L e S u t r a Work and Art Hundreds of artists, artisans and designers shape myth and philosophy into the exotic interiors of this boutique-sized gem By MAry ScoviAk S crolling through her inbox, Mitali Bajaj is trying to manage what she calls the “bus queue” of creative types hoping to work with her Mumbaibased studio, Dr. Art + Design (D.A.D.), on Bajaj Group of Hotels’ next wave of boutique properties. Just a couple of years ago, she had a hard time getting a hearing anywhere. That was before she rocked the travel world with her design for india’s first art hotel, the 16-room Le Sutra in Mumbai. At the outset of that project, she tried to get buy-in from her country’s artists and fellow designers for a concept that would 30 Boutique Design | July+August 2010