About the studio
An approach built on everyday use.
01Approach
A home should suit the people in it, not only the photograph.
Aditi Gupta is an interior design studio for homes. The work starts from how a household actually lives: who cooks and when, where the laundry dries, which corner gets the evening light, how many people sit down to dinner on an ordinary night.
From there the studio looks at proportion, materials, colour and lighting as one set of decisions. A sofa that is a few centimetres too deep, or a lamp that throws glare on a television, will undo a careful palette. Personal taste matters too, and the aim is a home that looks like its owners rather than a catalogue.
02Materials & space
Surface, light and proportion.
Surfaces closest to the body, such as worktops, handrails, upholstery and bedlinen, shape how a home feels more than wall colour does. Timber grain, stone veining and fabric texture also change through the day as daylight moves, so samples are best judged in the room where they will live, in morning and evening light.
Space is treated with the same care. Circulation, sightlines and furniture scale are tested against measured drawings, and lighting is planned in layers so that reading, cooking and relaxing each get the light they need. The journal goes into these subjects in more depth.
03Working method
Three habits that shape the work.
Plan before finishes
Walking routes, door swings, storage depth and furniture sizes are settled on paper first. A good plan makes ordinary materials look right; a weak plan cannot be rescued by expensive ones.
Choose for use
A worktop, a sofa fabric and a bathroom floor face different wear. Each material is judged by where it will be used, how it is cleaned and what happens when it is scratched or stained.
Resolve the details early
Switch positions, curtain pockets, tile cuts and the junction between two materials are drawn before work starts, because they are hard to fix once the walls are finished.
To see how a project is structured, read about the areas of work and process, or look at the portfolio.