INFINITE POSSIBILITIES WITH ABSOLUTE CUSTOMIZATION
We find ourselves at the threshold of an extraordinary time marked by boundless opportunities for personalization. This exciting evolution has been made possible by groundbreaking advancements in 3D printing technology, revolutionizing the way we conceive, create, and interact with bespoke living solutions. It has liberated us from the constraints of mass production, reduced material usage, and encouraged co-creation with users. Beyond tangible products, we're reimagining experiences within our living spaces, limited only by the boundaries of our imagination.
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Nikki Hunt
Founder Design Intervention, Singapore
Nikki Hunt moved to Asia in 1990 and after brief stints in Hong Kong and Jakarta, she settled in Singapore and founded Design Intervention in 2004. Since then, the company has expanded to become one of the region’s most respected design consultancies ...Read More
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Nikki Hunt
Founder Design Intervention, Singapore
Nikki Hunt moved to Asia in 1990 and after brief stints in Hong Kong and Jakarta, she settled in Singapore and founded Design Intervention in 2004. Since then, the company has expanded to become one of the region’s most respected design consultancies. Her work has been published extensively both across the region and internationally and has consistently been recognised amongst the industry’s best. She has been described as a “doyenne of interior design” by Singapore’s leading interiors magazine and has been included 8 times in the Andrew Martin annual list of the World’s Top 100 Designers.
Ekta Parekh
Founder reD Architects, India
Ekta Parekh has an undergraduate degree from KRVIA in Mumbai and has a master’s degree from UPENN, Philadelphia, with Theory and Technology as a Major. She has worked for a few years in New York City with Renfro Design group, a boutique studio, with emphasis in Lighting Design ...Read More
Ekta Parekh
Founder reD Architects, India
Ekta Parekh has an undergraduate degree from KRVIA in Mumbai and has a master’s degree from UPENN, Philadelphia, with Theory and Technology as a Major. She has worked for a few years in New York City with Renfro Design group, a boutique studio, with emphasis in Lighting Design.
Her experience over the years has traversed varied environments of small-scale design studios to large scale corporate offices bringing to the practice a blend of team spirit enriched with a curiosity to question the norm and empathy to give wings to one’s dreams!
She, along with Rajiv Parekh founded reD in 2004 and now also has 1 more enterprising partner – Maithili Raut.
reD’s portfolio is diverse from architectural and interior design projects in the Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Institutional sectors. Ekta is also a juror at KRVIA and BSSA – 2 design schools in Mumbai.
Antoine Besseyre des Horts
Leader, LIXIL Global Design Asia
Antoine Besseyre des Horts is a French award-winning Designer with a holistic approach to Design and experience in various industries and markets. ...Read More
Antoine Besseyre des Horts
Leader, LIXIL Global Design Asia
Antoine Besseyre des Horts is a French award-winning Designer with a holistic approach to Design and experience in various industries and markets. Throughout his multidisciplinary and international career, he has gained a strong expertise in transforming consumer insights and companies’ strategies into brand-building, iconic, disruptive, and commercially successful products and experiences.
As Leader Lixil Global Design Asia, he leads an international and multidisciplinary team with studios in Singapore and Shanghai providing creative direction to translate LIXIL brands’ -such as GROHE, American Standard and INAX - strategies into culturally relevant consumer experiences, through product, packaging, environment, and communication.
In December 2021 Antoine was recognized as a recipient of the A&D 40 under 40 2021 Awards. He has won numerous Red Dot Design Awards, IF Design Awards, Good Design Awards, Design For Asia Awards, A&D Trophy awards, ICONIC Awards, K-Design Awards and Interior Innovation Awards. In 2011, as part of the Grohe Design team, he won the prestigious Red Dot Design Team of the year Award; the highest Design accolade awarding the best team of Designers across any industries and sectors.
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