India, Dec. 17 -- Every few years, design quietly reshapes the way we live, but 2025 marked a shift that leaned more deeply into the personal and emotional, while simultaneously embracing a renewed sense of community. This year, design has no longer been about a choice between personal expression and shared experience, it has become the art of harmonising both. Homes and living spaces have moved in two complementary directions at once: inward, towards individuality, intimacy, and self-expression; and outward, toward openness, nature, and richly layered community experiences.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Darshini Thanawala - Vice President of The Chapter, a design-led luxury real estate brand - speaks about the seamless blending of ...