India Mahdavi
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India Mahdavi
India Mahdavi is an architect and designer born in Tehran, Iran in 1962. With a Persian father and Egyptian-English mother, she lived in Germany, France and the US growing up and now resides in Paris, France. Her work is characterized my minimalist plays with color. She is known mostly for private commissions of internal spaces and furniture design, with notable projects including the Hotel du Cloitre in Arles, Coburg Bar at London's Connaught Hotel, Monte Carlo Beach in Monaco, Rivington Hotel in Manhattan, and Townhouse Hotel in Miami.[1]
Biography
Mahdavi was born in 1962 in Tehran, Iran to a Persian father and an Egyptian-English mother. She studied architecture at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, France and earned her Architect Diploma DPLG in 1987. Following her degree award, she moved to New York City In 1989. There, she studied graphic, furniture and industrial design at the School of Visual Arts, Parsons and Cooper Union, respectively. In 1990, she returned to Paris, France where she has lived since.[2] She began working for Christian Liaigre In 1999, Mahdavi founded her company, imh interiors.[3]
Mahdavi began working for Christian Liaigre in 1990, where she would become the Art Director. She opened a Paris showroom in 2003.
Design Style
Mahdavi's work is a mixture of elegance and cartoonish color. She credits her heritage, worldly upbringing and design study to her notable design style. "You can't pin it down to a specific influence or reference," said Yann Le Coadic, "...Every detail of a space India designs is thought out to the millimeter, and yet the overall impression is very uncontrived. India focuses on how a space will be lived and not what visual impression it will make."[4]
“I really think of myself like the French word metissage (meaning the cultural mix of society),” says India. “I am a pure product of the Middle East product –at least by blood – but I actually got to know my homeland much later.” To know where I belong very late in life made it more emotional for me. It was like ‘what did I miss out on’ and ‘how can I integrate these elements into my life today.’”[5]
Gallery Restaurant at Sketch
The Gallery Restaurant at Sketch is a popular London, England restaurant known for its interior design. Every few years, Mourad Mazouz, the restaurant’s owner, recruits an artist to design the space. Mahdavi was commissioned alongside artist David Shrigley in 2014. Mazouz said, “We had a meeting in London, and, after that, she sent me a plan with the pink, and I immediately said yes..Oof,” Mazouz said. “A month to find the pink. I didn’t tell her, but after a while I wanted to say, ‘Come on, pink is pink!’ ”[6]
Awards
- Architectural Digest's 2014 AD100 list
- AD Spain's AD Award 2014 [7]
References
- ^ "India Mahdavi Online Shop | Shop Design at Pamono". pamono.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Top Interior Designers | India Mahdavi – Best Interior Designers". www.bestinteriordesigners.eu. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "India Mahdavi - Hospitality Design: Next Gen". Hospitality Design: Next Gen. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ Lane, Mallery (2000-10-26). "Born in Iran, Trained in France, Sought in America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "India Mahdavi: A Nomadic Wonderland". Harper's BAZAAR Arabia. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "India Mahdavi, Virtuoso of Color". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ https://plus.google.com/+JoelBondoux. "sketch - Gallery". sketch.london. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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