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Sleek Aesthetics: V-GUARD Industrial Design Studio is India’s Best In-House Design Studio 2023

V-GUARD’s In-house Industrial Design Studio is at the forefront of driving product innovation and enhancing user experiences. With a deep understanding of design principles, materials, and manufacturing processes, the studio excels at transforming ideas into tangible and functional products. Their portfolio spans a wide range of products, including consumer electronics and home appliances. Following the…

Captivating Imagination: Hyundai Advanced Design India is India’s Best In-House Design Studio 2023

Hyundai Advanced Design India is an integral part of Hyundai’s global design network that actively works on several global and domestic future mobility projects. The primary goal of the team, comprising of Automotive Designers, Colour Material Finish Designers and Design Strategists, is to look for groundbreaking ideas to develop extraordinary products and experiences. Hyundai Advanced…

Indigenous Evolution: Mahindra Global Design Bags India’s Best In-House Design Studio Award 2023

Mahindra Global Design is the in-house design operation that handles the design and brand requirements of all Mahindra Group’s businesses related to transportation. It also is the primary organisation for many of the group’s other companies.It caters to segment and market-appropriate, contextual end-to-end design solutions. From pre-concept to concept and all the way through to…

Designindia 144

In this issue: 12 years of DesignIndia, Back story: Sudhir Sharma, Marianna Sharma, Anshika Seth, Ashvina Vakil, Nilesh Kamble, Pallavi Jain, Tarun Thakkar, Deepak Gautam, Satyajit Harpude, Pradeep Arora Purchase your copy of Designindia 144 here. Read the digital copy of Designindia on Magzter, or POOL App which you can download from AppStore, Google Play.

Drawn to the wild

ISSUE: 139 Rohan Dahotre’s striking illustrations are helping to spread awareness of the rich and diverse fauna of our country What launched your passion for wildlife? RD: I started drawing wildlife around seven years back. All species have different forms and features and I wanted to draw them and subconsciously study and understand them. I…

Turning the wheels

ISSUE: 139 Ceramist KV Lakshmi hopes to set up a beautiful studio space where she can introduce people to the joys of playing with clay How did Keli come about? KV: I have always wanted a studio of my own, where I had the freedom to make everything I want throughout the day. During college, I…

Desires in Clay

ISSUE: 132 While Sarban Choudhary’s life today revolves around clay, glazes and fire, he was once a reluctant ceramist! How did your tryst with ceramics begin? SC: I was born in a small town on the outskirts of Kolkata, and did my BFA and MFA in ceramic art at Government College of Art & Craft,…

Bringing Talent to Table

ISSUE: 132 Casual encounters with artisans in rural India took Kanupriya Verma on a path that veered from management studies to setting up a tableware brand that seeks to empower the country’s talented and often unrecognized craftsmen What role does culture play in your design approach? KV: We draw inspiration from the multitude and diversity…