Hi There! Nothing can be more interesting than a daily life and bits of imagination. Inspiration from the same pours into my sketchbook. Design enables my senses to navigate. It is my process of Search, analysis & elaboration. Willing to work with a growth oriented organization which will augment my affinity for Designing and real time innovation execution. Affinity for the performance upliftment & strategic thinking for business development with intelligent design solution as per client briefs. Core competency: • Effective Intelligent Design Solution • Visualizing Trend & Client Briefs • Product portfolio development for International Trade Shows & Buyers • Effective Communication Skills • Manufacturing Design Process & Part Minimization. I believe in the power of making. Working with craft, traditional material & updated techniques is something I love. I see textile as a versatile expression into shaping lives, customs, acts, rituals that moulds the society.
WORK EXPERIENCE Sept 2016 - Present Senior Designer - Furnishing Print-Embroidery & Dobby-Jacquard Chamundi Textiles (Silk Mills) Ltd. Design Manager • Creative Designer • Concept development • SKUs’ for furnishing & technical B2B exporters • vendor operation for sampling & Quality Control• Furnishing Jacquard (indoor&outdoor) • Surface Development • demographic taste: Editors in US, UK & EU) • Conducting Buyers meet & Hemtextil, Proposte & M&O • Product Portfolio Bangalore, Karnataka Feb 2016 - Aug 2016 Trident Group Vice President, Sheeting Design (US market) • Lead Creative Designer • Product Developer • Sampling, Quality & RnD
Ludiana, Punjab
2015 - Jan 2016 Outreach Program, National Institute of Design Freelancer • North-East Project (Assam & Manipur) • Design development of coir product for MSMEs DCS. NID, Ahmedabad
2011-2012 UPASANA DESIGN STUDIO Inhouse Textile designer • KAPAS project asst. leader • waste managment • product devloper Auroville, Tamilnadu
Colour of Nature Natural Dyeing • freelance designer in Batik, Shibori & Tie-dye.
Pondicherry, India
SKILLS • Seasonal Concept development • Dyeing & colouring • Weaving Handloom & Jacquard) • Print making ( digital/ screen/ Block) • Surface Ornamentation • textile embellishmen • Fabric Manipulation • Felt & Paper Making • Illustration (digital/hand drawn) • Photography • Craft Documentation • Brochure Development • Basic Pattern Making • Styling • Concept & Product Development • Digital Strategy • Trend Report Forcasting • Design Thinking • Competitive Analysis • Scenario Planning & Quality Control • Loom Intervention & product diversification • Sample & SKUs Development • Conducting Buyers meet & Trade fair • Vendor Coordination • Hand to Marketing (International)
DESIGN SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw NedGraphics Google Sketchup Microsoft Office
Imon Khandakar Textile Professional | Business Developer 69, Khudiram Sarani, Coochbehar W.B. India 736101 inboximon@gmail.com ikhandakar@yahoo.com +91 8179112906 June 18, 1987
EDUCATION 2012-2014 National Institute of Design • Textile Design (yarn & fabric dyeing, print making, screen print, advance weaving, digital printing, fabric costruction, felt & paper making, craft documentation, textile & space, design concept & concern) Ahmedabad, India
2007-2011 National Institute of Fashion Technology • Textile Design (Weaving, knitting, dyeing, basic pattern making, sewing tecniques, CAD, marchendising, forecast, craft cluster development) Kolkata, India
2006 Higher Secondary (10+2) • Jenkins’ School • Science faculty Coochbehar.W.B. india
2004 Secondary • Sadar Govt. School Coochbehar.W.B. india
PROJECTS Dec 2014 - Jul 2015 Dastkar Andhra/Daaram Diploma Project • developing collection of contemporary cotton hand loom saris • Dobby & Three Shuttle(Kuppadam) Temple border technique • designing along with redefining quality of drape of a sari through material & loom technology. 2014 AVANI EarthCraft Experience in Village Centre Development at Chankana in weaving & agriculture of dyestuffs • capacity building through product extension • Linen Collection of fabrics, Sarees, Stoles • In-house waste management and different treatments on woollen products. Kumaon region, Uttarakhand.
2013-2014 Craft Documentation Ethnographic study of Majuli, Assam 2011-2012 Upasana Design Studio 1. ‘Paruthi ‘ organic cotton textile project under ‘Kapas’ • 4 shaft design in 10s - 70s cotton • fabrics for garment, accessories, stoles & saris • natural dyeing • production 2. Exhibition named ‘Kapas- a way forward’ • cotton yarn, fabric installation promotion 3. ‘Janaki - house of conscious living’ • product development Auroville Papers paper making • note book, note pad, photo frame, Cards, textured papers Auroville, India
2010
LANGUAGE English (Professional working proficiency) Bengali (Native) Hindi (Professional working proficiency) Tamil (Elementary proficiency)
Upasana design studio Graduation project under ‘Varanasi weavers’ project • brocade design development for Sari, Stoles, Yardage • 2 collection Internship • varanasi brocade weaving • recycle product development Auroville, India
2009 Cluster Initiatives • SGSY Project -Birbhum Craft Cluster Development • Kantha Stitch & Batik product development • women empowerment
THINGS I ENJOY • Travelling • Photography & Architecture • Illustration & Paper craft • Recycle products • Textile & Space design • Iranian & UK films & documentaries • Frisbee • Kapuyera • Football • Ted Talks • Stand up Comedy
Santiniketan, India
2009 2 months industrial exposure in Barat Vijay Mill in dobby power loom weaving. Kalol, Gujrat, India