About GROHE Group | Founding Partner

GROHE is the world’s leading provider of sanitary fittings and a global brand, dedicated to providing innovative water products. For many decades, GROHE has been committed to the brand values of technology, quality, design and sustainability that all illustrate GROHE’s commitment to creating exceptional experiences and to delivering “Pure Freude an Wasser”. With its engineering, innovation and design activities firmly anchored in Germany, GROHE products bear the badge of quality “Made in Germany”, ultimately strengthening the customers’ confidence in the brand. All plants of the GROHE manufacturing network make use of high-precision production engineering to ensure compliance with consistently high GROHE standards.

This way GROHE ensures that its products live up to the most uncompromising demands in terms of workmanship and functionality. Over the past ten years alone, the success of GROHE has been confirmed by more than 280 design and innovation awards as well as several top rankings as one of “Germany’s most sustainable major companies”. Numerous high-profile projects around the globe are fitted with GROHE products, testifying to architects’, designers’ and developers’ preference for the brand. GROHE is part of the LIXIL Group Corporation, a publicly listed company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. LIXIL is the global market leader in the sanitary ware industry, managing a broad portfolio of well-known household brands such as GROHE, American Standard, and INAX. It is also Japan’s leading provider of housing and building materials, products and services.

 

About Orient Electric Limited | Home Electrical Solutions Partner

Orient Electric Limited, a household name in the Indian fans industry for more than 60 years, has evolved with time embracing new frontiers in technology and innovation to delight its customers with new and innovative offerings. Over the years, the company has diversified into lighting, home appliances and switchgears to emerge as a one-stop brand for electrical lifestyle solutions. The continuous evolution and rejuvenation process has helped the company stay ahead of the competition and close to the customers.

Orient Electric takes pride in its R&D capabilities, spirit of continuous innovation and commitment to manufacture cutting-edge lifestyle electrical products that meet the needs and expectations of new age consumers. It has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities at Faridabad, Noida, Kolkata and Guwahati.

Orient Electric is today the largest manufacturer and exporter of fans from India with more than 60% share in exports and a presence in over 35 international markets. Orient Electric is committed to creating great consumer experiences by achieving and exceeding global benchmarks in quality and best practices. Its entire product range is in line with its brand promise of ‘switch to smart’ meaning that each product is technologically advanced, aesthetically pleasing and energy efficient. Orient’s ability to exploit technology to the best has helped it to create the differentiation, the new age customers expect.

 

Armstrong World Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd. | Associate Sponsor

Armstrong World Industries a global leader in design and manufacture of ceilings and has a history of more than 155 years; our innovative product designs, solutions and services enable our customers to deliver the exceptional interior spaces they envision. Armstrong offers innovative interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency, overall performance and create beautiful spaces.

Our India office has been serving the market for more than 50 years and is headquartered in Mumbai. Armstrong has presence in more than 100 cities across the length and breadth of India and has sales offices in a few cities that are strategically located close to our customers. Armstrong has a JV suspension system manufacturing plant located in Pune. We service our customers through our five regional warehouses supported by our state–of–the–art central warehousing facility at Bhiwandi, near Mumbai.

Armstrong offers the broadest portfolio of acoustical ceilings in Mineral fibre, Metal, Wood, Soft fibre and Translucents. We endeavour to offer a ceiling products for every space and can offer custom solutions to meet your design and aesthetic needs. Armstrong provides ceiling solutions for all types of building space – Commercial Offices, Healthcare Premises, Educational Institutions, Hospitality, Retail, Transportation.

Environment: Armstrong is committed to responsible manufacturing and the products are designed to be environmentally sensitive, all products have a high percentage of recycled and renewable raw materials. Armstrong participates in the Green Building Movement across the world. Armstrong is a founder member of US Green Building Council (USGBC) and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Armstrong India is the first mineral fibre company, to have modular ceiling tiles listed in the GRIHA product catalogue, also recently Armstrong received Green Pro certification.

 
About Gayatri and Namit Architects | Knowledge Partner

Founded in 1993 by Architects Gayathri Shetty & Namith Varma. GnA is an avant-garde architecture firm from Bangalore.

