Smriti Ahuja, co- founder - Spiro Spero, tells Bindu Gopal Rao how she manages a firm that is involved in creating, conceptualizing, and developing commercial spaces and brands
A graduate of the Istituto Europeo Di Design in Milan, Smriti Ahuja is an event, content, and public relations professional apart from being involved with The Art Conspiracy Festival and the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival for The Art Loft. And if that packed a punch, she is also co-founder of Mumbai based Spiro Spero (pronounced speedo spare-ro), an architecture, design, and branding firm that she and her partner Keith Menon started in 2011.
“We’re both Mass Media students who majored in advertising. I then went on to do my Masters in Communication in Milan. A few years later, we were bootstrapped and working on travel and social projects when we got the chance to design a friend’s bar. The bar did really well and we got our next client, a big chain of bars across the country. Ever since there has been no looking back.”
Smriti attends to the business and execution end of things (which she credits her Sindhi roots for), and Keith is the designer. “While I am no artist myself, I do have a keen understanding and sense of aesthetics which I can combine with the business sense that I have grown up with to figure what is going to work and what is not,” she explains.
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A FREE Spirit
BANGKOK-BASED BAR CONSULTANT AT INDDEE, HEENA KEWALRAMANI TAKES TINA THAKRAR THROUGH HER COVETABLE GASTRONOMICAL EXPERIENCES AROUND THE GLOBE, AND HER ASCENT TO BECOMING A SOUGHT-AFTER COCKTAIL CRAFTER
TUNES OF SPIRITUALITY
DEVOTIONAL SINGER NISHA SHIVDASANI CHATS WITH TINA THAKRAR ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA ABOUT BRINGING AUDIENCES TOGETHER IN SPIRITUAL HARMONY WITH HER VOCAL MASTERY OF SINDHI BHAJANS
COACHING YOUNG MINDS
MUMBAI-BASED MIND COACH NAINA MANSUKHANI TALKS TO KASHIKA BINDRANI GARERA ABOUT HER JOURNEY FROM LAW TO COACHING YOUNG MINDS
HIGHWAY TO Healing
SPIRITUAL HEALER AND LIFE COACH DR. ANITA RAJANI SPEAKS TO TINA THAKRAR ABOUT HER GOAL TO HELP HEAL HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH SELF-DISCOVERY, THERAPY AND DELVING INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS
A SOLE-FUL Legacy
MUMBAI-BASED SONALI DALWANI GETS CANDID WITH KASHIKA BINDRANI GARERA ABOUT HER FOOTWEAR LABEL, CRIMZON, AND WHAT IT'S LIKE WORKING WITH HER SONS RAHUL AND ROHAAN DALWANI
HEALTHCARE AT HAND
TINA THAKRAR CHATS WITH PRIYANKA SHROFF GEORGE OF QUBEHEALTH ABOUT PROVIDING ACCESS TO SIMPLIFIED HEALTHCARE PAYMENTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
laughter Crafter
HONG KONG-BASED BILINGUAL STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND EMCEE VIVEK MAHBUBANI HAS BEEN A STAGE PERFORMER FOR OVER 15 YEARS. HE CHATS WITH TINA THAKRAR ABOUT FINDING HIS ROOTS AND BUILDING AN IDENTITY IN THE WORLD OF COMEDY
Beyond Baking
MUMBAI-BASED FREELANCE BAKER AASHNA BATHIJA TALKS TO KASHIKA BINDRANI GARERA ABOUT HER JOURNEY FROM ARTISANAL BAKING TO FOOD STYLING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
THE PEOPLE'S LAWYER
MATRIMONIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER NISHIKI BHAVNANI AGARWAL HAS BEEN FIGHTING TO LEND A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS FOR MANY YEARS NOW. SHE SPEAKS TO TINA THAKRAR ABOUT SETTING UP HER LEGAL PRACTICE IN MUMBAI WITH THE SINGLE MINDED GOAL OF ALLEVIATING WORLD SUFFERING
POWER PLAYERS IN SERVICE
TINA THAKRAR CONVERSES WITH HOTELIER RATAN TALDAR AND HIS DAUGHTER DOLLY TALDAR OF RAMADA BY WYNDHAM UDAIPUR RESORT & SPA AND MUMBAI HOUSE HOTELS ABOUT KEEPING THE ESSENCE OF HOSPITALITY, LUXURY, AND SUSTAINABILITY ALIVE IN A FAST-MOVING AND EVER-EVOLVING INDUSTRY