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Scripting His Own Pat
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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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5 mins  |
POOL 102
Making Spaces Work
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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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6 mins  |
POOL 102
Evoking Desire
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Evoking Desire

Geetanjali Gondhale’s fascination for nature and tribal arts and crafts compelled her to turn her back on advertising and plunge into jewelry design five years ago.

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4 mins  |
POOL 102
Crazy Sparks Imagination
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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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4 mins  |
POOL 102
Soundproofing Membrane From Mapei
Indian Architect & Builder

Soundproofing Membrane From Mapei

Any Design work is characterised by a precise professional commitment: finding the best way to combine aesthetics with functionality and elegance with practicality.

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2 mins  |
February 2019
Past Perfect - House In A Grove, Tiruppathur, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu
Indian Architect & Builder

Past Perfect - House In A Grove, Tiruppathur, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu

A modern home draws inspiration from heritage of Chettinad. Not from grandeur or riches but merging of global aesthetics and ideas. Siphoning the threads of a rather shaky past, the House in a Grove aspires to re-define heritage.

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4 mins  |
February 2019
In Search Of The Engineered Aesthetic - High Note Performance, New Delhi
Indian Architect & Builder

In Search Of The Engineered Aesthetic - High Note Performance, New Delhi

High Note Performance, a motorcycle gears store in New Delhi, designed by Headlight Design takes its inspiration from a variety of motorcycle-related sources to create a store design that is raw, edgy, and industrial in its feel but sophisticatedly expressive at the same time – much like a motorcycle itself!

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3 mins  |
February 2019
Home Away From Home - Boys' Hostel, Gurgaon
Indian Architect & Builder

Home Away From Home - Boys' Hostel, Gurgaon

The Boys’ Hostel at St. Andrews in Khurrampur, Gurgaon by Zero Energy Design Lab is a space that responds to its climatic context, is environmentally sustainable, and provides ample spaces for interaction for its inhabitants – all the while breaking stereotypes of what we have come to associate with conventional hostel designs.

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4 mins  |
February 2019
Hitachi Grabs Smart Air Conditioners Company Of The Year Award
Indian Architect & Builder

Hitachi Grabs Smart Air Conditioners Company Of The Year Award

Adding another feather to its wing and cutting above the rest of the industry players, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India Limited was awarded as ‘Indian Smart Air Conditioners Company of the Year Award 2018’ by Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting organization that recognizes and awards companies which show visionary growth, are inspired by innovation and demonstrate thought leadership abilities.

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2 mins  |
February 2019
Beyond Worship - Tejorling Radiance, Pune, Maharashtra
Indian Architect & Builder

Beyond Worship - Tejorling Radiance, Pune, Maharashtra

Devising a temple in today’s times is challenging as temples and religions are no longer limited to personal one-to-one association with God. Perhaps that was never the case even in time immemorial. In the current politically-charged times and with the opportunity to create a dominant or impressive form in the formative years of its architectural practice, Karan Darda Architects steer clear of any political or personal influences while creating a Tejorling Radiance, a Shiva temple in Pune.

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February 2019
Keeping Learning In Fashion
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Keeping Learning In Fashion

As a committed slow fashion designer and much respected researcher and educationist, Dr. Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade straddles both ends of the fashion industry

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4 mins  |
POOL 101
Concrete Reasons To Design
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Concrete Reasons To Design

Aditi Sharma is as good at dressing up spaces as she is people! The interior designer is also a talented jewelry artist who creates statement pieces out of concrete.

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3 mins  |
POOL 101
Rising Graph
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Rising Graph

Young Berlin-based communication designer Khyati Trehan has already been pointed out as a talent to watch out for

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5 mins  |
POOL 101
Far From Minimal
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Far From Minimal

Interior designer Minnie Bhatt’s eye for detail is what gives her designs striking character

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4 mins  |
POOL 101
Making Leather Lifestyle
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Making Leather Lifestyle

Gautam Sinha’s passion for accessory design manifests through Nappa Dori, his tribute to the versatility of Indian leather

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7 mins  |
POOL 101
From Guitars Glaze
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From Guitars Glaze

In a studio in a little village in Goa, Mayank Jain makes inspired creations out of clay and teaches hopefuls how to throw a pot!

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7 mins  |
POOL 101
An Inventor Speaks
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An Inventor Speaks

Taking ideas through to prototype and manufacturing stage is what thrills the inventor in Sanandan Sudhir. As Founder & President of INVENT GROUP, a global product design and development firm, he is very well placed to do just that!

