Monochromatic Sufi Night
Less colour. More atmosphere.
Less colour. More atmosphere.
After four days of colour, the Sufi night asked for a pause. A monochromatic framework allowed proportion, repetition and candlelight to do the work that flowers and colour usually carry.
Black frames, alternating jaali forms, console clusters, shamadan silhouettes and gathered candles created depth across the room. Textile and reflective details softened the geometry without interrupting its rhythm.
The design stayed restrained so the music could remain central. What guests felt was not an absence of colour, but a stronger awareness of glow, shadow and form.
Restraint can make a room feel louder.
- Monochrome
- Candlelit
- Architectural
- Sufi
A graphic black-and-ivory language softened by textiles, reflective metal and hundreds of points of warm light.
The Sufi night followed the wedding, in a ballroom at Fairmont Udaipur. Music was the centre of the evening, so the room was planned around the stage and dance floor, with dining and lounges arranged to face the performance.
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Two patterns, one language
Black jaali arches alternate with white damask panels around the room. The repetition gives the space a rhythm, like a refrain returning in a qawwali.
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Light at the height of faces
Candelabras with tall tapers, pillar candles in glass and brass lanterns keep the glow at table level, where conversation happens.
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A floor that belongs to the stage
A monochrome patterned dance floor carries the graphic language underfoot, so the stage and the room read as one composition.
- Embossed black menus with gold detailing on brocade runners
- A carved white console with lanterns between two damask arches
- All-white flowers: roses, lilies and baby’s breath
- Jaali-arched windows dressed along the staircase
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