Design Practice: Shalini Misra Design
Location: London, Milan, New York, Delhi and Dubai
Shalini Misra, an internationally celebrated interior architect, designer and property developer, has shaped exceptional spaces for over two decades. Her design studio, with offices in London, Milan, New York, Delhi and Dubai, is dedicated to creating elegant, timeless and finely crafted interiors.
Often collaborating with artists and galleries to curate bespoke collections, in 2022 Shalini launched Curio, the global platform for extraordinary art, craft and design. In 2024, she announced the inaugural Shakti Design Residency, a first-of-its-kind initiative that builds bridges between Indian artisanship and the global design world.
Shalini earned her architecture degree from the Delhi School of Architecture and Planning in India and further honed her expertise in Urban Planning at the University of Columbia in New York. Her enthusiasm for new technology led her to explore Virtual Reality in Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London.
The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Shalini is an active contributor to her field. She serves on the advisory board at KLC School of Design and plays an integral role on Tate’s South Asian Acquisition Committee. Committed to philanthropy, Shalini is a trustee and mentor for the Vahani Scholarship Trust.
My interest in shaping livable spaces goes back to early childhood. At home in India I would craft Gharaunda for Diwali - small earthenware houses lit up from the inside with candles. Taking this clay and shaping it into an architectural structure captured my imagination and I went on to earn an architecture degree in Delhi before Urban Planning at the University of Columbia in New York. Many of the design principles I studied then still underpin my work today.
Much of my work is rooted in the relationship between space and the way it makes those who occupy it feel, often informed by Vatsu-Purusha and Wabi-Sabi. Every project the practice completes has a sense of identity that makes a difference to the way a client feels, and is specific to that client. A belief in exceptional craftsmanship and the value of the human hand also runs through everything we do.
The Shalini Misra Design team is known for its sharp curatorial eye and adeptness in commissioning and curating museum quality collections of art and design for clients all around the world. This, coupled with the studio's uncompromising dedication to fine craftsmanship and bespoke detailing, is something that has earned us a diverse portfolio of returning clients, many of whom entrust the practice with multiple properties over the course of many years.
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