Jaipur, India, May 15th,
2017- Pearl Academy, India’s leading institution in design, fashion, creative
business and media hosted its second edition of the Design Carnival. A unique
celebration of design in the pink city, the festival saw a brilliant showcase
which involved an array of innovative ideas, interesting opinions and creative
expressions by uniting various fraternities of design, art and culture with an
aim to encourage cross-pollination of past and the future.
The two-day festival
created an electrifying interactive space that successfully engaged many intellectuals,
creative aspirants, and budding talents from the country. The interactive
session witnessed an in-depth sharing of creative and thought exchange between
young minds and eminent personalities. The eclectic activities in the festival
included residency workshops on ‘Make and Learn Toys’, ‘Lime Jaali’ And ‘Ply
Split Braiding’ coupled with innovative demonstrations such as Tangalia, Patwa,
Meenakari, Blacksmithy and Jaipur Rugs. The festival entailed an excellent display
of some ingenious projects from budding designers of Pearl Academy’s School of
Design as well as School of Fashion, Styling & Textiles. Some of the interesting
design projects included a concept to create a training and outreach centre
that aids young adults suffering with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and who are
struggling with the transition into society after high school.
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| Manish Malhotra rewarding the students for their innovative designs |
The jewellery projects of
the students, already picked up and sponsored by renowned jewellery brands such
as Amrapali, Bluestone, PC Jewellers and Voylla impressed the industry
representatives and other visitors.
The Academy also hosted two
panel discussions called ‘The Conversation’ with industry experts and
professionals. The panel discussions underlined some very relevant subjects in design.
The first panel titled ‘Design Fusion or Confusion’ comprised Architect Pof.
Kiran Mahajani, Designer Kavita Chaudhary and writer Shamini Shanker. Moderated
by architect & academician Tapan Chakravarty the panel discussed various
aspects of design. The second panel discussion was ‘Fashion Design &
Entrepreneurship’ which included renowned panelists such as fashion designer
Manish Malhotra and design entrepreneurs and Pearl Academy’s alumni - Namita
Bhandari & Chirag Nainani.
Manish Malhotra also
inaugurated the incubation centre– ‘Canvass’ at Pearl Academy. Aimed at boosting
entrepreneurship among students, Canvass aims at providing an ecosystem with
infrastructure facilities and critical industry mentoring to help the bold entreprenurial
ideas of students to become a business reality.
An enthralling musical
performance from Omar Farooq gave a grand culmination to the carnival.
Visiting the Design
carnival, Noted Fashion Designer Manish Malhotra said,” I am amazed at the creativity
and the abundance of talent that is displayed here at the Design Carnival in
Jaipur. The crafts and exhibits that we have here are indeed refreshing and
thought provoking. The Canvass, their incubation centre, is also a great step
to boost entrepreneurship in the fashion industry. I congratulate Pearl Academy
for this pioneering initiative which I am sure will go a long way in promoting
design."
Commenting on the occasion,
Prof. Nandita Abraham, CEO, Pearl Academy says, “It was a proud moment, to see
such a wonderful display of design and craft at the carnival. Such engaging
sessions and exchange of ideas play a significant role in promoting local art
and craftsmanship and bringing them closer to our budding design students who,
we hope, will take the legacy forward through their work. We also hope that our
newly-launched Canvass will boost India’s StartUp Movement and get more fashion
entrepreneurs to join the StartUp bandwagon”.
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