India
This city is known as India’s “education capital” with the highest number of coaching centers.
Kota
Indian term for clever, makeshift, low-cost innovation
Juggad
Apple was started by Steve Jobs and ....
Steve Wozniak
This Indian film won India its first ever Oscar (for Best Original Song, 2023).
RRR
perceived properties of an object that suggest how it can be used
Affordances
This city produces most of India’s and world's diamonds, even though no diamonds are mined there.
Surat
Term to describe design that works for people of all ages and abilities.
universal design
This Swedish startup initially focussing on piracy went to become a billion dollar company now used by almost everyone around the world.
SPOTIFY
South Korean film became the first non-English movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
Parasite
This architect coined the phrase “Less is more.”
Mies Van Der Rohe
This South American city uses cable cars to connect poor neighborhoods to the city.
Medellin
This company started by Ingvar Kamprad is now a global company with its large format stores and minimalist approach
IKEA
This company service began by mailing DVDs on request
Netflix
This wordless animated film made with blender won the Oscar in 2024
FLOW
Design studio instrumental in designing the original Apple mouse and defining the interaction in early Apple products
IDEO
This famous alcoholic drink was created to make a bitter anti-malaria medicine easier to drink during the British colonial era.
Gin and Tonic
This everyday object was invented accidentally while trying to make a stronger glue.
POST - IT
originally built an online game called Glitch, the game failed but the chat tool became famous and was used as the foundation for a new product used widely at workplaces
SLACK
Wong Kar-wai’s only English-language film
"My Blueberry Nights" starring Norah Jones, Natalie Portman and Jude Law
This design studio in delhi is famous for exhibitions and museums and responsible for designing the Khalsa museum
Design Habit
This Indian spice was once used as money in Europe.
Black pepper
This designer’s idea of “less, but better” influenced everything from Braun radios to Apple products
Dieter Rams
This blood-testing startup turned out to be one of the biggest frauds in Silicon Valley history.
Theranos
This acclaimed father–daughters from Iranian cinema are both award-winning film directors known for their poetic, humanist storytelling.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf, Hana Makhmalbaf
This graphic designer is famous for turning his own body into a billboard for experimental typography and for the book Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far.
Stefan Sagmeister