Celebrate ‘Indianness’ by creating a unique piece of furniture with a strong cultural narrative of India; giving an immersive experience by combining furniture design process and traditional Indian craft techniques.
Pravinsinh Solanki is an Industrial Designer with 16 years of experience working on Retail
store design and luxury interiors in India and Italy.
At present he is an Associate Senior Faculty/Designer in Furniture and Interior Design
discipline and Head - Skill Development Labs at the National Institute of Design,
Ahmedabad. Solanki teaches courses like Design Thinking, Space Planning, Furniture Design,
Collapsibility, Construction and Fabrication, Materials, Social Innovation, and Bamboo Craft.
He also offers hands-on workshops on bamboo and sustainable materials.
He has received many National and International awards for his innovative Bamboo
Products. Few of his designed products are on permanent display at the world bamboo
museum, Damyung South Korea. His innovative products are exhibited internationally,
published in various magazines, newspapers, and telecasted on television. He is a Jury
member for various design competitions, a Guest speaker at various design platforms, and
also a TEDx speaker.
The Furniture Design Competition invites all architects, designers and allied specializations, both student and professional to participate in the competition.
Note: Team registrations are accepted for the competition, but maximum 2 participants are allowed in a team
Students pursuing architecture, design or any allied design degree from an accredited college. All graduates of 2020 are eligible for the student category.
Young architects and professionals from the field of design, architecture, engineering, and other allied fields of architecture under 30 years of age qualify for the 'Professionals Category’
INR 25000 + Publication + Internship Opportunities + Certificate
INR 25000 + Publication + Internship Opportunities + Certificate
Winners and honourable mentions will be published on IDHA Labs and journal partners' websites / journals
One of the best design from submissions would be sponsored for production by our competition partner organisation TECTONA GRANDIS Furniture. The design shall solely be selected by the team of TECTONA GRANDIS Furniture, as a special sponsored winner based on the design submission and the prototype production would be sponsored. Note that the sponsored winner may or may not be the final winner.
Ends on 18th April 2021
Ends on 16th May 2021
Commencing on 27th March 2021
11.59 PM IST on 23rd May 2021
04th July 2021
Exclusive and Free for the Furniture Design Competition Participants
Expert Sessions are specially designed for students and professionals to provide deeper insights into the design and production of furniture. From these sessions, participants would be learning from the renowned furniture design experts about joinery, characteristics
of various materials used in furniture and the challenges that come designers way during the
production of a furniture piece.
Production partner for the best furniture design
Publishing Partners for winning entries and honourable mentions
All the queries related to the competition can be mailed to us at team@idhalabs.com with 'Query - Furniture Design Competition 2021' as the subject.
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