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Design Accolades This is the third year POOL Magazine is hosting India’s Best Design Studio Awards and already it is a very different type of event, distinct from any other award program in many ways.

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Designindia was founded in 2002. It was started as a platform for interaction for the design community in India and abroad. Over the years it has grown into a forum spread over many social and professional networking domains, linking design professionals into an active, interactive and thought leading community.

It is the only Award that celebrates Design Studios; the process includes organizational and financial audits.

From this year we are also recognizing the diversity within each domain, and we may have more than one winner in each category of studios.

We also decided to extend the same rigor to individual projects; the idea was to collect and present to the audience the best design projects done recently in each domain. As the winning entries prove, the projects have been judged on their own merit, and not against each other. This is one award that does away with categories altogether. Each winner is India’s Best Design Project by itself.

We are thankful to our Jury and our sponsors who help us keep the bar up, but bigger thanks go to the participants who have put their faith and trust in the awards.

Cheers to the great design community worldwide, and thank you all for cheering us on!

Sudhir

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INDIA’S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2017

India’s Best Design Awards recognize design studios for their professional work, design practices, and transparency. Initiated

by POOL Magazine in 2015, these are the first awards of their kind in this country, and also the most respected!

In this issue we celebrate Indian Design and the designers performing in a competitive, hyped, and mostly unorganized industry. Setting the benchmark for others to follow are these winners of India’s Best Design Studio Awards 2017 and India’s Best Design Project Awards 2017...

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JURY 2017

JURY 2017 India’s Best Design Awards invited renowned design experts from around the world to participate in the evaluation process for India’s Best Design Studio Awards and India’s Best Design Project Awards 2017. Jury members are leading design experts in the fields of visual communication, industrial design, experience design, branding, craft, textile, design innovations and social impact design.

A Balasubramaniam New Delhi A practising product designer, the founder of January Design, a consultancy that works mainly with marginal crafts, grassroot innovations and the MSME sectors of the industry.

Adil Jal Darukhanawala Pune A pioneer among Indian automotive journalists, he has over 40 years of diverse experience. He presently heads Fast Bikes India magazine and is the first Indian ever to be honoured at the Guild of Motoring Awards in the UK.

Aditi Ranjan Ahmedabad A textile designer and educator, she was a design teacher at the National Institute of Design (NID) from 1974 to 2012. She has authored a book on the Textile and Bamboo crafts of Northeast India (1983).

Anil Sinha Ahmedabad Currently Head of GLS Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Previously, Principal Designer, Faculty of Communication Design; Activity Chairperson, IDS and IP&P, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall Toronto A design anthropologist, public intellectual, and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory, culture, and design. She is the Dean of Design at Ontario College of Art and Design University.

Dr. Essam Abu-Awad Amman Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design, Applied Science Private University; active in the academic and professional fields of design.

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JURY 2017 Frank Zierenberg Hannover Project Director of the iF DESIGN AWARD since 2015, he also coordinates the iF representative offices in Brazil, Poland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Korea and Japan, and takes care of international client relations.

Prof. G.V. Sreekumar Mumbai Professor and Head of IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.

His areas of specializations are Typography, Calligraphy, Publication Design, Information Design, anatomy and figure drawing and Design Pedagogy.

Julia Chiu Tokyo Professor at Musashino Art University (MAU), a leading art and design university in Japan.

Kieu Huyen Pham Hanoi Founder and Chairman at Haki Group; Design and Product development consultant at Haki Craft; Chairman and CEO at Asia Brand Invest.

Mark Watson Melbourne A design polymath, working across Built Environment, Product/ Industrial, and latterly Strategic/Service Design. A design thinking research leader working strategically and sustainably across the environment, society and economy.

Prof. Mookesh Patel Mumbai Dean at Indian School of Design and Innovation, Mumbai. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Scholar Grant, United Nations Development Program Grant, and other awards.

Raman Saxena New Delhi Co-founder of USID Foundation and Delhi Design Festival. Founder of USER Lab Asia, Innovation Factory India. He has 20+ years of experience leading UX, Design Thinking, and Design Innovation strategy projects.

Saki Mafundikwa Harare Director of Zimbabwe Institute of Digital Arts, Zimbabwe’s first and only Graphic Design and New Media training facility.

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INDIA’S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2017

INDIA'S BEST DESIGN STUDIO AWARDS 2017

WINNERS

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Anagram Architects

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INI Design

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Cracker and Rush

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Studio ABD

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Desmania

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Studio ABD

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Fractal Ink

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TATA Elxsi

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GCPL Studio (in-house)

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Think Design

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GPL Design (in-house)

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UDLab

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POOLSIDE CHATS

PRESENTATIONS

A BALASUBRAMANIAM

ABHIJIT BANSOD

BHAVIN DABHI

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PRAVINSINH GEETA SUTHAR SOLANKI

SANTOSH PRIYANKA KSHIRSAGAR AGRAWAL

KUNAL KHADSE

RAMAN SAXENA

GEETA SUTHAR

PRIYANKA AGRAWAL

AYAZ BASRAI

SAURABH SINGH

CHANDRIKA SAHAY

TARUN THAKKAR

HUSSAIN AL LAWATI

MC HARI NALLAN

AASHISH SOLANKI

IRA SHARMA

ADIL JAL DARUKHANAWALA

AJAY SHARMA

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INDIA’S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2017

INDIA'S BEST DESIGN PROJECT AWARDS 2017

WINNERS

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Abt Associates – Healthcare Toolkit

by Think Design for Abt Associates

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Orbango – Juice Packaging

by Jigna Shah Oza for Orbango Juice

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Alanna – Naturally Beautiful by Zero Gravity Communications for Ms. Rashi Bahel

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Ramaiah Group Identity by Cracker & Rush for Ramaiah Group of Institutions

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Aroha – Residential Project by Pentaspace Consultants for Kanakia Spaces Realty Pvt. Ltd.

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Raymond – Architecting the Digital Roadmap

by Fractal Ink for Raymond

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Artrovert – Conversations in Grey

by Anagram Architects for Anita Dube

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Axis Direct – On a Mission to Demystify Investments by Think Design for Axis Securities

Redefining beauty and wellness – with Fabogo by Firebrand for Mazkara LLC

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Rivers of India by Kosh

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Savior App – Time Saved is Life Saved

by CodeCraft Technologies

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SOOT – Textile colorant + Capturing memory

by Neha Rao

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Stan Smith – Shoe Launch

by Few Steps Ahead for Adidas Originals

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The State of Architecture – Practices & Processes in India by Kahani Design Works for Urban Design Research Institute

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Unnati – Brand Identity Redesign

by Cracker & Rush for Unnati Skill Centre

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Janalakshmi Microfinance – Branch Operations Manual & Activity Calendar

by Cracker & Rush for Janalakshmi Financial Services

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Jayaprakash Narayan Interpretation Centre – Museum of Socialism

by Archohm Consultants for Lucknow Development Authority

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MIKO – Companion Robot by Emotix

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O2 Spa – Courtyard Marriott, Mumbai

by MU Design for Kanakia Spaces Pvt. Ltd.

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