Taking our cue from these wise words by Lewis Carroll’s Alice, we explore the work of exceptional European illustrators from the late 19th and early 20th century. Many of the fascinating, fantastical illustrations by these artists can be seen in our upcoming StoryLTD auction of First Editions, Signed and Limited Edition Books.
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Book jackets and the illustrations on them are often portals to the unknown worlds contained between the pages. We take a look at some compelling covers from our upcoming online auction of First Editions, Signed and Limited Edition Books, which will take place on 25 – 26 June 2019 on StoryLTD.com.
Read more ›The Saffronart Team’s latest update on NIVIM Goa
New York: While being fundamentally connected to its site and location, Nivim Goa is built in a distinct contemporary tropical style. It offers a modern open plan layout where there is seamless interaction between the inside and outside.
Interior view of the main living area showing how the front wall opens to connect indoor space to outdoors
To blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor, the house is designed such that two walls in each room can completely open to make the rooms a part of the surrounding landscape. Each bedroom is designed like a pavilion in the garden with its own private verandahs and green space as well as large bathrooms that can only be built in the countryside with their own dedicated open space and open baths. The remainder of the site is designed with overlapping courtyards and gardens.
NIVIM Goa is built with tremendous love and that is evident in every small detail in the house. Anjali can talk at length about the big design concepts to smallest details like the choice of custom made wash basins and brass inlaid floors.
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* Please note that Nivim Goa is under-construction and the images on this blog show the work-in-progress and not final finished product.
The Saffronart Team on Art Storage
Mumbai: It is hard to imagine anyone not wanting to be surrounded by beautiful things. As one collects, or one’s preferences for art change, which may be temporary or permanent, one is always in a dilemma as to what is to be done with the art not on display in one’s home or office and also this that there may be limited storage space in one’s home suitable to store art. A lot of it may be hugely valuable in monetary terms while the rest simply of huge sentimental value.
Cramming one’s art into the spare cupboard or storing them on top of one’s closet is definitely not the answer! Here is how Saffronart can help you.
Common Storage Racks
Saffronart’s state-of-the-art storage facility, the only specialised art storage facility in South Mumbai, allows you to store your art in a secure, controlled environment.
THE FACILITY
Private Rooms
The Viewing Room
STORAGE SERVICES
All artworks are handled with discretion and sensitivity to client’s strict privacy requirements
The Saffronart Team goes back to when it all began…
New York: The design concept of Nivim Goa is to allow the user to reconnect with nature (reason to come to Goa) and to preserve the beauty of the site and its surroundings (hence preserving the reason to be in Goa).
Site photos before construction
The luxury country house achieves these goals by creating a home that is built around the site’s natural topography with emphasis on local climate, materials and building typology. The house’s architecture takes advantage of the site’s slope, existing trees, views and orientation.
One of the first site meetings before any construction activity
Before construction, the site had 14 fully mature trees. The design of the house incorporates these trees that include two jackfruit trees, one mango tree, two tamarind trees and one telful tree. Two trees in particular are located bang at the center of the site and look like they have been there for 100’s of years. One of them rises up almost 15 meters, or 5 stories.
Anjali says, “These trees have been here way longer than we have, we could not even conceive of removing them…they are instead now an integral part of the house design and lend it a special character that is hard to replicate.” She adds, “The new owners of the house can even consider building a treehouse or a machan to further enjoy these large trees based on their specific requirements…” The new landscape design of the house adds other native fruiting and flowering plants to the site including chikoo, kokum, champa, etc.
For more about the design concept and inspirations, read Anjali’s newyork goa diaries!
* Please note that NIVIM Goa is currently under-construction and the images on this blog show the work-in-progress and not final finished product.