZlXnzirFaYOF2OtjrZL5SmOJJMJn1ijVS_xYyVZUKLF4nArE_3SUd6oPnd6aTQ8h0EzAZiri4iow7ELbd5Sx0Lr7-W77eodeBQVNxQ4V25Bx_673fFkzxw6hVVJ88f86PCwY9vB/s400/jivi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>I am a sucker for traditional oil lamps:-))</em> Here is a collection of brass lamps from Tamil Nadu, lithograph of a monument on the wall, a Lord Shiva mask from Varanasi & gold plated vegetables are served on a bidri work platter from his "Design Laboratory"<br /><br /><em>(images from elledecor magazine, Feb-Mar 2008)</em></div>

Jivi Sethi

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Auroville, Pondicherry

<span style="font-family:georgia;">First, a big thanks to </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Masala Chai </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">for the </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-make-my-day.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;">"You make my day"</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Award. I really appreciate it and also the post on </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/2008/02/dune.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;">'The Dune'</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> which kind of brought back lovely memories from our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a> trip a couple of years back & inspired this post on Auroville:-)) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166313487341080258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-4EMg0SSFAUdaKvMwkRpKVbVY4R-JXez0r8J7Gy9qIYghnTeiqKHHdGfb1-FlHMz0bKLKFf_ynVDThQtsXaEKcsDW_usAAJTHF1Lp8w8hMajZk58fZIUDhFjRXPrEatQnSfJsrmty3NZ/s400/pond1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />My door obssession in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>, when I didn't have a digital camera, scanned from old photographs:-) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316249005051650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMy82eTxY0OtRu0mvUZvnWhXWofonkYVxXqaqVs2PFy-_bUOcJsuCyT83iLgNuRtiuuYUSP8al0Vf_eBndQvgR-FrUisiLciq2O8BZh1DQkSo-E_zcW6MYE3RM9k_lthGWkUeS3qhSy6Q/s400/pond3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316236120149746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlaTE3o6ukZLRTgYtr2uzLYH_ROPNJNmfCz_gmVOrDnIJTdM7CTyXqGJVvqIPYm6x2ffo5Mrb5J4V296FetDJiWBt5fQ0WZr1iZBBuUQiHLFTt3KbEekGxJzDKSakYcoPzWdkTtUMKvzL/s400/pond2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> The history of Pondicherry can be traced back to 1672 when the French bought this port town from an India King. The French connection grew when <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/sriauro.htm">Sri Aurobindo </a>an Indian scholar & mystic set up an ashram here in 1926. <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">Mira Alfassa </a>his French-born spiritual companion, also known as <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">'The Mother' </a>established <a href="http://www.auroville.org/index.htm">Auroville </a>in the sixties.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166372379932643186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJx2acZRvNr-72QPvUpS2G7T9br8sdILPi5qA7E1a7ITL2zTtUkRMkWCPLW_HQRWXQ-1VUKbP7x4d7VkxKXuaprlXxttIvumP3hjTkOgrPArWzmpomi3wwgO4VRj102bDMgslVYNnZOul/s400/matri.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Image of Matrimandir in Auroville.<br /></em><a href="http://www.auroville.org/index.htm">Auroville</a> is a series of self-supporting communities in villages which are very close to Pondicherry. Auroville's New Age ideal drew many Indians & Westerners including French architect <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/Roger_Anger.htm"><strong>Roger Anger</strong> </a>who was the chief architect of the township of Auroville.<br /><br /><strong>Featured here are a couple of homes from Auroville.</strong><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166360306779574114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28K3rrfkgdVWmP1vzyqJjCp-aSkiIR08b90AUxSgHgWffr2pmaBfsZaRePUoTJiAYueoQYpgox6eA7HmmnwEjQNSCL0j9YY5lCvt3jCuPdXIoSwEUMT9now1GpJgAmIkRQ-Uc84sI2FEn/s400/pondi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A fusion of natural & modern home of <strong>Frenchman Jean Legrand</strong> & wife <strong>Joy.