The perimeter of joy

Reinterpretations over clichés, says Aman Issar on designing a Noida home

12 Dec 2025

If the saying “clothes should fit you, not the other way around” holds true, then this Noida residence is its architectural counterpart. Envisioned as a home that bends to the rhythms of family life, it stays away from the temptations of trendy colour palettes and Pinteresty corners. Instead, it finds beauty in modern architecture and traditional craftsmanship. “We experimented a lot with contrasts: neutral bases paired with craft-rich textures and warm accents. Colours are layered to feel grounded yet lively,” says Aman Issar of UnBox Design.

Hoping to craft a home inspired by geometry and texture framing a more imaginative life, the homeowners turned to UnBox Design. With a young daughter beginning to shape her own imaginative universe, their four-bedroom apartment transformed into Utsav, a 3,500 sq ft space that moves with them and grows with their child.

“The biggest inspiration was the idea of celebrating Indian craft while keeping it rooted in today’s way of life. We didn’t want clichés, we wanted reinterpretations”

-Aman Issar

Shapes and shades

A single glance is enough to sense the home’s contemporary yet craft-forward ethos. With a playful chaos principle and intentions without rigidity, this story unfolds right from the foyer, where a carved wooden console and an Ensō shaped mirror set the pace for a design language rooted in materiality and motion. At Utsav, shades and shapes aren’t mere design choices, they are the home’s pulse. What follows are moments revealing this symphony of forms and hues.

Timber swatches

The living room opens into an airy expanse. A dodgy Jenga stack inspired motif anchors the rug while a patterned cushioned chair, a leather couch and a segmented table fitted with a chessboard transform the space into a social arena. The pièce de résistance of this room being a custom wooden artwork from Best of Bharat is a striking element that quietly binds the room’s many moods into one narrative.

In delightful contrast, a monochrome corner emerges highlighted by an art piece from Calcuttan and a luxurious leather cactus from Portside Café standing out.

Homely indigos

The dining area unfolds with warmth, centred by a Molela artwork intricately crafted by a Gujarat based artisan. Around it, an indigo-printed console by Unbox Design paired with a crimson stained glass lamp and a modest plant pot lend the space an intentional asymmetry. A sliding door discreetly conceals the kitchen, maintaining the dining space’s spatial rhythm.

Jungle gym dreamland

The young inhabitant of this room (the daughter) certainly knows her shapes. Fern-green walls wrap around a wooden Lego like study unit, with a compartmentalised staircase leading to a bunk bed. Muted tones keep the room restful, while playful details spark imagination.
Issar explains how ambivalent designing this room was. Joyful because it allowed the team to see through a child’s imagination, and complex because the room had to evolve with safety and wonder. “Striking that balance is a design puzzle we truly enjoyed solving.”

A room for the grownups

The playfulness doesn’t end at the daughter’s room. The master bedroom with an integrated study features a textured desk by Unbox Design, leather artwork by Atelier Bobby Agarwal, and blue and red bedding crowned by spherical bedside lights from BDCL.
The study continues this duality, with a cane sofa-cum-bed, boxy carpet motifs and gridded wooden storage that blends utility with spatial rhythm.

Reminiscing forms

The guest bedroom introduces a much softer palette with a warm variance from the rest of the home’s bold geometry. Yet, it experiments with muted contrasts against craft rich textures and subtle accents.

In the end, this residence is more than a design project, it’s a lived narrative. A place where forms and textures shape memories, where Indian craft meets contemporary spirit and where a little girl will one day look back and describe it as not just a house but the vibrant world that raised her.