Free Spirit

Suhana Medappa is a textile designer who works out of Bangalore. Using a combination of fabric and prints is her specialty. Having graduated from the Srishti school of Art, Design and Technology she realized that experimental screen print was her forte. After a stint with Satya Paul  as a textile designer in Gurgaon she moved back to Bangalore to start her own exploration with screen printing and thus began the journey towards Free Spirit. Free Spirit is the brand of printed clothing and home furnishing designed and printed by The PRINT Journal a company set up by Suhana in 2010.

Free Spirit scarves & stoles available at the MASALA CHAI store , Chennai

Suman Mishra

Suman Mishra is a Delhi-based jewelry designer.Suman's design sensibility is heavily influenced by traditional jewelry from several cultures across the world. Tibetan, Rana Tharu (Nepal), Aztec, Ancient Egyptian, Etruscan and Masai (Africa) Jewelry are some of the chief inspirational starting points for her. "The time-tested silhouettes make sense each time," she says. "They have a natural harmony that is aesthetically sound, which I want to bring into my designs." 

The natural colors of gemstones also help in her design process. Suman likes to have fun with textures in Silver as well as eclectic and unusual combinations in gemstones. She often creates one-off pieces. Suman is self-taught.


Available @ the MASALA CHAI Store , Chennai

SODA

SODA is a stylish, bold, quirky and fun lifestyle brand that will electrify your interiors with its riot of colours and innovatively designed furnishing.SODA was started by Sai Sangeet Paliwal as it gave her the creative freedom to play around with her unique ideas of space-definition and design, while breaking away from the stereotypical monotony of contemporary design houses. Sangeet and SODA have a bubbly and energetic dialogue together, and in turn, the brand is an extension of her expression. 

Pavitra Mohan for Grazia Magazine

Featured on the Oct 2010 edition of Grazia magazine, 8 jewelry designers to keep an eye on- by Pavitra Mohan of MASALA CHAI. 

Dipika Vijay - Coyote

Dipika Vijay designs sterling silver jewels and acrylic accessories under the label 'Coyote'.

'Coyote ' is species of wild wolves. Also slang for a sexy women. "I loved the name because it has character, certain kind of wildness attached to it." , says Dipika. She has been design jewelry ever since she graduated from NID, Ahmedabad. 

Exquisite Coyote jewelry available soon at the MASALA CHAI store.

Cheap Sex

"We here once asleep in our studio la Gulabo Chhap Design Works were summoned by Goddess Aphrodite and Goddess Baubo together and were commanded to tickle the human race every now and then in order for them  to survive the fatalities of vidas urbanas."

Founded in January 2010… Cheapsex Boxers , India’s first unisex graphix boxer shorts label was thus born. A product of the whimsical duo, Brijesh Dahiya & Kuldeep Singh, the label today is synonymous with kitsch gone kinky and  twisted humor. As much as the world is over populated with people who try too hard at making beautiful clothes (with few succeeding!!)..we really needed somebody who tried equally hard at making sure there is much respect still in our lives for cheap thrills and smaller bills.

Cheap Sex uni sex boxers available at the MASALA CHAI store soon

Vineeta Nair

"After years of wanting to quit advertising, how it finally happened was serendipity. Very very breifly: I handpainted a tray that got me an invitation to take part in an exhibition. I got 1.5 months to fill the stall with what I wanted. My biggest challenge was to create things fast. The exhibition happened, I sold a lot. But what really set the ball rolling was when I posted the pictures of my work on my blog. The orders started and have not stopped since.  That's when I knew I wouldn't starve if I quit. So I did. I haven't stopped thanking the powers that be. Its crazy scary fun to live the dream life you've wanted to. I'm learning learning learning", says the Mumbai based decoupage artist & graphic designer. 

Vineeta Nair's home accessories will be available soon @ the MASALA CHAI store.