PRESS RELEASE India Design Forum 2012 – The Power of Design The first ever India Design Forum attracted 730 registered visitors in two days and many more during the Design Week which preceded it. Our team of writers report from the front row, on Day 2, the last and final day of this pioneering nine
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PRESS RELEASE India Design Forum 2012 – The Power of Design The first international India Design Forum had its first day of events yesterday. Our team of writers report from the front row. OPENING – VISION PLENARY The Vision Plenary Session of the Indian Design Forum opened with a welcome address from Ms Rajshree Pathy,
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Karim Rashid Designer, USA IDF Interview 1. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? I preach about how design shapes the future. I believe that design is extremely consequential to our daily lives and can positively change human behavior. My travels have not taken me to India and this seems like
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Paola Antonelli Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), USA IDF Interview 1. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? I was there years ago when the founders first started thinking about IDF and I have been on board ever since. I believe that India holds
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India Design Forum 2012 – The Power of Design 02 March 2012 – Today, the country’s first international design forum, India Design Forum (IDF) (www.indiadesignforum.com) launched its nine day event with Visualizing Marathon, held at the India International Centre, New Delhi. Visualizing.org has partnered with IDF for the first of a Visualizing Marathon series for
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Editor Creative Review Magazine IDF Interview 1. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? Because the nice people at IDF asked me to and because I’m really keen to meet Indian designers as well as to visit Delhi (I’ve only been to Mumbai before) 2. Please name the 3 design objects
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Co-founder and Principal of Serie, UK The IDF Interview I. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? Serie has been working in India since 2007 and we belong here II. Please name the 3 design objects or initiatives that you consider timeless. The Parthenon, La Tourette and Seagram Building III. What
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Manish Arora Designer and Creative Direcctor, Paco Rabanne France/ India IDF Interview 1. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? I am proud of my Indian heritage and the way it has influenced my design aesthetic. Through my career I have been associated with the Indian as well as the international
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Birgit Lohmann Editor and Associate, Designboom, Italy Our speakers tell us why they’re coming to IDF, and what their design sensibility is all about. IDF Interview   1. Why did you choose to participate in the India Design Forum? Designboom is excited about the growth of the design community in India. we would like to
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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.” Richard Buckminster Fuller Richard ‘Bucky’ Buckminster Fuller was perhaps one of the few futurist architects of his time. In ode to his unique style of writing and his thought of it being crucial
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