Pune Design Festival 2021: Full Schedule

5:00pm IST

How Many Things is Too Many Things?

Speakers

SATISH GOKHALE

Co-founder - Design Directions Pvt. Ltd.

A graduate of India’s premier design institute, National Institute of Design (NID), Satish and his firm Design Directions Pvt Ltd founded in 1988 by him and his better half – Falguni – also a graduate of NID Ahmedabad – combines design, technology, aesthetics and relevant... Read More →

CHRISTIAN BASON

CEO - Danish Design Centre

Christian Bason is CEO of the Danish Design Centre. His role is to set the strategic direction for the organisation, and to govern the most demanding initiatives and activities.From 2007 to 2014, he was Director of MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation team. From 1998 to 2006... Read More →

LOTTE LYNGSTED JEPSEN

Lotte is the co-founding partner of Copenhagen based innovation and design agency Kirk, Hatch & Bloom. She heads up cross-functional teams on projects for both national and international clients ranging from commercial brands, NGOs, start-ups and scale-ups to municipalities and governments.Lotte... Read More →

Tuesday February 23, 2021 5:00pm - 6:00pm IST
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Panel Discussion, Industrial Design Day

10:00am IST

Design Education 'NOW for the Future'

Covid redefined change on an overdrive. How do we create a more inclusive, social, industry focused academic curriculum for the future but NOW.
PDF 2021 aims to document and create a working paper for submission to the relevant authorities.

Panelists would share their views and discuss topics like - uncertain future, shape of things that have already come or yet to come and role of design in society.

Speakers

SEKHAR MUKHERJEE

Director, NID Andhra Pradesh, Design Educator, Animator, Cartoonist, Festival Director & Graphic Storyteller

An alumnus of NID, Prof. Sekhar Mukherjee- was a senior faculty of communication design with NID Ahmedabad from 2002 to 2018. After graduating in commerce, he decided to follow his passion as his profession, and started his career as a newspaper cartoonist, illustrator & info-graphics... Read More →

ARVIND LODAYA

Strategic Innovation & Branding Consultant, ALo Consulting

Arvind Lodaya is trained in Industrial Design, and his work spans many design disciplines. He consults in a broad spectrum of Product and UI/UX Design, Innovation, Branding and Corporate Identity, and his clients are drawn from the corporate as well as academic/institutional as well... Read More →

THOMAS DAL

Director and Dean – Strate School of Design, India

Thomas holds 25 successful years of experience made of 10 successful years in the transportation industry, 4 years of in the education field starting DSK Rubika in 2008, and 6 years in the strategic and design management of Sport product design or Decathlon, Thomas started Strate... Read More →

PROF. UDAY ATHAVANKAR

Alumnus of JJ college of architecture, he worked as an architect for four years before switching over to Industrial Design in 1970. He studied Industrial Design at Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.For 50 years he was actively involved in design education... Read More →

PROF. SINGANAPALLI BALARAM

Prof. Singanapalli Balaram is designer, author and teacher with 50 years of experience. He published 7 books including the acclaimed ‘Thinking Design’ (2nd Edition by Sage Publication), which was translated into other languages.He was Chairman of Education at National Institute... Read More →

DR. GEETHA NARAYANAN

Founder - Director, Srishti Institute of Art Design Technology

An evangelist for learning and an activist for change in educational milieus across the world Geetha has worked for over 4 decades in the overlapping fields of education, arts and culture, design and technology. Her work is embodied in her daily practice as teacher and as leader... Read More →

Thursday February 25, 2021 10:00am - 11:00am IST
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