Cross Border Conversations 8X8

8 Indian designers X 8 International designers

Meetings in Milan: STIR presents a series of exchanges between Indian designers and international icons who are redesigning our cities and our lifestyles.

by STIRworldPublished on : Jul 18, 2019

STIR's visit to Milan Design Week this year resulted in capturing a series of interesting conversations between eight Indian designers and eight international designers. Scheduled to discuss the nuances of their design journeys, what transpired was an amalgamation of anecdotes, personal accounts, experiences and insights shared between each pair of these professionals. The Cross Border Conversations is a series presented by STIR and curated by Pramiti Madhavji.

Watch more to find out how each of the designer-duos interacted and shared their views on what makes design tick today and what they would like to STIR up for 2019.

1/8 Tom Dixon X Sandeep Khosla

2/8 Patricia Urquiola X Gayathri Shetty

3/8 Paola Navone X Iram Sultan

4/8 Giulio Cappellini X Apoorva Shroff

5/8 Rosita Missoni X Kunaal Seolekar

6/8 Richard Hutten X Rupesh Baid

7/8 Jean-Marie Massaud X Rajiv Parekh

8/8 Michael Anastassiades X Seema Puri Mullan

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