Jivi Sethi

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168175364253831074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0nORIAP1jiGoiPy_98Yvka5_k0zGLL8_Av9hK-rU0APO9Kr_kmVczHT9TQH0oqLnYKA00z12kXtuUPBYnev0F_OBRmIAe1CGsJACI2PNQ_QlbeyX_SmY-dXKLeLiTYExsVnKoyWv5N4r/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/AVvXsEjhzLGquB5y1_sJ6JlSms6bEE56u9l1V7JX4hHyP_6dvCVguGqN2LPF2Blme1-rTFStApYRD0U8ho7Dw3diQhCjfHGpI8eFrnut5l7PllrKdSRLcUS0cood3wEuNwylr1gxfSy0S6uzFY23/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/AVvXsEiSZNgFAsNy9wNFwquj5JTf0WZ_vLfcOxo4dsgKncQVv-5tATL78jv24kgWbaaklXiaiAHghUIqmKOdlyR-dgTGmaOFaOi8ChxpoqJb1eg75rjGnRiwlTKbnvIn2q7UuQ3A5_8wUpGOMGhM/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/AVvXsEjsqok6kuKcmUT_rCVjFoKbLaiE9LyhoL0Sgi8WHIlAzqY5xpwoIbISY3BhuXwuQm3Q7RjU60OHPuW1PVGGw2cwRL__I24aBPN5f4kFxE8NEVzrPGhXZCffr4VgzflX_K2xKwLoYbySNiG4/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/AVvXsEgQWt8JY9YWP_eg58ZrHuccMrSn2Il5otoQBesqD4yDXRg53yEFsBCwFssIPzOpfGkGSfkVWPI1K3cYw0UmI0nv9ZzE5lWWyB9T6zYvY9JcOqApoY1xFI1k6sfQFkSaalrIKjVgwqpf0kv5/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/AVvXsEhbqx5PAYb9sH0z9w8f0_AYzInN1W68Sbsel8YHD_YLPJqRhClYQXNWpHF3XnGYfYn0YYwSzH6b0jyiN0K2Fy3PgtxDoksMGY_EepvUEUnQPZ79sPHxFYiLoMeSkmnjKXyRTNLN89b2Gdwz/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/AVvXsEivv7NMiU2So9Hy95uDTHHz9hbsROUzMtWV8sqbqyq9Pa_HzdOxXmHFWwLjJfFdHJSliDv2z7qtyUgRkoHVbl2JDNUIX-XdqBfDCLRx55dmCxUvYQBjlUkQR892WbBDpG4DyJr33PUqbyOP/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/AVvXsEilHDx4_uWlfQgZxBYa4Fo1IpZQC4F-ptlcu9rSpbMOUwNzsbquYDq91NZUi0Pb5Wgy7QZ7uyvhGZugQ8dpb-AYDbAn_8J3-k2D7bEAHDyz0Q4Rij-R8Smkq4A8WfTKxU08vq2EEd8tb7pd/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/AVvXsEgNJgcjgrFvVfsOvKvuFHyNEZJUcQ8vzpCdAgDitvnTL_NPBqwAeM3O2hZoNoISRtWNOY8EzgLhMAuDI4hVPv8dNgaAi9w36CiqsE3o7oUbktm0phKDC05MVo2djd6VNI7TpDu3qpPSC1Lc/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/AVvXsEhfJ1-U18b17Gh_y4e9X-JdRd1D_qw6Z4e0TPxBEW0ZsbAGG3EgPgngRz8NOXRC1iYPzx2VF4xy12_OoqnPLgwv4THPQWHtL9obb8JQgUyayvqstMs_CyVPwKddbCjlZACMlxNUyh9Klfzu/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/AVvXsEi7rvWUxvN2Zg6CCAcYAWra_5kLvM3n87R8o6z57SLgZzLTvBe2hU3QjCvMa6Quj20fnI5bI4VLu99H4h4dIzZ6aR4IP-ZTiE0ZE6keGPk47FAa70NbyzUrlCn5sPetCzMLkDDOlkhW0nbc/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/AVvXsEhgJQ11TlpzlIR3PSKeDgm5ijpoYrIctZzkgVdxNgC7sFLrWKjXHcWo9iqGAd8BS7vXnpc_86dfMii9Jww6n1hJJmzlstvdgQVJG5DDAGyLk5xs67excS1Uk9aKKzD0kUqW4ygSDgZsoJLt/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/AVvXsEiIHIc528GuVPgk2f4u_XyLver_z8qAxKLnAeN5I4TgTF8pTKbl9EhxhUmW7y8vUAJ-Noe4q8UMNK2CONjml6iBCgPvISZN7cFWHVazzWOTvUPShNiUKPmXq9uLmKr5lwML7EzRXBefjZ6u/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/AVvXsEiNyrN49veNXU6nh3zAX2pw4OjrHVURh9Bmnq4t88t9jrZ6u2MkFOspdeVR6OzUSBteTTUpU8qGFDNHMbqdmbw6AiUfCl2LGIFYU-J_m95DqhcwG-qgikUlDf22b-hfEYF2OUkdoowDd30v/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/AVvXsEiNyrN49veNXU6nh3zAX2pw4OjrHVURh9Bmnq4t88t9jrZ6u2MkFOspdeVR6OzUSBteTTUpU8qGFDNHMbqdmbw6AiUfCl2LGIFYU-J_m95DqhcwG-qgikUlDf22b-hfEYF2OUkdoowDd30v/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/AVvXsEjjrUTPUKz6lB3iZI9kYTsg0zLYXz0VxYxpujZJWgCL4o4LVoj00d4Bf6Eco7FSCN3YG9AAB2nsX07FjRNpWeoOZKJZs_E7xYgUyutA08NNkOBCm5fN2dkC-Vcs4v6tzIm5RavZDazDzvpm/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/AVvXsEgABdB2r4B4zEZTuvBMDlX_y21Dp2-dr4EmYQOBB8tIfC7UeNrEwjumW2FRd34LeamiwS4uOH_nIMNJmDV1HhHTQ-ozf1ZMZ-fPPHE1IGTE2UF5eeGnnh3QqB01vFLn6ApydK5RGTmChwTj/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/AVvXsEhSnp2hcUs9jwoxfJJDFC0IbGtkndvC4GSguofTQcR3aFLwGzcAXaBa-hKE8qOCMs64qmLzg0CCnEzPDPaqFpuZuz_FzxiaoSloMe9ldSkrOk6QiISG8TwoadMvxpRg8RqrcLMt9Z_WB-iy/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/AVvXsEihAiTKh7bouB_qFZH6K4-tbjDtgkVSsHcn67V4drgDfzsliHU-yc4Q8wRs5_UJiSub5wu7Z3Yn_23GS_vw3MFGrCJgmf9M4JsdAc5DiZ1QNO9oL5wmkSmp4m8M7cFUpshQ8S6tPmayRxxX/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/AVvXsEjiEV-SEVbLnj4by-fIjyfokdQFUbmjOCmK5QD3Q5o1xbQ6cHfFA7qyWrCYQFt0Lsh4PxpTE6KKAtNkxjvsUyeMLgVQRQ9gbwua9PRDkFolbwBlOSl7Ef-hHNvtTcMDQhsNdg9PFdBtlgck/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/AVvXsEh4Z8-tJHKte_qAw4AKf7H2fBF_q-aYmFA96DhY-M_O1I-iSX-17PdiuN7ei5bFcDHuoCED9qL9bc2nTQbtIpwxoSvORvF9D4BRDtQhDP_v19X4nePMnhYLny1gG2xNcvOfAi9KWUXXqNvV/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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