Art
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Dipping Into The Creative Cauldron
The multi-faceted Digvijay Singh refuses to be pigeonholed as a fashion designer, preferring instead to ‘live on the edge of uncertainty’!
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Stretching The Imagination
Childhood friends Nirali Mehta and Jeenie Madan got together to start an eco-friendly activewear line that helps fashion meet fitness.
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Building With Bamboo
His engineering background helps Manu Narendran better understand how to work with bamboo as a construction material
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Pretty In Pastels
Shivangi Lahoty’s Inaaya brand is synonymous with pastel colors, each creation a fairytale in the making
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Telling Stories His Way
Vaibhav Kumaresh has transformed a childhood fascination for cartoons into a fulfilling career making animation films
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Connecting Yesterday With Tomorrow
Through ‘we are KAL’ Catherine Allié is ensuring that traditional weaving practices have a place in the future
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A Legend Lives on
POOL connects with Mira Nakashima, who has nurtured her famous father’s legacy with love and dedication.
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Animal Prints
Rohan Sharad Dahotre’s illustrations are inspired by his wish to give something back to nature.
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More Than Child's Play
The search for eco-friendly and non-toxic toys for her own children resulted in Meeta Sharma Gupta’s transformation from computer scientist to toy designer.
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Floor Art
Interior architect Ishrat Sahgal is using sari silk to raise the status of the carpet from afterthought to centerpiece of a room!
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Play Of Light
Installation artist and designer Vibhor Sogani illuminates spaces with his striking creations.
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Beyond The Lines
Anand Radhakrishnan has a knack for storytelling that comes to life through his illustrations.
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Auto Focus
Whether it’s automobiles or animals in the frame, the eye behind Gaurav Thombre’s camera is trained to capture the most stunning images.
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Top Honors
Balkrishna Doshi receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first ever Indian to be honored with architecture’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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Retelling Stories From The Past
Wajahat Rather started Raffughar as a tribute to the traditional darners of Kashmir. He uses his label to contemporize the ancient craft techniques of his home state.
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Bringing Ideas To Life
Creative Director at her eponymous design studio, Sharon Nayak picked up the camera to bridge the gap between her creative vision and its photographic execution
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Making Space
The Doshis, Manish and Malini, and more recently their son Malay, are all architects from CEPT, Ahmedabad. Through Studio Saransh, they bring to life a combination of evolving ideas.
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The Striking Right Note
Johnny Ganta might have made a career in music if he hadn’t chosen to work at being a master visual storyteller instead
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Taking The Time To Design
Watch designing is all about the minute detailing, says Mahendra Chauhan, who heads a talented team of designers at one of the world’s largest watch companies
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Conversations With A Designer
While Ram Sinam, founder of Wari Watai, a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Bangalore, prefers to work in an informal set-up, he is very focused when it comes to creating design that transcends mere function
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Born to Adorn
‘Aaraa by Avantika’ is jewelry and accessory designer Avantika Kumar Agrawal’s way of making a mark in a field dominated by traditional family-run businesses
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Driven by Passion
Transportation designer Swaroop Roy gave up exciting opportunities with auto majors to pursue an equally fulfilling career in academics
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Material Benefits
A fervent supporter of Indian handloom and the artisans who create it, Neha Lad is currently using her textile design background in the automotive domain
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Best Foot forward
‘Cuero – Handcrafted Luxury’ was born out of Naman Shah’s desire to change the way Indian men look at a pair of shoes
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Enduring Ensembles
As Fashion Director of her own label, Manika Nanda is aiming for timeless feminine chic through her creation
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Being the Change
Rebecca Reubens believes in creating systems that will bring sustainability into mainstream design.
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Putting Ideas on Paper
Manpreet Singh believes in having complete control over the business of design, whether it involves furniture or hand crafted stationery.
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Shaping Choices
Yogesh Chaudhary launched his fashion label Surendri to create designs to suit women with vastly different body types and lifestyles.
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​​​​​​​Drawn To Figures
Janine Shroff enjoys juggling the clean and functional aspect of her graphic design work with the fun and color of her personal illustrations.
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Multiple Identities
Currently Director of GLS Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Anil Sinha has not turned his back on the practice of design. In fact, his long years in academia have given him a unique perspective and a refreshing approach to his other roles as design practitioner and researcher.
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