Design Temple, an award winning urban design think tank, is a creation, joy and all consuming passion of Divya Thakur. During last decade, they have developed a contemporary Indian graphic langauge that subverts kitsch and other setereotypes.

They are able to design on virtually any medium, and create a new culturally consious design, by integrating intrinsically Indian cultural influences.

LANDMARK PROJECTS

• Credit title design for Mira Nair’s film “The Namesake”.
• Print & online graphics for Le  vie Dell’Oriente Milan, Italy.
• Ambient design for MTV style awards (India)
• A book on contemporary Bollywood “Lights Camera Masala”

EXHIBITION IN INDIA

• 2009 - “Decade in Design” – Bodhi art gallery. Mumbai.

EXHIBITION ABROAD

• 2004   “India Indigenous” – Loggia dei Mercanti. Milan, Italy.
• 2007  “India Now” – Victoria & Albert Museum. London.

FAMOUS PRODUCTS

• “Cheerharan” Toilet paper.
• Urban, contemporary and witty posters, A-Z of Indian cool,  ‘Dhobi’, ‘5K’s’, ‘Gobar’, ‘Qutab Minar’, ‘Turbans’.
• Parrot Diary
• ‘Shunya’ laptop & travel bags.

AWARDS/FEATURES

• 2007 – “Lights camera masala”, World Gold Medal, New York festivals, New York.
• 2006 – Finalist, FBA awards, “Umald Bhawan collateral”, London.
• 2004 – 2nd Asian print award, Gold Medal, “Le Vie Dell’Oriente”, Singapore.
• 2004 – One show awards, Finalist, “Stylis”, New York.
• 2003 – 1st Asian prints award, “Indigo”, Singapore.
• 2003 – New York festivals, Finalist, “Banswara Brochure”, New York.
• 2002 – New York festivals, Finalist, “Jewels of Nizam”, New York.
• 2000 – Print award. “F C 2000”, Mumbai.
• 2000 – Ninth A & M awards, “Calendar Design”.
• 1999 – Eighth A & M awards, “In Black and White”.