ID Symposium

Open February 19-21, 12 PM – 5:30 PM

ID Symposium is India Design ID’s knowledge platform, bringing together 40+ leading architects, designers and creative thinkers from India and across the world. Through keynote talks, panel discussions and dialogues, the symposium addresses emerging ideas, evolving practices, and critical industry conversations. Some of our ID Symposium speakers include Mateo Kries, India Mahdavi, Max Lamb, Iram Sultan, Vinu Daniel and Sourabh Gupta.

This edition introduces a co-authorship initiative, highlighting special talk sessions curated in conjunction with top institutions and architects, including the Luxury Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Business France, The Design Village and Studio Archohm, Wallmakers, and Iram Sultan Design Studio. Aligned with The Age of Design Syncretism, the 2026 programme explores dialectic themes such as architectural pedagogy and practice, mindfulness and megastructures, cultural specificity and globalisation. 

Full Talk Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday, February 19, 2026

ID Symposium begins with an opening ceremony at 12.00 PM. This day includes special co-authored sessions by the Luxury Committee at Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Business France and Wallmakers. Our key speakers on this day include India Mahdavi, Vikram Goyal, Vinu Daniel, and Ravi Vazirani, among others.

12 – 12:40 PM: Opening Ceremony, Introduction & Diya Lighting, French Art de Vivre Welcome Address

12:40 – 1:10 PM: Design Beyond Boundaries

Co-authored with the Luxury Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Business France 

Dialogue: India Mahdavi (Architect & Designer) in conversation with Vikram Goyal (Founder & Creative Director, Vikram Goyal Studio & Viya), moderated by Gayatri Rangachari Shah (Journalist & Author)

1:10 – 1:40 PM: Impact of Design as Experience

Co-authored with the Luxury Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Business France

Panel: Laure Daynié (Country Manager, Indian Subcontinent, Air France), Hemant Mediratta (Representative, Galeries Lafayette), Ludivine Zangerlé (Vice President, Sales, Luxury & Lifestyle IMEAPAC, Accor), moderated by Sheetal Munshaw (Director, Atout France India)

1:40 – 2:10 PM: Material Intelligence and Design Innovation

Co-authored with the Luxury Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Business France

Dialogue: Ashiesh Shah (Founder & Creative Director, Atelier Ashiesh Shah) in conversation with Manju Sara Rajan (Writer, Editor & Arts Manager)

2:10 – 2:40 PM: Design as Cultural Translator

Co-authored with the Luxury Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Business France

Panel: Cédric Brochier (President, Brochier Soieries 1890), Mayank Mansingh Kaul (Writer & Curator), Paolo Caratelli (Associate Professor & Head of Research, Instituto Marangoni Dubai), moderated by Peter D’Ascoli (Creative Director, Talianna Studio)

3:15 – 4:10 PM: A Road of Realisations: Journey of the Sustainable Architect

Co-authored with Wallmakers 

Panel: Rahul Bhushan (Founder & Director, NORTH), Kirti Jalan (Principal Designer, Kirti Jalan Design Studio), Udit Mittal (Principal Architect, QX Design), and Radhika Soni (Senior Architect, Auroville Earth Institute), moderated by Vinu Daniel (Founder & Principal Architect, Wallmakers)

4:10 – 5:30 PM: From Presence to Regeneration: ColourNext 2026 Maps the New Cultural Currents Shaping Design 

Talk: Amit Syngle (MD & CEO, Asian Paints), Ria Chopra (Writer), Rigzin Wangmo Lachic (Founder, Dolkhar Ladakh), Samuel Barclay (Co-founder & Principal, Case Design), and Ravi Vazirani (Principal Designer, Ravi Vazirani Design Studio)

12.00-12.55 PM: Diversifying Narratives on the Global Stage

Dialogue: Mateo Kries (Director, Vitra Design Museum) in conversation with Gunjan Gupta (Creative Director & Founder, Studio Wrap, Gunjan Gupta Collectibles & Ikkis), moderated by Misha Bains (Fair Director, India Design ID)

