In a world of shifting aesthetics, evolving identities, and personal expression, interior design transcends conventional form and function. Instead, it embraces fearlessness, exploration, and the courage to challenge familiar ideas. Therefore, TAD presents GEN BOLD, capturing the evolving pulse of India’s interior design landscape. More than a celebration, this collection makes a statement about creativity, courage, and unapologetic self-expression. It celebrates designers who challenge trends, rewrite conventions, and express their voices through material, space, and story.
However, boldness takes many forms, extending beyond loud, extravagant, and maximal expressions. Sometimes, it emerges through quieter, deliberate choices that communicate profoundly without demanding attention. Moreover, these designers demonstrate boldness through diverse approaches, rooted equally in experimentation and intention. Some revive Indian crafts within contemporary spaces, while others explore technology to redefine possibilities.
Meanwhile, others confront climate-conscious challenges and amplify underrepresented voices through thoughtful spatial interventions. Together, their practices reveal boldness as both a professional pursuit and a deeply personal journey. Their stories reflect moments of doubt, disruption, transformation, and ultimately, the courage to move forward. Furthermore, this collection mirrors the moment shaping India’s rapidly evolving interior design landscape.Today, India’s interior design scene is confidently occupying space on the national stage.
Consequently, a new generation is bridging heritage and futurism, connecting the past with emerging possibilities. Their work creates richly textured environments that feel contemporary, contextual, and deeply human. As you turn these pages, we invite you to encounter boldness beyond visual aesthetics. Instead, consider it a mindset shaped by curiosity, conviction, experimentation, and the courage to evolve.
As a way of thinking, living, and designing with intent. To question, to experiment, to design spaces that hold space for what matters. It challenges us to create spaces not just for style, but for the soul. Spaces that breathe with those who inhabit them. Spaces that hold space for identity, sustainability, joy, and above all, a sense of belonging. The future is not waiting. It’s already here, and it looks brilliantly bold. This is GEN BOLD.
What started as a personal project during the pandemic soon became the beginning of a new chapter for Sunayana Rao. After eight years in finance, remodelling her own Dubai apartment sparked a series of design requests that eventually led her to leave her corporate career and establish Soul Space Design Studio. Today, her practice works across Dubai and India, bringing a contemporary sensibility to highly personalised interiors.
At an Arabian Ranches residence, the studio took on the challenge of creating richness without relying on colour or excess. Expressive marble, deep-toned veneers, textured wallpapers and bespoke furniture came together to create a layered, understated home. A quiet experiment in restraint, the project reflects a boldness rooted in precision and materiality.
A home takes shape through the people who inhabit it, and that is where Zoish Contractor begins. Architect, Interior Designer at Architect Hafeez Contractor, Zoish approaches interiors through conversations, memories, objects and the many small details that make a home personal. Her background in architecture, art and digital fabrication has also shaped her interest in bringing materials, craft and technology into the design process.
Rather than starting with a fixed visual direction, she allows ideas to shift as the project takes shape, often working with existing furniture, art and objects along the way. It is an approach that leaves room for discovery, allowing each interior to develop naturally and feel genuinely lived in. For Zoish, the process is as important as the finished space, with every decision evolving through an ongoing exchange between client, designer and maker.
Ayesha Kansal’s design journey has taken her from London to Paris and Hyderabad, shaping a practice that looks closely at people, place and purpose. As the Principal Designer of Art of Space Studio, she lets each project develop its own character through a thoughtful mix of craft, material and detail. For Quiet Courtyard, the bold move came from placing Indian craft at the heart of the home.
Built around a central courtyard, the farmhouse brings together Kota stone, cane, bamboo, wicker and banana paper with arches, curved walls and vintage pieces. The home also brings in antiques and objects collected from different places, giving the interiors a sense of having grown over time. The result feels warm and connected to its surroundings. It is a reminder that bold design can come from embracing where we come from and giving familiar materials a fresh expression.
