Photography

In addition to being an advocate for design, I experiment with analog photography.

 

My favorite muse

Always finding news ways to look at the ordinary

Always finding news ways to look at the ordinary

I love documenting my life in pictures. I’m currently working on the 'Home Documentation Project'- a personal endeavor to document my 75-year-old family home in Pune, India. Check out my Instagram page to see more!

Things that pop out. I love the colored glasses in this house! Here you see 4 beautiful bottle green panes. Notice the bottom left one. The pattern doesn't match the others. Love the imperfection here. #wabisabi #imperfect #home #homedocumentation
Things that pop-out. This house is growing! This happens often, especially in older constructions. The soil used has seeds in it that somehow stay 'alive'. With enough water and sunlight, you get these plants rooted in places like balconies. This li
Things that pop out. These roofs were re-done when we moved back home. Some clay tiles were replaced with glass one's to let in some natural sunlight. #home #homedocumentation #thehomedocumentationproject #pune #old #75years #tiles #roof
See how the railing ends? With another decorative beam head? What's with that? Such aesthetics. We don't design like anymore, do we? #home #homedocumentation #thehomedocumentationproject #pune #75years #old #antique
Here's another decorative piece. Is this non-functional? Any architects out there? I mean, 75 years ago, why would they pay attention to this detail that barely anyone would look up and see? I love how it looks though. #homedocumentation #thehomedo
Why does the beginning an end of a staircase have extra ornamentation in these old staircase railings? What do you think this resembles? I always wondered. Does this look like a person's head wearing some sort of funky antenna hat? #homedocumentati
 

Design writing

I occasionally jot down some thoughts about concepts I’m exploring, my design process, and insights or learnings. You can take a checkout my writing on my design blog or on Medium (@bhidechaitrali)