Industrial designer and strategist, Devina Kothari believes in changing the world through her work.
Drawn by the magic
I was introduced to design during my under graduation at Faculty of Design, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, and I was then chiseled and polished during my post graduation at Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B). As a child, what fascinated me was seeing toy-like houses (architectural models) translate into mansions and I wanted to grow up to be that magician. Later I realized that the magician is called a space designer and that’s how I ended up at Faculty of Design at CEPT. There I realized that I enjoy creating experiences and designing details for products, fixtures and furniture more than designing spaces. That brought me to IDC, IIT-B. The plethora of technological advancements that I was exposed to there, made me visualize the enormous impact they might have on society had they been made available to the bottom of the pyramid. Thereafter began my efforts towards channelizing current day technological advancements to rural India.
Back home to practice
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