"In the lush gardens of L'Hôtel de Maisons, once the Parisian home of Karl Lagerfeld, designer Vikram Goyal unveils The Soul Garden, an installation that transforms India's ancient animal fables into a living, multisensory landscape. Presented by The Future Perfect for Design Miami/Paris 2025, the project, on view from October 21st to 26th, 2025, bridges sculpture, craft, design, and olfactory art in collaboration with Berlin-based artist Sissel Tolaas, who translates the invisible language of scent into a medium of storytelling and emotion."
"The installation gathers five sculpted creatures, the Tiger (Vyaghra), the Elephant and Baby Elephant (Gaja and Karabha), the Tortoise (Kurma), and the Crocodile (Nakra), crafted through the New Delhi-based designer Vikram Goyal's signature repoussé and hollowed joinery metal techniques. 'In India, animals are more than instinct, they are sacred, sentient, divine. Many embody essential virtues - strength, wisdom, loyalty, tranquillity,' notes Goyal."
The Soul Garden is an installation at L'Hôtel de Maisons in Paris that transforms India's ancient Panchatantra fables into a living, multisensory landscape. Vikram Goyal presents five metal sculptures — Tiger (Vyaghra), Elephant and Baby Elephant (Gaja and Karabha), Tortoise (Kurma), and Crocodile (Nakra) — executed with repoussé and hollowed joinery techniques. Hidden repoussé panels within the sculptures reveal miniature narrative scenes inspired by the fables. The project integrates sculpture, craft, design, and olfactory art through collaboration with Sissel Tolaas, who uses scent as a storytelling medium, producing a contemporary bestiary that fuses Indian heritage with European animaliers.
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