Jun 12th 2008 CATEGORY: Uncategorized
Quicksand partners with passionate people who are ready to take charge of their individuality within a collective dream. Without the politics of interaction, its more like playing together - with a team of highly skilled & motivated individuals. While everyone belongs to largely different domains of creative work, what ties us together is a love for all the good things life provides - good food, laughter, aesthetics, travel and an unmistakable internal sense of meaning.
DESIGN TEAM (in order of appearance)
Avinash is a Product Design graduate from NIFT. He was instrumental in setting up India’s first Toy Design Studio with UNIDO, and also holds a visiting faculty position with NIFT Delhi. Avinash leads Design Research within Quicksand and is part of the founding team. After hours, he is also a VJ with the highly acclaimed electronic music band B.L.O.T.
Kapil, is a film-maker, a photographer and has worked as a camera-man, director and editor on various films and documentaries before co-founding Quicksand. Kapil is a graduate of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute in Kolkata and has broad-based skills in music and communication. He anchors all creative processes within the studio.
Ayush, is a management graduate from IIM, Ahmedabad, and prior to that an engineering graduate from IIT Delhi. Before co-founding Quicksand, Ayush worked in the Corporate Brand team at ICICI Bank handling projects in advertising, media & research. He also did a stint in Corporate Strategy for the new rural banking initiative of the bank in 2004 driving product & service delivery innovations. Ayush is the Managing Director of Quicksand.
Neha is a Product Design graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. She has worked with Titan, Bangalore and has strong interests in Structural Packaging, Consumer Products design and Systems Design. Neha is a senior designer at Quicksand.
Babitha is a Management graduate from IIM,Ahmedabad, and an English and Journalism major prior to that. She has worked for Pepsico, iDiscoveri, Nicholas Piramal and The Azim Premji Foundation before deciding to pursue her interests in the creative arts and design led innovation at Quicksand. Babitha anchors the studio’s presence in Bangalore.
Rakesh is an accountant besides handling all administrative responsibilities at Quicksand
CODESIGN TEAM
Rajesh is a Graphic Design graduate from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India and attended the masters program in human-computer interaction design at the Interaction Design Institute, Ivrea, Italy. With 9 years of professional experience, Rajesh has worked extensively in areas of brand communication and human-technology interaction with Infosys and Human Factors. Rajesh leads Brand Development and User Experience.
Mohor is a Graphic Design graduate from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India and has 4 years of professional experience with brand development and communication experiences in real and virtual spaces. Mohor leads brand communication projects.
Sharad Baliyan is a new media designer. He is a graduate in software engineering and attended the masters program in Software User Interface Design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. Sharad has 1 year of professional experience and has worked on product development and interface design for innovative communication technologies, social networking tools and opportunities for mobile telephony in rural India.