Comfort sits at the heart of AH Design Studio’s work. Founded in Mumbai by Ankita Ramavat and Hiral Shah, the studio has spent the last decade creating homes around the people who live in them and the way they experience everyday life. Their process begins with conversations, understanding family routines, habits, needs and the little things that make a house feel personal.
This approach can be seen across projects such as Satori House and Sanctum House, where warm materials, natural light and thoughtful planning come together to create spaces that feel easy and welcoming. The studio’s design choices are guided by the belief that a home should grow from the life within it. It is this simple shift in thinking that gives their work its character. The spaces feel comfortable, personal and considered, with room to grow.
Agavi Vora Design Studio believes every home has its own story to tell. Founded in Mumbai by Agavi Vora, the studio allows each project to develop around the people who live there, the setting and the way they experience their home. This approach comes through in House of Weaves, a 2,100 sq ft Mumbai apartment designed for three generations of a family rooted in textile manufacturing. Instead of using textiles as decoration, the studio looked at the processes behind them, bringing weaving, stitching, layering and pleating into the architecture, interiors and furniture.
Fluted surfaces, brass inlays and stitched details quietly reference textile-making, while local artisans and Indian makers helped bring the idea to life. For Agavi, boldness lies in turning a family legacy into something that can be experienced every day. The result is a contemporary home where craft, memory and everyday living come together naturally.
Meghana Nimmagadda brings together stories, emotions and everyday experiences in the work of Designtales, the Hyderabad-based studio she founded. With a background in engineering and design, she brings both structure and intuition to her process, often starting with a feeling or even a poem before working through the practical needs of a space.
This way of thinking found expression in The Flowing Alcove, a 6,500 sq ft residence in Hyderabad where light, shadow and movement became important parts of the design. Sculpted ceiling niches, curved forms and layered textures allow the home to change character through the day, creating small moments of discovery across the spaces. Boldness, for Meghana, comes from bringing emotion into the practical side of design, and letting both shape the experience of a home. The project reflects her belief that a home should do more than function well or look beautiful.
Hormuzd Katrak believes the best homes begin with the people who live in them. As the Principal Architect of Studio Homzstead, his Mumbai-based practice takes time to understand everyday routines, family dynamics and the ways people gather, work and unwind before shaping the design. This approach allows each home to develop its own identity, with calm proportions, natural materials and understated detailing forming a considered base.
The studio’s work is less about following one visual language and more about responding to what each client actually needs. This thinking comes through in its residential projects, where spaces are designed to feel warm, functional and easy to live in. The boldness lies in keeping the person, rather than the aesthetic, at the centre of the design process. For Studio Homzstead, a home is truly measured by how it feels over time.
Priya Doon, founder of The Picturesque Studio, has spent more than a decade creating interiors, with over 200 projects shaping her experience along the way. Yet, her work continues to leave room for every home to develop its own character. Her process begins by understanding the people behind the project, their routines, personalities, aspirations and the way they want to live.
From there, each space finds its own balance of form, material, light and detail. Rich materials, bold forms and quieter elements come together differently across her work, giving every interior a distinct identity. The boldness lies in allowing each project to become its own, rather than fitting it into a familiar mould. For Priya, a successful interior goes beyond making an impression on the first visit. It is about creating spaces that people connect with.
Palak and Pratik Vasant founded P.ine Studio with an approach rooted in proportion, material and craft, allowing every project to develop around its own context. Their philosophy of Sūnya, a point of origin and possibility, gives the design process room to evolve with each brief. House of Grasslands reflects this thinking through a warm, tactile interior shaped by curved walls, microconcrete surfaces, sculptural ceiling details and soft forms.
The same language carries through the furniture and lighting, bringing a sense of continuity across the home. The project became an exploration of softness, with rounded forms and tactile materials shaping everything from the architecture to the finer details. The result is a home that feels calm and expressive, while showing how one clear design idea can guide an entire space.
