Jivi Sethi

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168175364253831074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0Ai103iskRq5G8nwxqbOS3z0QLjQLBUELdOvRAWNs8oJcb7k1vufJmReZewnHcRtG71LM7PGpA2XRQEsyHJa2ZzgNA58Hj74mFrxArA4yCBOJhGqc5RxVEqJqWviEKH3kgzBZYyN_vDM/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/AVvXsEihllqZ8GkWW6M7-QOlzjrrULCOqmGTnvuyuWySJCnfxw-dG9cfSb-lfNgtaA2aYdFMlTfxXcWu97bqATVyG6pRFfuJBv0gb6KZHS0dV-2zXFgIyT14oPS5mQC1gv69l9SAeSwFK0FA1_Gi/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/AVvXsEi-MW278aRU2OJd05NxbrcBGpG9w8EANifCrKl7VYlWjUsfg_M6LzORiOq2oCsh38-YtM6W468QUrcJkIYtXoFqncy9hP_Aqp7TQN1Y7hDXwwhfmlY2xKE761jhcrbPkUUOXA7dglfwH_sB/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/AVvXsEjMAI_R0ZU0uVsEyIS4A9eGJErfX_tDLcTe7CIevElTzcSpBqkHn5gVOTVX7MtcOxvi4ITVScj5_qpm6OooCta3XEhRgNcnyzO_JK1RZ2xousP8xUB4WBJmlm1Q1DOHyCue33Al-04HMzWt/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/AVvXsEhLQJSnyx4uBBHdsx8J-eUrmDDalL5lEdosZT4wzgoSKyC5FKQRF4BppgYc2Vvm01XuR2M-ZxSxSqbQ_g0zTdzJia4Dfcnx7wdr0DZNfgj2Ax-Hgujnr1tLfagIM-VjxrrziSXy1vhMGuMs/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/AVvXsEgYB56ISJSHncpafzxHUzQYJreUQHaY72eZA-X2Itls79BqytUMZznz3JcmUZNUmnwi8A22gJRO3TH9NmPNDPufzAh-TxRhy9XUqJh058PUn9MiddPSGlKcpbEm2-iq2rVkAWVcUANZWRQV/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/AVvXsEh1qpDuHTHY95RHYW_A-AAHEdvVQC2phvbAVqhdMzXnGXIvp5FPtbR3b7rd37KLJuUGtd2Xs6yTxIgrSXW-zu1c0zM_XGK4IxaobPu3O8_KgB1_M2vsjQbLOxuqQTy3_a_6wYXQedGYGSIn/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/AVvXsEhdfA4dWiOZ-Ic8Yqwnn-eGMLjPPLpX4Fdb4-sZZGNMiPhK2udOIddaqKy6QSwUSQHNqSS_ya4Ms6F_IyZorhFATOM8tPqge_U3Cm9YNd_2y_WwsXi6Hq_dTGUVerDVK3WymZtvaG96QJB1/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/AVvXsEhwXjGvFnzaSYnYnfl7TWHqpNiKy5fHfPewh50pFYdl3Pz3Ltc98_e_OXJFKjRym5LHB-0KJunhTiepsqG4-2pyiBuSpdOWo5JY_QF0C6g04tD9RR202gVC1Od6cCK8Keqxy4biUG8dFKae/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/AVvXsEgRHD5j5pHfJxS5Sa1yFdQtfU7UHvmETSLGsAGWqjF5phlysi2t6CG9gAIDSKpbhOg14pb3WLZO_Z7N0x9sHgSLm3ScqejiZQ2PSZHSoz62eF64IMUru40Yw0TE3Q-o7-oESxYqE5nHCva4/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/AVvXsEhgRlLgTbSYYZLbtJ8QQvSEu9zXrwFDZ-OWCcYxt14-PRs3v0m58JsfXsSnjkpamUTMm5E2QFRx_BEU4HQU2GLu44xawbCXdqx6Cl2yNC-AVSorbW1hCCp6fx3lbV6KjAQizDTDrR8Ztu2C/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/AVvXsEg2s17HjYOmg9wz55Yjf-JLAfCabDXcrG1kb793_9nz-PG73cMhRq3ZzM-6btFyL8-GzxzhyphenhyphenIy8fIbuRkU8OjgTmFyfbot7eR3nbSe_TDrIRIS4T6jbNw4czFI1lkVgBT5Rqd3mEkx8OZH8/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/AVvXsEg3GU_auAsalbMTxKW5r4wLAh1YOlvTgUimH3iDIuwNFdSHCjhe2Jn-29Wdt1WqBWxpm8_M6dY7SgR-ol6auwOjZn4a3Z3MuCLVSJR-PR0HhG5yULVELI9Rm2zu5XDRkxMIs-DTsLxEXYGB/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/AVvXsEh60Um1xMVwJWQYhg7E7mFeAK2dQK-XPSahmlBmgLC8zhHuezJo7nBuv8a5Nr-pfw6jjDgbyPR6XdnV6kNtRToYKWfqMt9LFBG_JqWVXGzkH4Q3jg5FbnrVoJvGr2hq7tPZGOkySzRKLrr0/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/AVvXsEh60Um1xMVwJWQYhg7E7mFeAK2dQK-XPSahmlBmgLC8zhHuezJo7nBuv8a5Nr-pfw6jjDgbyPR6XdnV6kNtRToYKWfqMt9LFBG_JqWVXGzkH4Q3jg5FbnrVoJvGr2hq7tPZGOkySzRKLrr0/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/AVvXsEifM_t7IgkZNhvdnzGDHORYWHTYqBFGbCuSuYT6N2qFZcMyP965pg7JyS26mjJtqxs48MSJV5vNtJ-3SKyveKpdmYkXeYOj2pmFkIGaWQ6cqNwDQPUsStC59QorN9qha0CwoSh8YQtxghpM/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/AVvXsEjlz_6oD6uD8-r1MlgJov980CiCZPln5Opg6vqDA-6eqOH4hOCtNEc0tw7xOsrMLdcIyw6H0FQLM-x-yYsP6UCpx4oyW9-ozz4PAaOua9QNgFRsNwj9QRVfhDb66mvGKx_UoDxqGx2pzfkP/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/AVvXsEh-qrl4prugSyP6hNW8WaF9Qao17J2NqlPBrGV3eI0cXKjNh1oXucsdIrQ3sHIFSHxpc-EV_492Z5uCis4EvQTygHCxIvT2Xy2HEKLnAcQVDLZxDkAOj62yt4EjvuTNR1lYU5SScbEIi8nf/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/AVvXsEhl-JmRiaO1yIHdUm6vd0zkzlYBnLtjXhcsIMoMlYCJ4y80O0-0FTPmwsFaeYACT3rJ4X-QkphSd0cRQHCzolftlN387m-6y9ecaozCTNaMZkcS15a6DWqhltEV_BvjfD3PsxHUaehYopkj/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/AVvXsEhlN-4fSrxUYUyrawKT6iaZVFFqC6xT2FJD-m1fqukVJo5ROJErWBjXRhahq2B9pDvQY1ejH5CAIBuXYFbIsJRkB_K24P-6kIbgxIF3NyEpNvICtjVYSu8oayLjeTjZF4NadCwtekrGFYE5/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/AVvXsEgCdMsJfd2H_pxn54-MIlQkcK84uJT9gsJCHqeYfIduIGkTADi2um2ZkHnwd1xWPBdu7iFn6JuydLMtR5eqelYCaLtjss3-NvtxMfLSLOirpkJF3Mlg1Ot8dzfYVn5wZwYuHkarjMXTXvSL/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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