12.55-1.50 PM: Reimagining Architectural Pedagogies: Bridging Academia, Practice, and Planetary Urgency

Co-authored with Studio Archohm & The Design Village

Dialogue: Ingrid Schroder (Director, Architectural Association School of Architecture) in conversation with Neelkanth Chhaya (Architect & Former Dean, CEPT University), moderated by Mridu Sahai Patnaik (Co-founder, The Design Village & Partner, Studio Archohm)

1.50-2.45 PM: Evolving Design Methodologies: Tools, Processes, and Creation in the Hyper-digital Age

Co-authored with Iram Sultan Design Studio

Dialogue: Amit Khanna (Design Principal, AKDA) in conversation with Sidhartha Talwar (Founder & Design Principal, STA+D), and moderated by Iram Sultan (Principal Designer, Iram Sultan Design Studio)

2.45-3.40 PM: Building Legacy: Design in the Era of Globalisation

Panel: Alex Dornbracht (VP & GM, Kallista & Robern), Zafar Choudhary (CEO & Founding Partner, Habitat Architects), PJ Natuzzi (Chief Projects & Contract Officer, Natuzzi Italia), moderated by Devika Khosla (Founder & Creative Director, The Works Interiors)

ID Symposium begins at 12.00 PM. This day includes special co-authored sessions by Studio Archohm & The Design Village. Our key speakers on this day include Samuel Ross, Max Lamb, Sourabh Gupta, Deepak Srinath, among others.

12.00-12.55 PM: Between Abstraction and Impact: Objects, Garments, and Spaces as Creative Frameworks

Dialogue: Samuel Ross (Designer & Artist, SR_A) in conversation with Tanya Khanna (Founder, Epistle)

12.55-1.50 PM: Mindful Megastructures: Behaviour and Image of Architecture

Co-authored with Studio Archohm & The Design Village

Dialogue: Paul Hekkert (Professor of Form Theory, TU Delft) in conversation with Sourabh Gupta (Founder, Studio Archohm)

1.50-2.45 PM: Stories of Syncretism

Panel: Suparna Handa (MD, Sarita Handa), Mandeep Nagi Housego (Creative Director, Shades of India), Punit Jasuja (Founder, Second Floor Studio & Punit Jasuja Productions), moderated by Suneet Zishan Langar (Director of Editorial & Global Partnerships, Epistle)

2.45-3.40 PM: Exercises in Making: In Search of the Well-made 

Dialogue: Max Lamb in conversation with Deeptashree Saha (Founder, The Vernacular Modern)

3.40-4.35 PM: Aditya Prakash and the Design of Chandigarh Modernism

Dialogue: Vikramaditya Prakash (Professor of Architecture, University of Washington) in conversation with Deepak Srinath (Founder, Phantom Hands)

ID Special Project: DESIGN, TOMORROW

Open All Days From 11 AM – 7 PM

DESIGN, TOMORROW, a special exhibition curated by Misha Bains, Fair Director of India Design ID, positions the future of design as a condition already taking shape today, one shaped by material intelligence, cultural shifts, technological change and evolving ideas of sustainability, function and luxury. 

Spanning furniture, textiles and objets d’art, the selection maps a field of contemporary practice driven by craft, experimentation and material innovation. The showcase places Indian design within a wider global conversation, presenting multiple perspectives that speak to a moment of transition, hybridity and new creative priorities.

ID Honours

Launched in 2019, ID Honours is a prestigious platform that showcases exceptional, boundary-pushing projects, celebrating the architects and designers behind them. Selected by a distinguished jury, the projects reflect originality, innovation and a sustained commitment to design excellence.

What sets ID Honours apart is its focused recognition—spotlighting a single defining project while acknowledging consistent design leadership and impact within the profession.

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