Manvinder Sodhi’s approach at Bonita Casa begins with a simple idea: a home should work around the people who live in it. The practice creates spaces that balance proportion, warmth and functionality, while its in-house process allows the team to stay involved from the first idea to the final detail. Bonita Casa adds an inherent layer of luxury by focusing on interiors that works functionally and evolve with their users and continue to feel relevant over time.
This thinking comes through in the studio’s modern Indian sensibility, where thoughtful design, tailored details and a sense of ease come together naturally. The studio’s work finds its boldness in creating spaces that feel refined while leaving room for real life to unfold. The result is personal, comfortable and made to become part of everyday living. For Bonita Casa, bold design is also about giving a home the freedom to evolve.
Mehak Kapoor took her first bold step at 24, when she started Istaka in a new city without an established network. Today, the studio works across residential, hospitality and commercial spaces, allowing each project to bring a new opportunity to explore. Mille, a 1,200 sq ft dessert bar in Hyderabad, is one such example, transforming from a relaxed café by day into a dessert theatre by night. The interiors bring together patterned flooring, textured walls, liquid metal, Scarlet Beige marble and theatrical lighting to support both moods.
Every element adds to the experience without taking attention away from the desserts and live presentations. The lighting and material palette also help the space shift naturally between its daytime and evening moods. For Mehak, bold design comes from creating spaces with a strong identity while knowing when the design needs to step back. The project shows how a small footprint can still hold a big idea. The result is a space that feels memorable.
Priyamvadha Mohan and Praveen Sundar began Rhapsody Design Studio in Chennai with a clear interest in creating interiors that leave a lasting impression. Their work brings together sculptural curves, unexpected textures, rich materials and expressive details, giving everyday spaces a sense of character. Muted Muse at Brigade Residences reflects this approach through a layered palette where velvet meets raw textures, stone meets softer elements, and bold forms create moments of intrigue.
The design feels expressive without losing its sense of comfort, allowing each material and detail to play its part. For Rhapsody, the process goes beyond creating an interesting concept. The studio stays closely involved through the technical challenges of execution, ensuring the original idea remains intact from drawing to final space.
Dipeeka Kulkarni and Shardul Sharma founded Necointerio in 2017, building their Pune-based practice around a simple belief in purposeful minimalism. Across more than 50 residential and commercial projects, the studio has explored how clean lines, honest materials and natural light can create spaces that feel calm without feeling bare.
Their approach gives equal importance to function and the people who inhabit the space, allowing each project to feel personal rather than overly designed. With work across Pune and Maharashtra, Necointerio continues to find new ways of making minimalism feel warm, practical and lived-in. For Dipeeka and Shardul, boldness lies in restraint, knowing what to leave out so the details that matter can speak. The result is a design language that feels clear, considered and quietly confident.
Devansshi Shrof of Ikshhana Design Studio that began as an independent practice in 2023, growing into a multidisciplinary studio working across architecture, interiors and furniture design. Its approach brings together time-tested design principles with the changing needs of contemporary life, allowing tradition and modern living to sit comfortably together.
This approach is reflected in Samanvay, a Juhu Beach apartment that reimagines a compact home through a sense of softness, openness and ease. Working within the existing footprint, the design looks at how proportion, materiality, colour and form can influence the experience of a space. The project reflects the studio’s belief that design can find new possibilities within existing constraints, creating homes that feel personal, functional and relevant to contemporary life.
Swathy Sivaraman’s Storeyboard Design, Bengaluru, brings together architecture, interiors, craftsmanship and execution under one roof, with a strong focus on seeing ideas through from the first drawing to the final detail. Its work is rooted in Indian craftsmanship, material richness and thoughtful maximalism, where every element has a reason to be there.
Rather than treating execution as a separate stage, the studio remains closely involved throughout the process, working with artisans, consultants and craftsmen to maintain the design intent. With a Master’s in Sustainability Management from HES, Harvard University, Swathy sees sustainability beyond eco-friendly materials – as an invisible process woven into every design decision. For Swathy, boldness comes from bringing culture, craftsmanship and contemporary thinking together, then having the discipline to carry that idea all the way through. The result is a practice where design feels expressive and rooted in its own identity.
