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Manav Patel and Shivangi Patel, Principal Designers, MS Design Studio, Vadodara, Gujarat
Please tell us about your journey. It has been quite an exciting journey. We started our studio around 6 years ago with a vision to have a small but unique firm that will make an impact in the designing world. Since then, we have taken each project as a challenge and thus we have enjoyed every bit of the journey.
Your love for bricks is clearly visible in your projects. What are the few things about exposed bricks that everyone must know?
Manav Patel & Shivangi Patel
Principal Designers, MS Design Studio Vadodara, Gujarat Manav Patel and Shivangi Patel are the principal designers and co-founders of MS Design Studio, a Vadodara-based young and modest design firm established in 2015. In a short span of time, the practice garnered much attention with its outstanding projects that prominently reflect earthy, modern and minimalistic design approaches. The studio engages with architectural, interior and landscape designing projects. Further, each of their projects has its own distinct and relevant identity.
Firstly, brick is a timeless and earthy material that gets with different aesthetics & eras. One never gets tired of seeing it. It’s a very versatile material with a huge potential. We have used it as an elevational cladding & sun-screens. One thing that every person who works with brick should know is that skilled labour is a must for brick work to turn out with great finishing.
What are the other materials you like to work with? We are big fans of earthy aesthetics and thus we like kota stone, Jaisalmer stone, bricks, exposed concrete etc., Stone such as jaisalmer is very versatile and can be used as flooring as well as the cladding material. Additionally, metal is another material we love to work with as a very fine detailing is possible in metal which adds an otherworldly charm to the overall aesthetics of a space.
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