ODISHA DESIGN WEEK (ODW)

The Design Festival of Odisha.

The brainchild of Odisha Design Council (ODC), Odisha Design Week (ODW), is a trailblazing event and first of its kind to be held in Odisha. It aims to bridge the gap between the rich cultural heritage of the state with contemporary design practices through state of the art design events and activities. ODW will be the meeting ground where design lovers can interact with and learn from an array of design professionals invited from across the globe through workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions and much more. Odisha Design Week (ODW) aspires to be an amalgamation of traditional culture and contemporary design. It is Odishan answer to famous – “Milan Design Week” or any other Design Weeks around the world in terms of its unique format to make the state an international design hub.

The Odisha Design Week (ODW) is founded and curated by the internationally acclaimed design academician of the state and the chairman of Odisha Design Council (ODC)- Prof. Paresh Choudhury. Please keep in touch for your involvement in its next edition.


See you again in 2023

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ODW 2021 SPEAKERS


Odisha Design Week brings to you a variety of speakers ranging from successful and renowned faces of the design industry to upcoming designers across the globe. Witness their journey, learn from their portfolios, and delve deep into the world of Design.

Jatin Das
Jatin Das

(Keynote Speaker)

Contemporary Artist
Founder - JD Centre of Art

Padma Bhushan
India’s Highest civilian awards
By the President of India

MARK WATSON
ROWAN AINSWORTH

(Keynote Speaker)

Consul - General
For Australia,

Kolkata



CEES DE BONT

Dean
School of Design
Loughborough University, UK

Former Dean
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

CEES DE BONT
SATISH GOKHALE

Co-founder & Director
Design Directions

Design of the Decade Award
India

SATISH GOKHALE Paul Sandip
Paul Sandip

Critically Acclaimed
Industrial designer

TEDx speaker,
Red Dot Awardee twice
Designpreneur,
Title from Shri Narendra Modi

Nima Namchu
NIMA NAMCHU

Former Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide
India

George Joseph

Design Director at IDEO.org

Problem-Solver
Storyteller at heart
Rwanda

George Joseph
PRADYUMNA VYAS

Former Director,
National Institute of Design
India

Board Member,
World Design Organisation

Pradyumna Vyas Jabin Mora
JABIN MORA

Design Professor
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico

Elena
Elena Stoyanova

Brand Designer

Emerging Designer
Birmingham, UK

DAN griner

Director
Design, Innovation & Strategy
University of Colorado
USA

Dan Griner
Jitu Mishra

Archaeologist

Traveller and Visual Narrator
On Art, Culture, History and Tourism

Jitu Mishra Anthony Lopez
ANTHONY LOPEZ

Co-founder
Lopez Design

Design of the Decade Award
India

Rikke hansen
RIKKE HANSEN

Vice Chairman
The Danish Book Craft Society

Graphis Platinum Award
Denmark

ASHWINI DESHPANDE

Co-founder & Director
Elephant Design

Global ReBrand 100
A’Design Awards
India

Ashwini Deshpande
NILA MADHAB PANDA

Indian film producer and Director

Padma Shri (2016)
National Film Awardee
India

Nila Madhab Satyajit Mittall
TANU SINHA

Head Design & Innovation

PepsiCo,India

Allen Shaw
ALLEN SHAW

Indian Artist

Illustrator and storyteller
Germany

SURESH ERIYAT

Indian Animator

National Film Award
India

Suresh Eriyat
SUSMITA MOHANTY

Indian Spaceship Designer

CEO, Earth2Orbit

International Achievement Award (2005)
India

Susmita Mohanty Suresh V
SURESH VENKAT

Design Moderator
Indian Design Festivals

Design Thinker
Mumbai, India

Shekhar
Shekhar Kamat

Indi-Classic Logo Designer
SBI Logo Fame

Melbourne, Australia

MARK WATSON

Managing Partner DesignThinkers Group Australia

Advisory Board Odisha Design Council

Suresh Eriyat
Soumyendu Shankar Ray

Director

KIIT School of Architecture & Planning

Susmita Mohanty Suresh V
Jaydeep Mukharjee

Director
TCS Interactive,

Dallas, USA

Shekhar
Aniruddha Jha

Experience Design Director
Cognizant

London

Jatin Das
Jatin Das

(Keynote Speaker)

