India Mahdavi is an architect, designer, and scenographer based in Paris. Since founding her studio in 2000, she has become renowned for the breadth of her international projects, spanning architecture, interior design, scenography, furniture and object design.
Of Iranian and Egyptian heritage, Mahdavi often describes herself as “polyglotte & polychrome.” Her multicultural, cosmopolitan background is central to her creative philosophy, giving rise to a cross-cultural art de vivre that has become her signature.
Over the years, she has cultivated an ecosystem on rue Las Cases , in Paris which includes her creative studio, her furniture showroom, the ‘petits objets’ boutique, and most recently the ‘project room’. Together, these spaces form a living narrative that reflects the transversality of her practice.
Her portfolio includes iconic projects such as the celebrated Sketch restaurant in London, the Piano Nobile at the Villa Medici in Rome, the PoMo Museum in Trondheim, Norway, the Condesa hotel in Mexico City , the Hotel du Cloître in Arles or the scenography for the Pierre Bonnard retrospective at the NGV in Melbourne.
She has also collaborated with leading furniture houses, including Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, cc-tapis , Louis Vuitton and Bocci among others.
India Mahdavi expresses a modern vision of comfort and joy - often with a touch of humor.
