Mayank Mansingh Kaul

Mayank is the Founder-Director of The Project India, which works on archiving projects related to Indian design. He has curated several shows including Fracture – a show on contemporary textiles at the Devi Art Foundation. He also writes for leading magazines and is the Issue Editor of Take on Art Design (2012) and a forthcoming […]

Karan Grover

An architect and Director of Grover Vineyards, Karan Grover sets impossible goals in his professional and personal life as it generates in him, ‘the energy to try to meet them’. Good design to him is timeless, simple and something so beautiful that it spoils you and takes your breath away every time you see, touch […]

Juergen Mayer H

Founder and principal of his eponymous cross disciplinary studio, the German architect’s most eminent works include the Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain and the Plaza Pier in Lazika, a new Georgian city on the Black Sea coast. The Berliner has also received several accolades including the Mies van der Rohe Award Emerging Architect Special Mention […]

Jonathan Adler

More than just a name, Jonathan Adler’s redesign of the Parker Palm Springs hotel in California and the modern-glam interiors for the real life Barbie™. Dream House are iconic. His brand offers the finest in home decor and more recently, handbags. Jonathan is the author of four books, including ‘My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living’ and […]

David Abraham

Co-founder of the label, Abraham & Thakore (A&T), he is one of India’s most successful resources in fashion, accessories and textile products. His brand’s repertoire has been acquired for the permanent archives of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and has been displayed over several exhibitions on contemporary Indian design the world over.

Channa Daswatte

One of Sri Lanka’s leading architects, he started his career with a bus shelter design as a memorial for his grandmother, which is today considered legendary. He has written widely on Sri Lankan architecture and in 2006, together with photographer Dominic Sansoni, he published ‘Sri Lanka Style’. He then authored “Colonial Furniture in the Geoffrey […]

Abhishek Lodha

Managing Director of Lodha Developers Ltd, he holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He joined the group in 2003 and helms the design, construction and corporate planning functions. Good design to him is a reflection of users’ needs in an aesthetic and functionally superior manner.

Abha Narain Lambah

Abha Narain Lambah has been the recipient of the Charles Wallace Fellowship, the Sanskriti Award, Eisenhower Fellowship and eight UNESCO Awards for Conservation, among others. Her work covers conservation projects ranging from ancient Buddhist sites of Bodh Gaya and Ajanta to medieval monuments in Ladakh, Punjab, Orissa and Hampi and colonial buildings in Mumbai, Kolkata, […]

Verendra Wakhloo

The Kashmir born, New Delhi based architect’s main focus of work is on context sensitive architecture that integrates material and logic of construction, in search of archetypal form. The award winning creative is a Member of the Council of Architecture (COA) and the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA).

Toyo Ito

The Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect is renowned for creating conceptual structures world over. An admirer of Le Corbusier’s architecture, he admits he became an architect after failing to be a professional baseball player.

Tom Dixon

A multi-award winning self-taught designer, Tom Dixon first received prominence in mid 1980s as a talented untrained designer with a collection of salvaged welded furniture. In 2002, he launched his own eponymous brand responsible for the creation of iconic products such as Mirror Ball, Copper Shade, Wingback chair and Beat light. Five years later, he […]

Sonali Purewal

Sonali Purewal is a self-taught designer specialising in chic cottage living interiors. Her design sensibility blends modern Indian style with elements of Wabi Sabi. Originally a student of literature, she has been working in interior design, product development and luxury cottage design for the last ten years.