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MUMBAI’S OWN

DESIGN FESTIVAL

LAST STATION EVENT
ATLAS SKILLTECH UNIVERSITY
1St April 2023
DISCOVER, EXPLORE, IMMERSE

SPEAKERS & PRESENTERS

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Ali Fazal
Actor

The Business of Creativity, The process of being an actor, and the parallels of Bollywood and Hollywood, Ali talks about it all

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Rajeev Raja
Founder, BrandMusiQ

What's the difference between a Mogo and a Logo? Find out with our in-house Sonic Branding Expert, with an interactive performance and talk

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Pritha Sahai
Founder, Please See

Building a magical culture at workplace that helps build top food brands, Pritha takes us through the journey of Please See//

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Suresh Eriyat
Animator & Founder, Studio Eeksaurus

A story teller with a constant eye of an observer, tells us how to continue living with curiosity!

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Sonal Dabral
Ad Veteran & Director

Having worked across geographies and understanding the business of stories, Sonal joins Ali and Lulu in finding insights of the creative process

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Manoj Gursahani
Global Strategist, Business Coach

How can designers find meaningful connections to grow holistically in their careers? Author of "The Human Connect", MG takes us through this interactive talk for young designers

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Vyas Teja Rao
Founder, Analogy Design

How do you ensure a seamless bridging of the digital and the physical, in an ever changing fast paced world of technology and design?

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Kartik Shah
Musician

Kartik takes us through his journey of loving bizarre objects, through his Xpress talk and Fireside chat with fellow speakers

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Harshpreet Kaur
Founder, Design Habitat Studio

How do you use aesthetic design interventions to uplift a space to it's prime comfort? Learn from our in-house space designer, Gypsa aka Harshpreet!

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EVENT SCHEDULE

1ST APRIL 2023
10:00
WELCOME-
MDX23 STATION EVENT
SURESH VENKAT & KRISHAN JAGOTA

Suresh Venkat, our anchorman starts the day with a conversation with President of ADI Mumbai Chapter, Krishan Jagota, about planting the seeds of a magical design fest MDX23, that will celebrate the city of Mumbai for years to come!

10:20
XPRESS TALK-
IN LOVE WITH BIZARRE THINGS
KARTIK SHAH

Known as one of the most innovative musicians in the country, Co-founder of Maati Baani, Kartik Shah will take us through his unique way of bring creative, which is to 'fall in love' with bizarre things.

10:40
XPRESS TALK-
REVIVING ANCIENT GAMES
AMAN GOPAL

Founder of Khol Khel, a company that celebrates ancient Indian boardgames, Aman Gopal will tell us amongst other things, the history of chess, and how geographical movements affected it!

11:00
XPRESS TALK-
FOOD DESIGN THINKING
NITIN TANDON

What's common between food & design? Come listen to Celebrity Chef and Food Stylist Nitin, where amongst other anecdotes, he'll tell us how he catered to a wedding with 10000 guests!

11:50
FIRESIDE CHAT
Kartik Shah, Aman Gopal, Nitin Tandon, Suresh Venkat

There's nothing like putting a diverse bunch of creators on a stage with our quirky anchor. What awaits is an amalgamation of awe, wonder and magic!

12:10
STUDIO TALK-
BRAND MUSIQ
RAJEEV RAJA

Evangelist of Sonic branding, and founder of the concept of Mogos, Rajeev Raja talks about BrandMusiQ's approach to building brands using the audio medium.

12:35
PANEL DISCUSSION-
THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY
Sonal Dabral, Ali Fazal, Lulu Raghavan ,Suresh Eriyat, Suresh Venkat

Having built big brands, through story telling and animation, through acting and direction, these Industry leaders sit together to discuss the Business of Creativity, and boy, you'd love listening to each of these power people!

2:15
STUDIO TALK-
PLEASE SEE//
PRITHA SAHAI

Founder of a state of the art branding company, Pritha Sahai will talk about her unique ways of catalysing creativity for hospitality brands.

2:45
INDIE TALK-
STORYTELLING FOR DESIGNERS
MEHAK MIRZA PRABHU

Can story telling change your life? Such are the claims of this wise human, who through the power of her voice and heart, and already contributed positively in the lives of thousands of people.

3:15
STUDIO TALK-
ANALOGY DESIGN
VYAS TEJA RAO

Founder of Analogy Design, Vyas Teja Rao takes us through his learnings of living and working around the world, and now designing and manufacturing physical products in India.

3:45
INDIE TALK-
THE HUMAN CONNECT
MANOJ GURSAHANI

Author of "Human Connect", philanthropist and global business coach, Manoj Gursahani will do an engaging and interactive session with young designers to help them learn the art of networking.

4:40
STUDIO TALK-
EkType
Sarang Kulkarni

How do you truly design for a country full of scores of languages and thousands of dialects? Girish Dalvi talks about their indigenous ways of designing fonts in vernacular Indian languages, that are seen everywhere from hoardings to Whatsapp Forwards!

5:10
INDIE TALK-
RISING TO COMFORT
HARSHPREET KAUR

How do you uplift a space to the comforts of luxury? Spatial expert and interior designer, founder of Design Habitat, Harshpreet aka Gypsa takes us through her love of spaces and ways to create good vibes!

5:40
INDIE TALK-
GRAFFITI and BEATBOXING
AVANTIKA MATHUR & ROSHAN

What's common between street art, beat boxing and design? Find out with this collaborative talk by this liberated pair of artistes!

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