Contemporary Artist
Founder - JD Centre of Art

Padma Bhushan
India’s Highest civilian awards
By the President of India

Rowan Ainsworth

(Keynote Speaker)

Consul - General For Australia,

Kolkata

Mark Watson CEES DE BONT
CEES DE BONT

Dean
School of Design
Loughborough University, UK

Former Dean
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

SATISH GOKHALE

Co-founder & Director
Design Directions

Design of the Decade Award
India

SATISH GOKHALE Paul Sandip
Paul Sandip

Critically Acclaimed
Industrial designer

TEDx speaker,
Red Dot Awardee twice
Designpreneur,
Title from Shri Narendra Modi

NIMA NAMCHU

Former Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide
India

NIMA NAMCHU George Joseph
George Joseph

Design Director at IDEO.org

Problem-Solver
Storyteller at heart
Rwanda

PRADYUMNA VYAS

Former Director,
National Institute of Design
India

Board Member,
World Design Organisation

PRADYUMNA VYAS JABIN MORA
JABIN MORA

Design Professor
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico

Elena Stoyanova

Brand Designer

Emerging Designer
Birmingham, UK

Elena DAN GRINER
DAN GRINER

Director
Design, Innovation & Strategy
University of Colorado
USA

Jitu Mishra

Archaeologist

Traveller and Visual Narrator
On Art, Culture, History and Tourism

Jitu Mishra ANTHONY LOPEZ
ANTHONY LOPEZ

Co-founder
Lopez Design

Design of the Decade Award
India

RIKKE HANSEN

Vice Chairman
The Danish Book Craft Society

Graphis Platinum Award
Denmark

RIKKE HANSEN ASHWINI DESHPANDE
ASHWINI DESHPANDE

Co-founder & Director
Elephant Design

Global ReBrand 100
A’Design Awards
India

NILA MADHAB PANDA

Indian film producer and Director

Padma Shri (2016)
National Film Awardee
India

NILA MADHAB PANDA SATYAJIT MITTAL
Tanu Sinha

Head Design & Innovation

PepsiCo,India

ALLEN SHAW

Indian Artist

Illustrator and storyteller
Germany

ALLEN SHAW SURESH ERIYAT
SURESH ERIYAT

Indian Animator

National Film Award
India

SUSMITA MOHANTY

Indian Spaceship Designer

CEO, Earth2Orbit

International Achievement Award (2005)
India

SUSMITA MOHANTY SURESH V
SURESH Venkat

Design Moderator
Indian Design Festivals

Design Thinker
Mumbai, India

Shekhar Kamat

Indi-Classic Logo Designer
SBI Logo Fame

Melbourne, Australia

Shekhar Kamat SURESH ERIYAT
MARK WATSON

Managing Partner DesignThinkers Group Australia

Advisory Board Odisha Design Council

Soumyendu Shankar Ray

Director,


KIIT School of Architecture & Planning

SUSMITA MOHANTY SURESH ERIYAT
Jaydeep Mukharjee

Director, TCS Interactive,

Dallas, USA

Aniruddha Jha

Experience Design Director


Cognizant, London

SUSMITA MOHANTY
PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Visit lounge area for full day Portfolio Reviews
DAY-1
11 Dec
DAY-2
12 Dec
DAY-3
13 Dec
DAY-4
14 Dec
DAY-5
15 Dec
OPENING
MORNING SESSION - PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
9:00 AM
WELCOME SESSION
Paresh Choudhury
Suresh Venkat

10:00 AM
Keynote By
Pradyumna Vyas
(Mentor of ODC & Former Director,NID)


11.00 AM
Keynote By
Jatin Das
(Eminent Artist)


10:00 AM
CALLIGRAPHY DEMO
Achyut Palav
(Mumbai)








