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ID Symposium 2025

Here’s the full schedule for ID Symposium 2025, India Design ID’s action-packed platform for discussing cutting-edge design ideas.

Book your tickets to come and hear world-renowned architects, interior designers, and creative leaders from 20-22 February 2025 at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi.

Thursday, February 20

Fair timings: 11.00 AM—7.00 PM

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS: TRANSITION and INDIA BY DESIGN will be open to all, at the ID Symposium Auditorium and Design Pavilion respectively.

ID Symposium begins with an opening ceremony at 11.00 AM. Our key speakers on this day include Tarun Tahiliani, Brian Yang, Abha Narain Lambah, Prateek Sadhu, Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara di Pinto among others.

Schedule for Day 1:

11.00-12.00: Opening Ceremony, Diya Lighting

12.00-12.45: Heritage Reimagined

Panel Discussion: Tarun Tahiliani (Founder and Managing Director, Tarun Tahiliani), Abha Narain Lambah (Principal Architect, Abha Narain Lambah Associates), Shalini Misra (Founder, Shalini Misra Ltd and Curio) moderated by Anica Mann (Archaeologist)

12.45-13.30: Mindful Design for a Changing World

Panel Discussion: Ranjeet Oak (Managing Director, South Asia at Kohler Co.), Puran Kumar (Principal, Studio PKA), Akshat Bhatt (Architecture Discipline) moderated by Tanya Khanna (Founder, Epistle)

13.45-14.30: In Fine Company

Panel Discussion: Prateek (Founder and Chef, NAAR at Amaya), Matt Chitharanjan (Co-founder and CEO), Sonal (Sonal C Holland Wine & Spirit Academy, SoHoWines)

14.30-15.15: The Multi-hyphenate Paradigm

Dialogue: Arianna Lelli Mami, Chiara di Pinto (Creative Directors and Founders, Studiopepe) in conversation with Farah Ahmed Mathias (Co-founder, FADD Studio)

15.15-16.00: Giving Form to the Future

Talk: Brian Yang (Architect and Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group)

16.00-16.45: Climate Futures

Panel Discussion: Adam Hudec (Design-researcher and Founder, Dusts Institute), Miguel Leiro (Designer and Founder, Miguel Leiro Studio & MAYRIT Bienal), Ananya Singhal (Managing Partner, Studio SAAR) moderated by Mrinalini Ghadiok (Architecture and Design Culturalist)

Friday, February 21

Fair timings: 11.00 AM—7.00 PM

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS: TRANSITION and INDIA BY DESIGN will be open to all, at the ID Symposium Auditorium and Design Pavilion respectively.

ID Symposium begins at 12.00 PM. Our key speakers on this day include Kulapat Yantrasast, Nozer Wadia, Priya Paul, Sebastian Herkner, Gunjan Gupta, and Kevin Hui among others.

Schedule for Day 2:

12.00-13.00: Decoding the ColourNext Forecast

Talk: Amit Syngle (Managing Director and CEO, Asian Paints)

What ColourNext means for Indian Design

Talk: Gunjan Gupta (Founder and Creative Director, Studio Wrap and Ikkis))

ColourNext Materials in Application

Talk: Mále Uribe Forés (Founder, Studio Mále)

13.00-13.45: The Road Less Travelled

Talk: Kevin Hui (Educator and Founder, Archimarathon)

14.00-14.45: Architecture for Cultural Flourishing

Dialogue: Kulapat Yantrasast (Founder and Creative Director, WHY Architecture) in conversation with Priya Paul (Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Group)

14.45-15.30: Redefining Luxury Design

Panel Discussion: Monika Choudhary (CDO, Co-founder & Growth Strategist, Habitat Architects), Aparna Kaushik (Founder, Aparna Kaushik Design Group), Amrita Guha (Founder, Untitled Design & Furgonomics), Sonali Bhagwati (Design Partner, Designplus Architecture) moderated by Kalyani Chawla (Founder, Rezon Silverware)

15.30-16.15: Crafted Emotions

Talk: Sebastian Herkner (Founder, Studio Sebastian Herkner)

16.15-17.30: The Irrepressible Nozer Wadia

Dialogue: Nozer Wadia (Principal, Nozer Wadia Associates) in conversation with Kunal Maniar (Founder, Kunal Maniar and Associates), Vaishali Kamdar (Founder, Vaishali Kamdar Associates), Ritu Nanda (Founder, Ritu Nanda Design)

Saturday, February 22

Fair timings: 11.00 AM—7.00 PM

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS: TRANSITION and INDIA BY DESIGN will be open to all, at the ID Symposium Auditorium and Design Pavilion respectively.

ID Symposium begins at 12.00 PM. Our key speakers on this day include Salma Samar Damluji, Palinda Kannangara, Marcial Jesús, José Lévy, Tim Curtis, and Monisha Ahmed among others.

Schedule for Day 3:

12.00-12.45: Preserving Indian Craft

Panel Discussion: Peter D’Ascoli (Founder, D’Ascoli), Tim Curtis (Director and Representative, UNESCO New Delhi Regional Office for South Asia) moderated by Ritu Sethi (Founder-Trustee, The Craft Revival)

12.45-13.30: Immersive, Outstanding & Outrageous Urban Spaces

Talk: Marcial Jesús (Founder and CEO, 100architects)

13.45-14.30: On Freedom to Design

Dialogue: José Lévy (Artist and Designer) in conversation with Amandine Roggeman (Cultural Attaché, French Embassy of India)

14.30-15.15: Architecture in Crisis

Dialogue: Salma Samar Damluji (Founder-Trustee, Earth Architecture Lab) in conversation with Shonan Purie Trehan (Principal, Language.Architecture.Body)

15.15-16.00: Art and Design as a Community Catalyst

Panel Discussion: Monisha Ahmed (Founder, Ladakh Arts & Media Organization), Jesmina Zeliang (Founder, Heirloom Naga), Nandan Ghiya (Creative Director, Public Arts Trust of India) moderated by Arjun Bahl (Co-founder, St+art India)

16.00-16.45: Designing for Wellness

Panel Discussion: Alan Abraham (Principal, Abraham John Architects), Sarika Shetty (Partner, SJK Architects), Amit Aurora (Partner, groupDCA) moderated by Tanya Khanna (Founder, Epistle)