Design X Design Expose 4

Design in its many manifestations forms an integral part of every culture. Civilizations evolve and attain their full potential because of it.

Design based creative industries in India are witness to a fascinating churning, necessitating a search for a vision that may inform their evolution beyond - spanning education, profession and the industry. Thus, involving exposes, roundtables, exhibitions etc. Design X Design is a step in that direction.

The energy behind the design of a pin or a city being the same, this joint initiative of Alliance Francaise de Delhi and Studio IF is also geared towards raising levels of appreciation within and nurturing connections across various creative industries ? architecture, urban/ landscape/ interior design, product/ industrial design, textile/ fashion design, graphic/ communication design etc. Local and global in outlook, it is directed at the initiated and the uninitiated alike.

About the Presenters

Accessory Designers
Rajat Tuli & Rahul Anand of Happily Unmarried

Happily Unmarried was anti-established by Rajat Tuli and Rahul Anand in 2003. They claim they are in the business of selling fun. Their range of quirky gifts and life style accessories sell in interesting stores all across India.Their activities extend to organizing live music events that include 'Music in the Hills', a bi-annual happening. Presently they are working towards launching the first Happily Unmarried Bar & Kitchen.

Rajat Tuli & Rahul Anand are graduates of MICA, Ahmedabad. The idea of Happily Unmarried struck them long time ago when they were out for a run. They realized that in this family oriented country there was no one targeting singles and young people. One thing led to another (starting with abandoning the run to go to a cyber-cafe to register the brand name url).

Interior Designer
Ambrish Arora of Lotus

Set up in 2003, Lotus prides itself in creating experiential spaces that blur the edge between visual communication and architecture. In the six years of its existence it has come to specialize in creating boutique experiences in the domain of retail and hospitality interiors. Committed to producing a result that derives itself from the requirements of the project, the team celebrates the fact that it has no signature style. Imbibing their individual strengths across disciplines, the vision of Lotus is to constantly explore new paradigms in an inherent desire to continuously stretch the boundaries of what is acceptable or even possible...
Headed by Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar (Architect/ TVB School of Habitat Studies New Delhi), Ankur Choksi (Graphic Designer/ NID Ahmedabad) and Arun Kullu (Furniture Designer/ NID Ahmedabad), the 18 member design team at Lotus hails from diverse disciplines. Ambrish, the founding partner and CEO of Lotus trained and worked as a boat designer for 5 years before turning his interest to architecture & interior design. In the course of his career he has acquired extensive experience in India and abroad as part of design teams on diverse projects such as museums, retail spaces, offices, residences, exhibitions, lightweight structures, and two european feature films. He has also served as visiting faculty to NIFT Delhi, consultant to NID Ahmedabad and visiting Juror to School of Interior Design CEPT Ahmedabad.