10:00 AM
TYPOGRAPHY 1
Mahendra Patel
(Pune)









10:00 AM
TYPOGRAPHY 2
Mahendra Patel
(Pune)


ART OF
PHOTOGRAPHY 1
Sandeep Damre
Ahmedabad








10:00 AM
ART OF
PHOTOGRAPHY 2
Sandeep Damre
(Ahmedabad)





LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated by
Suresh Venkat

Moderated by
Neena Bhattacharjee

Moderated by
Suresh Venkat

Moderated by
Rashmi Rajan

Moderated by
Suresh Venkat

02:00 PM
Satish Gokhale
(Pune)



03:00 PM
Rikke Hansen
(Denmark)
02:00 PM
Shekhar Kamat
(Australia)



03:00 PM
Nima Namchu
(Italy)
02:00 PM
Pradyumna Vyas
(ExDirector, NID)



03:00 PM
Cees De Bont
(UK)
02:00 PM
George Joseph
(IDEO-USA)



03:00 PM
Dan Griner
(US)
02:00 PM
Tanu Sinha
(Design Director,PepsiCo India)

03:00 PM
Paul Sandip
(Pune)
COFFEE BREAK
04:30 PM
Ashwini Deshpande
(Pune)




05:30 PM
Jabin Mora
(Mexico)



06:30 PM
Anthony Lopez
(New Delhi)
04:30 PM
Nila Madhab Panda
(Odisha)




05:30 PM
Suresh Eriyat
(Mumbai)



06:30 PM
Heritage & smart Cities
A panel discussion by:
Prof. Mark Watson
Dr. Sanmitra Chitte
Dr. Anubha Kakroo
Prof. Shaleen Sharma
04:30 PM
Elena Stoyanova
(UK)




05:30 PM
Soumyendu Ray
(Architect, Bhubaneshwar)


06:30 PM
Allen Shaw
(Germany)
04:30 PM
Jitu Mishra
(Odisha)




05:30 PM
Jaydeep Mukherjee
(Director - TCS Intercative, US)


06:30 PM
Susmita Mohanty
(Space Ship Designer)
04:30 PM
Aniruddha Jha
(Experience Design Director - Cognizant, UK)


05:30 PM
SPECIAL SESSION- by
Mr.Daniel Sim
(Deputy Australian Consul General)

06:30 PM
Thanks Giving Note By
Paresh Choudhury
Founder - Odisha Design Council.
Closing Moment
DAY-1
11 Dec
OPENING
9:00 AM
WELCOME SESSION
Paresh Choudhury
Suresh Venkat

10:00 AM
Keynote By
Pradyumna Vyas
(Mentor of ODC &
Former Director,NID)

11:00 AM
Keynote By
Jatin Das
(Eminent Artist)


LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated By
Suresh Venkat
02:00 PM
Satish Gokhale
(Pune)

03:00 PM
Rikke Hansen
(Denmark)
COFFEE BREAK
04:30 PM
Ashwini Deshpande
(Pune)

05:30 PM
Jabin Mora
(Mexico)

06:30 PM
Anthony Lopez
(New Delhi)
DAY-2
12 Dec
MORNING SESSION -
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
10:00 AM
CALLIGRAPHY DEMO
Achyut Palav
(Mumbai)

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Visit lounge area for full day Portfolio Reviews
LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated By
Neena Bhattacharjee
02:00 PM
Shekhar Kamat
(Australia)

03:00 PM
Nima Namchu
(Italy)
COFFEE BREAK
04:30 PM
Nila Madhab Panda
(Odisha)

05:30 PM
Suresh Eriyat
(Mumbai)

06:30 PM
Heritage & smart Cities
A panel discussion by:
Prof. Mark Watson
Dr. Sanmitra Chitte
Dr. Anubha Kakroo
Prof. Shaleen Sharma
DAY-3
13 Dec
MORNING SESSION -
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
10:00 AM
TYPOGRAPHY 1
Mahendra Patel
(Pune)

