Who is tahir sultan

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Renowned designer Tahir Sultan, of Kuwaiti and Indian descent, exemplifies a profound appreciation for diverse cultures through his ventures.
With his distinctive approach to design, @tahirsultan bridges tradition and modernity, drawing from his Kuwaiti-Indian heritage to create work that is both bold.

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Tahir is a maverick entrepreneur who owns multiple businesses including Makaan, a concept store in Jaipur for artefacts and objets d’art. He is also known in the right circles for his pan-India gourmet catering business, specializing in Middle Eastern cuisine, which was born out of the much-loved dinners he would routinely host for India Art Fair’s collector circle at his apartment in Delhi. His community of friends in India is an eclectic mix of movers and shakers, who, he says, do a great job feeding and fuelling his creativity. In his spare time, he scours the desert for treasures, salvaging old pots and urns used on trade routes to bring back to his store—and his home. He has also secured a spot as an incontrovertible insider in India’s design firmament, having designed beautiful homes for his friends and acquaintances. “I’m more Indian than most people know, you know,” he says, with a smile.

Old wooden Naga idols from Tahir’s personal collection.

Pankaj Anand

Old truck tyres were reincarnated as a pair of pots by Tahir himself. Behind them sits a large pot origin

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Tahir Sultan

Empowering Through Design

Renowned designer Tahir Sultan, of Kuwaiti and Indian descent, exemplifies a profound appreciation for diverse cultures through his ventures in fashion, arts, architecture, and design. Beyond his eponymous brand, which spans product and interior design, fashion, and art installations, Tahir’s multifaceted interests extend to the culinary realm with Levantine/Gulf/Persian cuisine. An advocate for women’s empowerment, he integrates empowerment programs into his projects across India. In this exclusive CP magazine interview, Tahir reflects on his varied businesses, from interior design in Jaipur to Tahir Sultan Food, and shares insights into his solo exhibition, “THE CREATURES WITHIN,” a groundbreaking fusion of traditional craft, AI, and AR.

“Design is about blending the eclectic, the unusual, and the beautiful to create something harmoniously new.”

Hi Tahir, how would you reintroduce yourself to our readers once again?
From the last time I was interviewed I have started a lot of different inter

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The store is as whimsical as the objects that inhabit it. Old rusted sewage pipes—found and saved several years ago—masquerade as art installations beside artisanal clay pots of Sultan’s own design. Cardboard boxes and bamboo laddersdisplay artwork and vases. Old boxes of incense find new life as pedestals. “People come to Makaan for the experience,” reflects Sultan, who refreshed the aesthetic lexicon last year to reveal its most soigné identity yet: think triple-height ceilings, black stone bathrooms, and grey and white hand-trowelled walls.

Forty per cent of the pieces on display, including the life-size black metal elephant at the entrance—which he fell in love with and bought for good luck— aren’t for sale, although Sultan will have you pose with the mammoth and give you a Polaroid print as a parting gift. Also reserved for window shopping is an old post office desk that he painstakingly procured from a vintage dealer. “If I sell everything, people won’t get a real sense of the sort of items I can procure for their homes or hotels,” he says. The merchandise is divided into