ARTIX ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IS A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY WITH TWO PARTNERS. APARNA KARVE AND SOREN ERIKSEN. APARNA HAS DONE OVER 350 DESIGN PROJECTS INCLUDING INTERIOR DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, CINEMA AND THEATRE SET DESIGN AND PRODUCT DESIGN. SOREN ALSO HAS A VAST REPERTOIRE INCLUDING INTERIORS, ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN. HOTELS ARE HIS SPECIALITY. TOGETHER THEY HAVE FORMED A TEAM THAT IS VERY VERSATILE, TECHNICALLY ADEPT AND ABLE TO ASSESS AND FINELY DETAIL THE PROJECT AT HAND. SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY ARE SOMETIMES ONE AND THE SAME. DESIGN INFLUENCES THE WAY PEOPLE PERCIEVE, THINK AND LIVE. IT IS THE SILENT FORCE THAT GOVERNS OUR EXISTENCE. THIS IS THE POWER OF DESIGN. THE BUILT FORMS THAT WE CONCEIVE MUST STRIVE TO REVEAL THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND HIS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS. THE TECHNOLOGIES USED MUST BE ABLE TO CONVEY THE POETIC POSSIBILITES INHERENT IN THE KINDS OF MATERIALS USED AND THEIR UNDERLYING FORMS. DETAILING IS THE KEY. OUR CORE STRENGTH AS A TEAM IS TO COHERENTLY INTERPRET OUR CROSS CULTURAL DESIGN STRENGTHS AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCES. OUR WORK IS MAINLY CONTEMPORARY OR ECLECTIC IN NATURE. IT IS BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY THAT TRADITION AND MODERNITY ARE MERELY TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN TO BE DEALT WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO CREATE SPACES IN HARMONY. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR VAST AND VARIED EXPERIENCE AS CONSULTANTS IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS HAS GIVEN US THE ADDED DETERMINATION TO EXPLORE NEW REALMS IN DESIGN.