This Mumbai Apartment Feels Like a Retro Video Game
Discover the unique grid-like, 'pixelated' design in this Mumbai apartment, featured in Wallpaper’s series The Inside Story, which highlights innovative and industry-leading interior design projects.
Located high above Mumbai’s Versova neighbourhood, this 3,000 sq ft home called Gingham Dreams by design firm MuseLAB draws inspiration from a chequered pattern, but its gridded decor evokes the feel of a 1990s arcade game.
Geometry and Design
The apartment’s interior contrasts sharply with modern organic forms, favoring rigid Tokyo-inspired lattice geometry. The square motif appears throughout the space—sometimes stretching boldly from floor to ceiling, other times appearing briefly—creating a dynamic yet cohesive pattern.
The grid, often linked to restraint, paradoxically symbolizes creativity and openness here, supported by a luminous palette of neutrals and pastels.
Color and Materials
- Cloudy marble in coral, pale blue, beige, and Lake Placid green forms intricate inlays flowing over floors and surfaces.
- Eastern sunlight floods the 25th-floor apartment overlooking the Arabian Sea, enhancing the textures.
- The kitchen shines with quartzite and Corian finishes, and marble floors resemble a woven tapestry.
“The grid is ever-present but never monotonous; its form, often associated with confinement and restraint, becomes a symbol of openness and creativity.”
This apartment transforms traditional grid patterns into a vibrant, imaginative space, blending retro gaming aesthetics with sophisticated materiality.
Author’s summary: This Mumbai apartment reimagines grid design as a playful, innovative expression of creativity, combining retro pixel aesthetics with elegant materials and light-filled spaces.