Deepti Chiraman’s Solvana
DEEPTI CHIRAMAN - MSc in Interior Design
Work these days is all about fast-forward and pop-up alerts. Then there’s Solvana—a love letter to taking a breath, crafted by Deepti Chiraman. It’s not your basic coffee-n-couch corner, the place is a full-blown chill zone built right into a design studio. Its a sensory spa that meets office time-out.
Designer Brief
Chiraman smashed “solace” and “nirvana” together, sprinkled some Zen mindset on top, and ran wild with biophilic vibes. The center stage is a sunken den—it’s a throwback to the conversation pit but more boujee and with soft green cushions and curvy lines that beg you to unplug and exist for five minutes. You step down, both literally and mentally, into a fabric-wrapped exhale.
Then the wild pathway, that looks like floating stones above a slick, mirrored surface. Feels like you’re dodging office drama by tiptoeing across a pond. Gentle, sheer curtains drape the light around like you’ve wandered into some morning forest, and there’s this whole natural texture going on that makes you want to take up silent meditation or at least close your eyes and forget about emails for a sec.
Solvana’s not trying to be your happy hour lounge or team-building nook. It’s more about hitting pause so hard you almost forget to hit play again. It’s a rebuke to the usual workplace hustle. It gives people permission to just be still—a little oasis where you catch your breath and remember you’re a person, not just an Outlook calendar with legs. Every office could use a slice of that.