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Style Maketh The Man
Creative director, stylist, design and visual communication consultant, Nikhil D. wears his many hats with much élan!
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The Luxury Of Handwoven
As a designer working in the craft sector, Margaret Zinyu is helping to resurrect the traditional art of loin loom weaving in her home state of Nagaland.
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Hearing Their Call
As CEO of Sohum Innovation Lab, Nitin Sisodia drives his team towards innovation that meets unmet clinical needs in resource-constrained countries like India
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Beyond The Brass Tracks
Through Studio Metallurgy, Advaeita Mathur offers intriguing designs created out of everyday objects
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Bringing Crafts To The Consumer
Through her Bangalore-based Studio Moya, Rashmi Singh is working on bringing relevance to traditional crafts even while helping to empower the craftspeople
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Fun With Fashion
While Teresa Liasom and Utsav Pradhan are complete opposites in terms of personality, when it comes to their quirkily named label, munkee.see.munkee.doo, they seem to have settled on a happy compromise.
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The Art Of Continuity
Brinda Somaya heads a multi-award winning, multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice in Mumbai. In the four decades since Somaya & Kalappa Consultants (SNK) was first set up in a garden shed, it has built up a hugely diverse portfolio and a formidable client list. As an Architect and Urban Conservationist of much experience, she has very definite views on the role of architecture in India, some of which she shares with POOL.
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Not Just Playing Safe
Aditi Agrawal and Anjali Menon go beyond conventional swings and slides to create customized playgrounds that are fun, safe, and developmentally appropriate.
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The Art Of Letter Writing
Creating a blissful experience for her audience is what moves calligraphy artist Pooja Bhagwat to put ink to paper.
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Mood Lighting
Rema Chaudhary uses an interesting play of light and shade to draw the viewer in.
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Collaboration Is The Key
China collaborates with India at the World Industrial Design Conference recently held in China, to come together to benefit from collective experience of Global Design Leaders.
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Little Somethings From Nothing
Rishita Chingangbam of P-Thadoi gives new life to discarded scrap through her attractive and eminently wearable jewelry.
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The Lure Of Letters
Rukminee Guha Thakurta has made an indelible mark for herself in the world of publication design
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The 'And' Factor
Dr. Naushad Forbes makes a strong case for giving greater priority to design in Indian industry. Excerpts from his inaugural talk at the recently held CII-NID India Design Summit in Hyderabad.
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Urging Re Imagination
Challenging and upsetting the status quo is what drives Jinan K.B. in his roles as educator and design researcher, and in his work with rural artisan communities
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Winning Post
Hari Nallan, Co-Founder & CEO, ThinkDesign, was a Jury at the iF Design Awards 2018. He shares with POOL what it meant to be part of the judging process in Hamburg recently…
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Less Is More
While Shweta Kapur’s designs tend to lean towards minimalism, a lot of attention is paid to tiny details
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The Game Changer
For almost five decades Uday Athavankar has balanced design teaching, consultancy and research with ease. Though he trained as an architect, it is in design that he has found his métier. He shares with POOL some of his pioneering ideas on design methods and processes...
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The Guiding Hand
After an exciting career with some of India’s leading start-ups, Sunit Singh Sehgal has now slipped into an advisory role where his experience truly counts
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Art In His DNA
As Creative Director of Forty Six and Two Designs, Sajid Wajid Shaikh gives full expression to his illustration and other artistic talents
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In Touch With The Future
Takbir Fatima is an architect with a highly developed social conscience, a trait that reflects in the kind of work she tends to gravitate to
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The Human Touch
When Pranav Mishra and Shyma Shetty teamed up to launch ready-to-wear label, HUEMN, they were attempting to fill a gap in the market with clothing that reflected their sensibilities
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Manifesting in Metal
Manreet Deol creates striking contemporary sculptural jewelry using traditional Indian metalsmithing techniques.
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The World Through Sketches
The world through sketches Allen Shaw is a traveling artist, illustrator, designer and storyteller. Through his ‘sketchbook travelogues’ he engages in conversation with the spaces, places and people he meets on his journeys.
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Timeless Appeal
Divya Lahoria of Kopé London is hoping to blend traditional craft with global trends in a sustainable and ethical fashion.
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Restoring a Lost Art
Textile designer Vinay Narkar left a career as corporate lawyer in Mumbai to revive traditional textile traditions in his hometown, Solapur.
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A Fine Line
Calligraphy is more than a passionate hobby for advertising professional Shreyas Belsare.
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Nothing Is Permanent, Finished Or Perfect
Ashiesh Shah believes that nothing is permanent, finished or perfect - a philosophy he brings to his architecture and interior design practice with great success
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Freeze Frame
While filmmaking is his true métier, Ishaan Nair is currently making a mark in the world of fashion through his flair for photography
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Statements In Silver
Divya and Pragya Batra have a passion for silver that they’ve harnessed into striking handcrafted jewelry under the Quirksmith label.
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