Shalini Misra
Luxury interior design studio
Felix&Friends have crafted legacy through design for Shalini Misra. When a celebrated interior designer reaches the pinnacle of their career, capturing decades of creative vision requires more than photography. It demands an on-brand narrative and tone of voice that understands luxury, captures the brand's cadence and descriptive dialogue.
Felix&Friends partnered with Shalini Misra, the multi-award-winning interior design studio, to create a coffee table book that would become the definitive chronicle of one of London's most distinguished practices in luxury residential and private Jet interiors.
Shalini Misra founded her eponymous studio with a philosophy that would reshape contemporary interior design: championing the individual over trends, creating spaces that respond to how clients truly live rather than prescriptive aesthetics. This approach has earned recognition from publications including Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration and House & Garden, whilst establishing the practice as one of Britain's leading voices in bespoke luxury interiors. Her work spans private residences across three continents, each project a meditation on materiality, light and the subtle choreography of domestic life.
The collaboration between Felix&Friends and Shalini Misra centred on translating twenty years of interior design excellence into a tangible legacy piece. The coffee table book needed to honour the studio's portfolio whilst revealing the creative intelligence behind each space. Rather than a chronological showcase, the narrative architecture allowed each project to breathe within its own context, from townhouses in London's most prestigious postcodes to penthouses overlooking Central Park and contemporary residences in Mumbai's evolving urban landscape.
Felix&Friends developed an editorial design approach that prioritised imagery whilst weaving place-making narratives throughout. Each location received careful consideration: the cultural weight of Mayfair, the architectural rhythm of New York's Upper East Side, the climate and social dynamics of Mumbai's luxury residential towers. This geographical storytelling provided essential context, allowing readers to understand how Shalini Misra's design philosophy adapts to diverse environments without losing its signature sophistication.
The book's structure reflected the studio's methodology itself: deeply personal, refusing the formulaic. Some projects unfold across panoramic spreads that capture entire enfilades, others focus on intimate vignettes where texture, colour and object come together. This editorial freedom meant the design execution could mirror the interior design approach, each portfolio piece presenting itself according to its own logic rather than imposed templates.