Art
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Designing For Diversity
Swapnil Chaudhari became an industrial designer to escape the restrictions of a career in engineering – and found his true métier!
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Adding Life To Walls
Multimedia artist Shivani Kohli enjoys transforming spaces with her eye-catching murals and wall art.
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The Art Of Preservation
Though her heritage interpretation and design consultancy, Sarita Sundar is working at keeping memories alive…in the process satisfying both the researcher and designer in her
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Automatic Choice
As Senior Designer with Renault Groupe in Mumbai, Ramandeep Singh finds an exciting platform to express his childhood passion for automobiles
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Shaped By Emotion
Ceramic artist Rekha Goyal is as passionate about making her craft accessible to people as she is about creating her own works of art
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Block By Block
Keen on creating ‘global clothing with an Indian connect’, Ishanee Mukherjee and Anirudh Chawla teamed up three years ago to launch Poochki Designs
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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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Giving New Dimension To Space
Over a 20-year career, Shobhana Hadap has effectively managed to combine her graphic design skills with her love for space design. She tells POOL how she and the team at Pune-based Studio Mars create memorable multidimensional brand experiences for a variety of clients.
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Function As Much As Form
Communication designer Varun Panesar’s idea to use better layouts to improve physical products took a surprising turn when he designed his first wallet
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Blurring The Lives
Co-founders of soft-geometry, furniture designers Utharaa Zacharias and Palaash Chaudhary are working towards a gentle blend of handmade techniques with modern manufacturing processes
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The Playful Side Of Clay
Astha Malu’s ceramic journey reflects a gradual transition from non-functional artworks to user-friendly utility products
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Designing To Delight
As Global Head of Design, GCPL Design Lab, Darshan Gandhi leads an award-winning team of inter-disciplinary designers in their quest to transform brands and create delightful experiences for consumers in a rapidly evolving market
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Putting Earth On The Map
Three young architects from India - Shruthi Ramakrishna, Agnimitra Bachi, and Ajinkya Unhale – and one urban systems engineer from France, Jeremie Gaudin, give expression to their passion for working with natural materials through the Bangalore based Made In Earth Collective
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Two For One
When Hazel Karkaria and Somesh Kumar realized they had much more in common than an ‘unparalleled love for tea’, the result was By Two Design!
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Scads Of Talent
Chaaya Prabhat finds that working independently allows her to make best use of her distinct illustrative style
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Into The Light
At 27, André J. Fanthome was the youngest photographer to receive the National Academy Award for Visual Art from the National Lalitkala Academy. A decade later, he is certainly not resting on his past laurels.
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Sew Chic!
Kanika Jain’s namesake brand ‘Kanelle’ is an apt reflection of her enduring passion for fashion
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Seeking Change Through Design
Though currently based in San Francisco, communication designer and illustrator Tanya Bhandari is looking forward to returning to India to contribute to the evolving social design scene
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Crazy Sparks Imagination
As Designer, CEO and Founder of Mother Gone Mad Design Studio, Ritika Nanda revels in creating whacky lighting for rebellious spaces!.
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Scripting His Own Pat
Calligraphy speaks to the soul of Sudeep Gandhi and as an independent designer he is able to successfully nurture his special talents.
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Making Spaces Work
Keta and Varun Shah combine their individual skills to run a multi-disciplinary design practice that fuses art, graphics and space as a part of a single canvas.
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A Talent For Crafting Spaces
Through Baaya Design, Shibani Jain combines her considerable experience in the craft sector with an innate understanding of interiors to help customers create their own little nest
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Re-Imagining Ceramics
Freelance animator and design consultant, Shashank Nimkar hopes not only to give new life to ceramic waste, but to encourage others to do so as well
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Wed To Woodworking
Through Solli Concepts, Sohel Contractor and Zahabia Abid offer hand-crafted furniture that makes the best, and often unusual, use of different varieties of wood
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Travel Tales On Textiles
Storytelling is at the heart of Safomasi, an award-winning design studio and brand set up by Sarah Fotheringham and Maninder Singh
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Following Vision
Though co-founder and creative director of an advertising and design agency in Mumbai, it is his parallel roles as digital visionary artist and landscape photographer that allow Aashit Singh to get in touch with his true nature
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A Himalayan Effort
At Atelier Lãlmitti, his studio in the mountains, ceramic artist and teacher Reyaz Badaruddin uses red clay to give form to his imagination
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