May – the month of sweltering heat, juicy mangoes… and summer holidays! While the sun continues to turn up the heat, our décor palette craves bright summer colours, cool fabrics, lots of greenery and bright lights to lend that perfect ambience to our summer evenings.   In line with the holiday mood, we’ve covered some homes this issue that are truly aspirational and havens for luxurious relaxation. ​ In our cover story this time, we’ve done things differently—we bring you five power couples in design and architecture who have truly doubled their strengths by running versatile joint practices. Nina and Sanjay Puri Sanjay Puri Architects, Poonam and Akash Mehta AMPM Designs, Manishi and Romesh Sapras Sapras Architects, Sonali and Manit Rastogi Morphogenesis and Krupa Zubin and Zubin Zainuddin ZZA Architects. Our special feature brings in a lot of light — just like the summer sun! Lighting, besides needing to be functional, aesthetic, functional and sustainable, can single handedly transform a space!        That’s a lot to look forward to…sit back, sip some lemonade...and enjoy!