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10 mins  |
POOL 101
Of Floats And Jets
CULTURAMA

Of Floats And Jets

The Indian Republic Day Parade is a culmination of an entire year of planning, practice, key decisions and logistics on a scale only India can pull off. Let’s look at what sets this celebration apart from anything else you’ll ever see

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6 mins  |
January 2019
Forewarned Is Forearmed
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Forewarned Is Forearmed

Talking to children openly, addressing their fears and preparing them for challenges can help them cope with transitions and changes better. Antara Kothari shares her experiences in helping her younger child cope with changes

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5 mins  |
January 2019
To Help Others Develop, Start With Yourself
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To Help Others Develop, Start With Yourself

Great leaders encourage leadership development by openly developing themselves. Dr Marshall Goldsmith believes that one of the best ways top executives can get their leaders to improve is to work on improving themselves great leaders encourage leadership development by openly developing themselves. Dr Marshall Goldsmith believes that one of the best ways top executives can get their leaders to improve is to work on improving themselves

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3 mins  |
January 2019
Michelle Obama Becoming More
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Michelle Obama Becoming More

A woman of substance, Michelle Obama tells the world through her book Becoming that no hurdle is big enough to stop one determined enough to make it happen

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9 mins  |
January 2019
A New Year's Resolution
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A New Year's Resolution

Strong memories are time bombs. Whether the incidents took place five years ago or fifty, the emotional charge remains intact and the bomb is down there ticking

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January 2019
Vibrant Spaces For Learning And Living
Indian Architect & Builder

Vibrant Spaces For Learning And Living

YWCA Campus in Dwarka, New Delhi.Designed by Morphogenesis, the YWCA Campus in Dwarka, New Delhi provides its residents and students a safe ‘home away from home’ space that is open yet private, and invokes a strong sense of belonging.

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December 2018
Shaw Contract's New Bengaluru Experience Center Achieves The Leed Gold Standard
Indian Architect & Builder

Shaw Contract's New Bengaluru Experience Center Achieves The Leed Gold Standard

A fully-owned brand of Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and leading floor covering provider, Shaw Contract has just received the LEED v4 Gold for Interior Design and construction certification for its newly opened 343 square metres experience center in Bengaluru, India, making it one of the first few projects in India to have achieved this international standard.

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2 mins  |
December 2018
Reducing Costs Through Effective Specification Of Materials & Finishes
Indian Architect & Builder

Reducing Costs Through Effective Specification Of Materials & Finishes

Surface finishes are enabling Indian Architects & Designers to achieve higher levels of durability and extended material lifespans, as well as cost savings throughout the life of the project.

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4 mins  |
December 2018
Hitachi Grabs Smart Air Conditioners Company Of The Year Award
Indian Architect & Builder

Hitachi Grabs Smart Air Conditioners Company Of The Year Award

Adding another feather to its wing and cutting above the rest of the industry players, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India Limited was awarded as ‘Indian Smart Air Conditioners Company of the Year Award 2018’ by Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting organization that recognizes and awards companies which show visionary growth, are inspired by innovation and demonstrate thought leadership abilities.

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2 mins  |
December 2018
Creating Attractive Urban Design
Indian Architect & Builder

Creating Attractive Urban Design

How can India and the Netherlands collaborate in the sector?

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5 mins  |
December 2018
A Case Of Serious Play
Indian Architect & Builder

A Case Of Serious Play

Maya Somaiya Library, Kopargaon, MaharashtraThe Maya Somaiya Library’s most captivating feature and function perhaps lie outside and above it. And it is not only the interesting feature and the form that captivates but also the opposing theories and arguments that the structure articulates through its design and construction. Arising from limited opportunities but expected to address multi-fold educational challenges, the library is a metaphor that establishes ideas, raises certain pertinent questions on the local-global conflict and raises the bar on how much more a building (and building-programme) can be, beyond the functions attributed to it.

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4 mins  |
December 2018
Natural Lessons Of Differences
Arts Illustrated

Natural Lessons Of Differences

The magic of trees, open skies, meandering rivers, thick forests, playful gardens with visual bridges through it – all these can teach us to look at the variegated patterns of life in the colours of nature.

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4 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019
The Serial Effect
Arts Illustrated

The Serial Effect

Despite the ubiquitous appeal of ‘saasbahu’ family dramas on television and their influence on fashion, they remain excluded from ‘elite’ fashion as the comparatively unrefined sartorial pleasures of the masses.

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6 mins  |
December 2018 - January 2019