In this issue

This month, we break the tradition and instead of focusing on bringing the latest to the fore, we decided to go back and look for inspiration 600 years back with a special feature on The brilliant architecture of the Ranakpur Jain Temple & Kumbhalgarh Fort in Udaipur, curated and covered by Vertica Dvivedi. Its mind boggling beauty and character will surely mesmerize everyone.

Known as the father of the Bolidist movement, a style of design which focusses not only on the functionality of a product but also leaves a message inside, we present an exclusive tete-e-tete with Massimo Iosa Ghini.

Farokh Madan from Carrier is featured in the BRAND BUZZ section this month.

Young & enterprising designer duo from Calicut, Kerala with their firm The Humming Tree our Rising Star of the month. Craft will become fundamental in design' is imbibed in their work.

This apart, we present an exclusive selection on Tile designs from CERSAIE 2018. Panels & Surfaces are in focus this month, check out the many new options available in this segment.

The Magnificent Ranakpur Jain Temple With 1444 Unique Pillar Designs

I am known to be a crazy workaholic.

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10-On-10 With Massimo Iosa Ghini Founder, Iosa Ghini Associati, Italy

Massimo Iosa Ghini is an Italian architect, designer and professor known for pioneering the Bolidist Movement in the 1980s, a style which he sums up as “a way of narrating the transition from materialety to drawing things in which the visual and media aspect prevails with respect to the object’s functional purpose”. In the year 1990, Massimo founded Iosa Ghini Associati with his Wife, Milena Mussi. He is known for his streamlined and organic designs, and is praised for his “visionary ability to blend disciplines, forms and dimensions crossing boundaries in art, design, and architecture. His work spans across product design, architectural and museum planning, public transport, as well as in the design of retail chains all over the world, developing projects for major international groups such as Ferrari, Capital Group, IBM Italia, CMC Group Miami, Seat Yellow Pages, Alitalia among many others. One of his notable projects is the Ferrari Factory Store in which his dynamic, Futurist and strikingly Italian style is transparent. He has been involved with the Memphis Group since the 1980s with some of his iconic creations. His design and architectural works have received important honorable mention including that of the Compasso D’Oro Award ADI, and various awards including the Good Design Award by the Chicago Athenaeum, the Red Dot Award and the iF Product Design Award, Germany, the Roscoe Award, USA, the IAI AWARD Green Design Global Award and the IAI Awards, Shanghai, China and many more. SURFACES REPORTER is delighted to share an interaction with the design maestro where he discusses about his dynamic style, his journey as a designer and much more.

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Carrier India 'Solution' Over 'product'

It was back in the year 1936, when Carrier installed India’s first ever air-conditioning system at Rambagh Palace in Jaipur. The brand went on to establish itself as the major air-conditioning brand in 1987 in the country and then there was no looking back. In 1988 Carrier inaugurated its first state-of-the-art, manufacturing facility in Gurgaon, Haryana. The lavish premises of the unit also boast of an excellent Technology Development Centre and an advanced quality clinic. Today the company is indulged in offering cassettes, ducted splits, package units, air-cooled and water-cooled screw chillers, fan coil units, air handling units and commercial refrigeration products. With more than 550 sales and service channel partners throughout the country, the company aims to launch more advanced solutions for its customers. “At Carrier, it is always ‘solution’ over ‘product’, says FarokhMadann, Director - marketing & strategy, carrier India. In a recent conversation with surfaces reporter’s Editor-in-Chief, Vertica Dvivedi, Farokh spoke about their latest and customized offerings for India, company’s collaboration with Toshiba, and much more... Here are the excerpts.

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Rising Stars: AR Arun Shekar & AR Mohammed Afnan

Humming Tree is a creative studio based in Calicut, Kerala, for art, architecture and urbanism. Ar Mohammed Afnan & Ar Arun Shekar founded it in 2015. Humming Tree believes that ‘Relationship’ is a guiding force and the best domino effect trunk from a constant dialogue with stakeholders. “With clients as our allies, we loom each project as a distinctive confront,” they confirm.Their work is branded by its versatility in solving intricate programmes. Understanding user needs, context and materiality get the foremost significance. The practice provides a full range of design services including architectural design, interior design, and spatial planning.

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Surfaces Reporter is India's 1st dedicated magazine connecting "Designs and Materials"! Based on the concept of clutter-free visual content with to-the-point helpful information for easy access to products, it provides clear cut understanding of projects and innovation with materials happening around the world.Surfaces Reporter being a magazine on Exterior-Interior products, projects & designs is created to be helpful for designers & architects to keep updated with the latest material designs and launches; hotel projects managers and developers can refer this to offer innovative design & materials solutions while design enthusiasts can use this to beautify their space! The objective of the magazine is to be ‘the best ever platform’ in India, for delivering Building-materials related informative content, for the Specifiers, Builders and manufacturing fraternity, including general Design enthusiasts, encompassing the B2S, B2B and B2C segments. It is printed in English and speaks more in visual than in written! Have a look among the 50+ more designs showcased regularly in Surfaces and we know that you will keep returning...