Shraddhanjali Chowdhury’s approach at ESSE Designs is rooted in paying attention to the details that shape how a space is experienced. The Bengaluru-based practice looks closely at light, materiality, proportion, objects and the relationship between spaces, allowing each project to develop its own character. Rather than working with a fixed aesthetic, the studio builds its design language around the people, context and purpose of each project.
For ESSE, these smaller decisions are what give a space its identity. A shift in texture, the proportion of a piece of furniture, the way light falls across a surface or an unexpected detail can change the mood of an entire room. The practice brings these elements together with a strong sense of balance, creating spaces that feel distinctive without being overworked. For Shraddhanjali, boldness lies in giving every detail a purpose and allowing the overall design to grow from it. Her approach is thoughtful and layered, with craft, curiosity and dialogue shaping the work.
Abhay Sreekant, founder of Bengaluru-based Design Datum, approaches every project with a clear reference point, or datum, guided by the client’s needs and way of life. The boldness lies in rethinking what already exists and finding new possibilities within it.
This is evident in a 4,800 sq ft multigenerational home in Jayanagar, where a 1990s residence was transformed without losing its original character. The load-bearing arches were carefully reworked, while marble, wood and onyx introduced a contemporary material palette. His approach shows that good design can honour the past while making it relevant today.
Tharun Mahesh, founder of Bengaluru-based Studio Goodu, believes that a good home begins to feel right when it reflects the people who live in it. Rather than following a fixed design language, the studio considers the people, the site and the way a space will be used before shaping the design. Every project is therefore allowed to develop its own character, guided by the needs and personalities of its occupants.
Arta Villa, a 9,500 sq ft residence in Bengaluru, brings this approach together through natural materials, varied textures, colour and carefully considered details. The boldness lies in allowing each project to take its own path, even when that means stepping away from a familiar formula.
Bhumika Redkar, founder of Mumbai-based BRS Design Co., has built a practice around creating spaces that feel deeply personal, engaging and comfortable. With a background in finance and over a decade of experience in interior design, she brings a thoughtful, client-focused approach to every project. Founded in 2021, the studio works across homes and workplaces, shaping each project through close collaboration with its clients.
The boldness lies in making every space feel distinctly its own, rather than following a fixed design formula. BRS Design Co. combines meticulous detailing, versatile material sourcing, landscaping and end-to-end design services to create cohesive environments. Redkar believes that good design should do more than look beautiful, it should inspire, refresh and support everyday life. Through transparency and a hands-on process, the studio turns individual aspirations into meaningful, functional spaces.
Pradyumna Rao and Mridhula Chandramohan, founders of Samsara Architecture, believe that place shapes how spaces are experienced. Moreover, the studio works across architecture, interiors, products, and larger interventions, responding thoughtfully to diverse scales. Instead, each project begins by listening closely to both people and their surrounding context. Consequently, every design evolves from its unique setting rather than following a predetermined visual language.
Ultimately, Samsara Architecture creates spaces that establish meaningful connections between people, place, and experience. Consequently, each project develops its own identity through natural materials, craft, light, and landscape. Moreover, these elements become enduring threads, thoughtfully shaping spaces that respond to their surroundings. Meanwhile, the studio embraces boldness by working across scales and exploring new possibilities for meaningful design.
GEN BOLD is an invitation to look beyond the surface of contemporary interior design and recognise the ideas shaping its future. Here, boldness is not defined by scale, spectacle, or excess, but by the conviction to question, experiment, and evolve. Across diverse practices, designers are creating spaces that honour heritage while embracing new possibilities, responding thoughtfully to people, place, and planet. Their work reminds us that meaningful design begins with intention and grows through curiosity. As boundaries continue to shift, GEN BOLD celebrates those willing to challenge conventions, embrace individuality, and shape spaces that feel distinctly, unapologetically their own.
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