Interview with Arundhati Subodh Sathe
Arundhati Sathe a young interior designer Alumni of LAD college running her own firm Callista Interiors, Nagpur from last 5 years.
Designer Interview
14 April 2014
I believe it’s genetic my Father use to design teakwood furniture and had a workshop and from childhood I had a habit of arranging and rearranging things like toys, furniture etc every other day in my house. Whenever I use to go to others place I use to always wonder and see how they can arrange their furniture or other things in their house in a better way. Seeing my interest my parents encouraged me to peruse my passion and take a professional degree, so I took my degree in Interior designing from LAD College Nagpur. It’s truly said if your interest becomes your profession you can give your best and I am lucky that my passion had become my profession
Callista Interiors has successfully completed 5 years, and I have done many National and International projects like Residential, Corporate houses, Set designing etc and today I am really excited to win such a prestigious award A’ Design Award , which has added a new feather in my cap. I believe sky is the limit and I am sure there are many milestones to be created.
Design is a planning with an aesthetic sense and designer is a planner. Functional planning, conceptual thought and a war between the material and its durability which i experienced every day.
Design a space and playing it in 3dimensional functional space is a definitely a challenge. to support and complete it with furniture is much more challenging. I like to do a complete design to implementation work.
Pratone chair, it’s a chair but doesn’t look like a chair! It looks as if a piece of huge lawn is kept.
Not specific because as a designer you cannot restrict yourself to one material , but yes I like natural wood since it has a long life, is a traditional material and one can create anything from it.
Best times are the few minutes i get lying on the bed before going to sleep… my brain starts working there, then I dream of it and next morning I start working on it in detail.
As a designer I always start thinking on the functional and then the aesthetic aspect.
Every design has some or the other emotions attached to it, but I go crazy when a design stuck in my mind, but it became difficult when i need to compromise on it.
Mixed emotions, At first, very happy and excited but next moment onwards my eyes started looking for the space as a critic.
A successful design for me is when the need and the goal meet and my client and me are equally satisfied.
Is it Functional? Will this be technically correct? Is the design balanced in all perspective? These are the basic aspects I always look in any design.
Everyone has a duty and responsibility for a better environment and society. A designer’s responsibility is to not only make things beautiful but to make things sustain longer and better.
Awareness of design in the mass is creating challenge for designer. Every day it is evolving with new trend and technology. There is a constant friction between design and technology, which takes the world at a new height.
Inspiration comes from anywhere; I get inspiration from day to day life. I believe inspiration doesn’t come to you but you have to find inspiration to do better and upgrade yourself.
I would describe myself as a modern designer with traditional approach.
India is a country full of different culture, tradition and religion, and I feel blessed to be an Indian as I can not only see but experience the diversity. Their are always two sides of the coin and I always try to see the positive and like to grow with it.
My approach is very simple; I have worked with all types of companies- big corporate houses to retail shops. I try to understand the client and their needs and the most important thing their budget and then try to balance the need and the goal to have a win-win situation.
Believe your designer as a Doctor. Judge a designer by his / her quality.
I try to create options for a particular design and working in tandem with the client and their requirement I try to work on mutual consent.
Apple’s I mac, bookshelf, my bracelet , and a puzzle ( which I play every time)
Being a designer I don’t have a set routine, sometime I work late in the night and sometimes while sleeping any design clicks in my mind I wake and start working on it. apart from work, site visit, meetings etc , I spend time with my family, daily chores of my kids etc but my favourite time is dinner time when my family and I sit on the table together and discuss the our day and enjoy our dinner together.
Keep experimenting, take risk and dare to dream
Positive being creative, trying new things and keeping the excitement alive, negative being creative, trying new things and annoying people with your creative push.
Creativity cannot be confined with rules. According to me creativity dies if restricted with rules. So the golden rule to break all the rules and just explore
Good observer is the first skill any designer should have and then analysis, and then a futuristic approach towards a design.
A piece of paper to make models and cad programs
I just forget the world around me, until I create a design, which satisfies me.
Depend on the design I am working for.
In how many days the project will complete? And what is the budget?
All the work I did, because it not only helped me to grow professionally but personally too.
Mostly business man, and event companies
Research based design I like the most because it makes you experience what I never lived.
Many plans and many dreams. It’s just a start, I have to go miles.
I have a team of designer under me, and the gravity of the work and design defines if I need to work individually or in a team.
Best way to call me or email me at arundhati@callistainteriors.in or call me on +919860416576