Multiculturalism in a Microcosm- the home of Sunita Kohli displays a love for travel, a respect and appreciation for the belief systems of many faiths, an abiding love for Indian everyday objects and a passion for rocks and fossils. All the furniture has been designed and manufactured by Kohelika Kohli.
‘Ithaka’, a much loved poem about a mythical destination of the mind and the spirit, has always deeply resonated with me and my way of thinking about life, travelling and the research that informs my particular design philosophy and practice. A love of Cavafy’s poems began when I made the first of my sixty visits to Egypt, among them to many Egyptian cities that included Alexandria; and Cavafy was the “poet of the city”! I am familiar with the physical landscape of his poems - the Levant and the great Hellenic sites in Greece and the Anatolian coast of Turkey. I have always believed that travel expands one’s mindscape and adds to one’s design vocabulary'.

“My home is biographical, full of memories of people and places. Designed to be functional first and to house all that is precious to me". I have always believed in the greatness of India‘s everyday art. Our home reflects this, and conveys many more narratives.

One has always believed in kala. ‘Kala - Essays on Contemporary Design Aesthetics', is also the title of a recent coffee table-sized book, edited by me and is a compendium of essays, contributed by several eminent architectural and design practitioners and academicians. To quote, from the book, "India's design culture is a unique one. What the Western world refers to as a collective of art, Craft, architecture and design, is evocatively referred to by a singular term in the Indian context - Kala". I think our modest home showcases deeply Indian design concept. It is evocative of the five senses and the five elements.

"I am not a drop in the ocean.
I am the entire ocean in a drop."
Rumi.


House and Furniture designed by Kohelika Kohli
House Styled by Sunita Kohli