THE Park Hotels is known to foster unusual experiences — from curated art and design, to drawn inspirations from architecture and food. At India Design ID 2024, Mrinalini Ghadiok and I helped converge these themes within this immersive, emphatically red space, we lovingly called The Red Tree Canopy. To bring this space to life, we collaborated with origami architect Ankon Mitra to envision the many moods and manifestations of the colour red — which has so many meaning across cultures. Ankon and his team crafted this mesmerising ceiling installation made entirely out of paper, entirely of the bold shade. Studio MNT designed and executed the custom benches and seating, akin to picnic seating.

All in all, we curated a cafe of mystical proportions, inviting patrons to dine and interpret their own equations. Because of its surprisingly monochromatic candour, the space also offered respite from the myriad displays of multiple textures and palettes across the design fair.