Ready to cosy up your house this Fall? Boston-based interior designer Vani Sayeed joined me to share her love of art, textiles and design in this landmark Episode 75! Hear how Vani followed her doctor husband from India to the midwest, then San Francisco and finally to Boston, and managed to break into a notoriously closed industry in all these places as both an employee and independent designer. How did this JJ School of Arts trained designer keep going despite being an outsider? What’s the secret to creating layered, welcoming rooms? And the best places to eat and shop in Hyderabad?
Listen below or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!
SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 75:
Find Vani and her studio on instagram and her website
BOOKS:
Haute Bohemians by Miguel Flores-Vianna
John Kerry's memoir on audio Every Day is Extra
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Perfect Bath by Barbara Sallick
A Sense of Place: Houses on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod by Mark A. Hutker and Marc Kristal
Homer’s Odyssey on Audio
Wonderland by designer Summer Thornton
Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad by Karen Isaksen Leonard
HYDERABAD TIPS:
Designer Anand Kabra
Hand block prints by Sharmila Taneja on Facebook
Zardozi specialist Deena Azam on instagram
Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !
Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
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