<br /></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-QPM-bR9NVHEhUf0NulGbYukiMXBwWHmuOWLmd97Guc8axDAoD0kLkAB8S-kSReodCV51DUJGV-r97qqPgRxOAws78dqQLZvG0xLJA1MEgtajOzIt5MT3nL_e4HwyVNXwwVMeUTghw1L/s1600-h/pondi3.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310167331360402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-QPM-bR9NVHEhUf0NulGbYukiMXBwWHmuOWLmd97Guc8axDAoD0kLkAB8S-kSReodCV51DUJGV-r97qqPgRxOAws78dqQLZvG0xLJA1MEgtajOzIt5MT3nL_e4HwyVNXwwVMeUTghw1L/s400/pondi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">Natural light streaming in through the circular shapes on the ceiling and that is echoed by the natural rocks & granite slabs in Legrand's bathroom.<em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310171626327714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwOXd-oVpV2iWM5Q3VVMtQW0o8oumV1BRPqb__u83m1FN_Aqxjk63M948Wm5aABPZsXmbhVhhUX_U9Oju_G3zDjZD2S9ChyomEDZJ0Lzz5MR6yV2bSkov4o8QMhnyaGAdtzb_DO5yT7rv/s400/pondi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Love the angular and circular shapes of the kitchen & dining area, which has been designed keeping the light in mind.<br /></em>Home of designer <strong>William Netter</strong>, an American Spiritualist and Sri Aurobindo follower.<br /><em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310180216262322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjObAgbqZd4bUHFo7YDDbG4_Bgsr0fvFnJKIQ83QjE7CJ8F8F1AQ_GOxUWPc_RUZDYyIk1TsdJE6Mo9zfgba3zC_KgFG1w_XY-W2koeKj04p8w-KLChgUg1vKq8Z4gnH68TX2bYIsGU3wq/s400/pondi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>The white-tiled kitchen with simple modern lines and ample natural light.<em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316253300018962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccrnPflQnloF5L8uVnFMtI_sqXxzha9OFON4JHkbozZU_XgHgcS8ae00HzNvReJfnEqQLfP2woLCVMO3_PcOyjuvLtXOYJ6EtAFXpr5PsXpfIYjq6B7SJ_uL900qEYMhtQQ-QSRRffecl/s400/pondi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>The design here is Minimalist with areas designated for different purposes. Here is the space for praying with <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">'The Mother's'</a> and <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/sriauro.htm">Sri Aurobindo's </a>photographs with a votive candle burning in the centre and his work space.</span><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166322992103706418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDo6KTAOxvoiLWyTQK-MaGIdXupHTWA8tDxtsM_viPL0t5Lx4Pvf04SAKIpUz4yTYds4pN105patVbIPFwPWdDBHXKHecmke91wwH7_u6SUzkuNf2dsyBvs7MDl38N5L_bSX_28wlbEy_L/s400/pondi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A house designed by French architect <a href="http://www.auroville.org/thecity/architecture/arch_roger_anger_house.htm">Roger Anger </a>for Christine Devin & her husband in 1976 in a design resembling toadstool shapes.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166322996398673730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJPbdY9_enXIQpg7Y3jPyMLmzAXoP8BNRcxpmjmGjgJ8JqK_2G-wyJ3o5mp5nenqEIJ0xkD4aDCG7Q0wuf4JEFOt-DNXrwDxCrFGhF_tjylECWAO_S_ltePx3JQS0ApwrnwaXhn1Et420/s400/pondi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Beautifully designed circular bedroom with movable slats to adjust light & air flow. <em>Love the red-oxide smooth flooring and a simple portrait of the Mother on the wall.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166323000693641042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXwlPzbfrIJpOW85XVV8LhPLfJri1D4jYKG4gEnM0IM_JyVBPHNfUQXyTR-Rhtmm-l5SjT3eFuamYhPhDRugqmcGqVwmcWnlfcj-K-u6rJxd4CC2x3vZ-hmqDUlzudV5LWT-Iv7fm9OOR/s400/pondi9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>Locally made paper lantern and couple of floor cushions & wooden chest adorn the dining area. <em>I absolutely love the shape of the windows ( reminds me of railway train windows:-)</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />The township at Auroville is heaven for architects from India & abroad trying to create something different, something new. You can read more about the various styles of architecture in Auroville <a href="http://www.auroville.org/thecity/architecture.htm">here</a>.<br /><br /><em>(images from Indian Interiors- Taschen & Auroville.org)</em></span></div></div></div>

Auroville, Pondicherry

First, a big thanks to Masala Chai for the "You make my day" Award. I really appreciate it and also the post on 'The Dune'...

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