Living Interiors

As most interior design magazines show spaces without humans in them they have a tendency to lack scale and warmth. One rarely gets a sense of how that space might be when used. They are homes many times not furniture showrooms and need to be comfortable and SEXY...Heres a few images of model Zyshan in Zain Mustafa's residence...

Inside Outside Magazine (India) July 2012

Zain Mustafa's Karachi residence gets Inside Outside (India) July 2012 cover and a giant spread inside too!

Zain Mustafa's Karachi Residence

Zain Mustafa moved into his childhood home summer 2011. It was designed by Aqeel Bilgrami in 1975. Bilgrami's first house. After 26 odd years ZM is back in it. The space has been re imagined to suit the designers present hectic lifestyle needs. It is the most experimental and whimsical of all his homes so far.

IVSAA Interior Design Thesis jury 2011 (semester's professor: me)

November 23, 2011 saw the culmination of 4 months of advising for this passionate, devoted, design work produced by 5 graduating interior design students. It was a hugely successful day with enormous bodies of work shown. A diverse set of projects, super concepts, an impressive presentation and an excellent jury. 


The external jurors who kindly took the day out to spend with us were: Naheed Mashooqullah, Tariq Alexander Qaiser and Omar Kasmani. Thanks to all of them for very vibrant, engaging, supportive, constructive and educational discussions with all the students.


Wishing this batch all the best as they spread their wings and fly into their future careers.