Jay Merrick, Architecture Critic, The Independent, London

The young Indian designers stood, with studied insouciance, alongside their product displays in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Delhi. The default seemed to be pairs of designers: smiling thirtysomethings, male, encased in tight, highly finessed jackets and trousers. You may not have heard of Deepak and Sanjiv Whorra, Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth, or Thukral and Tagra. You probably haven’t handled terracotta iPod docks, geometrically tiled tables in Gujarati marble, or peacock wall-lamps, because most of the designers here are unknown outside India. And yet they have the patronage of international philanthropic foundation BE OPEN.

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Milan Design Week — BE OPEN Young Talent Award

Curated with Roberto Zancan

Awards ceremony with presentation of designer trophies

at INTERNI – FEEDING NEW IDEAS FOR THE CITY

Expo Hall, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Festa del Perdono 7

Monday, April 7th, 6pm

In the presence of the jury

Shay Alkalay (Raw Edges), Giulio Cappellini (art director of Cappellini), Giorgio Galli (design director of Timex Group), Sofia Lagerkvist (Front), Jay Osgerby (Barber & Osgerby).

 

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BE OPEN Made in … India Competition

Create the ultimate Indian object for our future, using traditional handicrafts

Due to a fantastic response from Indian design schools and by popular demand, BE OPEN is extending the deadline for submissions to 28th April 2014.

The competition is open to all students enrolled at a recognised design school in India.

BE OPEN, the global philanthropic foundation that fosters innovation and creativity, is launching a “Made in … India” competition to seek out and platform the best new thinking about product design in India.

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