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Visit lounge area for full day Portfolio Reviews
LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated By
Suresh Venkat
02:00 PM
Pradyumna Vyas
(ExDirector, NID)

03:00 PM
Cees De Bont
(UK)
COFFEE BREAK
04:30 PM
Elena Stoyanova
(UK)

05:30 PM
Soumyendu Ray
(Architect, Bhubaneshwar)

06:30 PM
Allen Shaw
(Germany)
DAY-4
14 Dec
MORNING SESSION -
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
10:00 AM
TYPOGRAPHY 2
Mahendra Patel
(Pune)

ART OF
PHOTOGRAPHY 1
Sandeep Damre
Ahmedabad

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Visit lounge area for full day Portfolio Reviews
LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated By
Rashmi Rajan
02:00 PM
George Joseph
(IDEO-USA)

03:00 PM
Dan Griner
(US)
COFFEE BREAK
04:30 PM
Jitu Mishra
(Odisha)

05:30 PM
Jaydeep Mukherjee
(Director - TCS Intercative, US)

06:30 PM
Susmita Mohanty
(Space Ship Designer)
DAY-5
15 Dec
MORNING SESSION -
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
10:00 AM
ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2
Sandeep Damre
(Ahmedabad)

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Visit lounge area for full day Portfolio Reviews
LUNCH BREAK
DESIGN TALKS
Moderated By
Suresh Venkat
02:00 PM
Tanu Sinha
(Design Director,PepsiCo India)

03:00 PM
Paul Sandip
(Pune)
TEA BREAK
04:30 PM
Aniruddha Jha
(Experience Design Director - Cognizant, UK)

05:30 PM
SPECIAL SESSION by
Mr.Daniel Sim
(Deputy Australian Consul General)

06:30 PM
Thanks Giving Note By
Paresh Choudhury
Founder - Odisha Design Council.
Closing Moment


Please bear with us if there are any changes made in the Program Schedule due to some technical issues or if any delegate is absent.

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CURATOR
THE CURATOR
Prof. Paresh Choudhury
Design Educationist and Consultant.

Professor Paresh Choudhury is an internationally renowned Designer from Odisha who has immense working experience in the industries of design, branding, media, communication and user experience. He has also served as senior academician and head in premium design schools like National Institute of Design (NID), MIT Institute of Design (MIT ID), Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) and Coventry University UK Collaborated DSK International Campus at Pune.

Prof. Choudhury has been an eminent voice on the impact of design on social and climate change. His contribution to the cause of the Odia script and project, Design Against Cyclone in Odisha (DACO), have received wide recognition. He has also presented a paper for the same at Pratt Institute, New York. He has been invited to many international design events across the world like ATPY -Amsterdam, DPP- Chicago, DesignEd- Hong Kong and TypoDay at Moratuwa University, Colombo to name a few.

His passion for design and desire to make Odisha a design hub has culminated in him founding the Odisha Design Council (ODC), to promote education, research, development and sustainable solutions through design thinking.

CURATOR
THE CURATOR
Prof. Paresh Choudhury
Design Educationist and Consultant.

Professor Paresh Choudhury is an internationally renowned Designer from Odisha who has immense working experience in the industries of design, branding, media, communication and user experience. He has also served as senior academician and head in premium design schools like National Institute of Design (NID), MIT Institute of Design (MIT ID), Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID) and Coventry University UK Collaborated DSK International Campus at Pune.

Prof. Choudhury has been an eminent voice on the impact of design on social and climate change. His contribution to the cause of the Odia script and project, Design Against Cyclone in Odisha (DACO), have received wide recognition. He has also presented a paper for the same at Pratt Institute, New York. He has been invited to many international design events across the world like ATPY -Amsterdam, DPP- Chicago, DesignEd- Hong Kong and TypoDay at Moratuwa University, Colombo to name a few.

His passion for design and desire to make Odisha a design hub has culminated in him founding the Odisha Design Council (ODC), to promote education, research, development and sustainable solutions through design thinking.