The team today comprises of senior designers with 60 architects, engineers, and multidisciplinary professionals. The company possesses a wide range of design expertise spanning from traditional structures to progressive contemporary technological designs.

Our design philosophy has always been to work closely with our clients in helping them realize their dream. Our designs almost always have nature wrapped around the built spaces with no clear boundaries, where one flows into the other and interior spaces speak with nature and are drenched with natural light. Our aesthetic approach and design sensibilities are deep-rooted in India with a very simple form follow function approach.

 

Cornitos | Healthy Snack Partner

Established in 2009, Greendot Health Foods Ltd. which is a Part of the US$ 30 Million Group. First company to launch Nacho Crisps (tortilla) by brand name Cornitos in Indian snack food market in 11 exotic flavours. Cornitos Range also includes Taco Shells, Chunky Salsa, Refried Beans, Roasted Premium Nuts & Seeds and Pickles.

Cornitos Brand now has a robust presence across 25,000 outlets in 200 cities with 300 distribution channels. Cornitos products are widely accepted and popular in the Indian sub-continent with our Global markets being the USA, China, UAE, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The company’s motto is ‘To make healthy gourmet snacks with high quality ingredients’.

 

Trivago | Associate Sponsor

trivago® is the world’s largest hotel search, comparing prices of over 700,000 hotels from more than 175 booking sites like Expedia, Yatra, Travelguru and Makemytrip. More than 75 million visitors use trivago every month as an independent source of information to find their ideal hotel. By entering the desired destination and travel dates, search results instantly display all available accommodations. A wide selection of 160 filter criteria, including wireless internet, parking or travelers with pets, allows users to refine their results. From luxury hotels to budget hostels, people find the best deal on trivago.

 

Mondo*arc India | Magazine Partner

Mondo*arc India is the Indian edition of UK based publication, mondo*arc. The design centric magazine pivots itself on architecture, interiors, photography, lighting, art and interactive media. The journal references thematic in Indian and international design and architecture, showcasing project case studies, discussing past, present and future technologies, and listing current trends. The editorial offers various perspectives that are definitive and experiential of the design language and process of designing the space.

Reputed for its original content and respected for its publishing quality and format, mondo*arc india has earned the title of ‘a well-read design magazine’. It reaches out to architects, interior designers, lighting designers, artists, gallerists, collectors, curators, professionals from the real estate industry, hospitality, government agencies, educational institutes, high net worth individuals as well as other design enthusiasts across the subcontinent. mondo*arc india has surpassed 18,000 readers across 20 countries in India, and also merited over 500,000 impressions online from more than 60 countries.

 

Zingy Homes | Online Partner

ZingyHomes.com is India’s largest discovery platform and network for the interior design, architecture and building segment. The platform makes it easy for various stakeholders of the segment (architects, interior designers, consultants, contractors, product designers, interior product suppliers, building material manufacturers and end users) to find each other, generate business leads and transact business.

It is the go-to place to:

a) Find design professionals viz architects, interior designers, contractors and consultants
b) Find products, nearest stores, brand information; get detailed product specs and book orders
c) Access expert guidance, opinions, tips and info on latest trends and new launches
d) Access information on major industry events
e) Streamline space design process

Ethos | Student Awards Partner

Ethos, which is in its fifteenth year, focuses on networking students of architecture, design and civil engineering across the country on a common platform that would facilitate easy dissemination of information and help build confident professionals who have been awake to the external situation right from the time of joining the graduate programme. Our education, often cannot keep pace with the practical world and Ethos creates a means of ongoing education. Its primary aim is education beyond classrooms!

Ethos chooses to engage these young minds in some friendly competition as a means of achieving its aim – these contests give the students an opportunity to assess themselves against the best in the country. While these events aim at spurring the budding professional’s already keen eye into observing and imbibing, Ethos’ intention is to go beyond and direct the enthusiasm that it has generated even from remote nooks and corners of India positively towards fostering a national interactive platform that would have a more far-reaching impact.

Archumen and Bending Moment, two of Ethos’ flagship events are popular quizzes on architecture and civil engineering respectively. Archumen has also been hosted in Lahore in Pakistan and Colombo in Sri Lanka. In addition to these, there are many design contests and events in interesting formats that Ethos supports. For more information on ethos’ activities, visit ethosindia.in