Satyendra Pakhalé

Satyendra Pakhalé
Pakhalé in 2012
Born	(1967-12-20) 20 December 1967 Maharashtra, India
Education	Art Center College of Design (Europe), Switzerland IDC School of Design IIT-B Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Occupation	Multifaceted Designer
Known for	Poetics in Design, Art, Industrial design, Architecture
Website	satyendra-pakhale.com

Satyendra Pakhalé (also known as Satyen; born in India 20 December 1967)^[1] is a mulifaceted designer. His work spans design, architecture, art, technology, healthcare and mobility.^[2] His projects combine technological development with cultural references and experimentation with materials.^[3][4]

Pakhalé was born and raised in India. From an early age, he showed an interest in drawing, painting, physics, and mechanics. Encouraged by his parents, he began making objects himself. In an interview, he recalled that during his childhood in India , many products were not industrially manufactured, which led him to create toys and other objects from available materials.^[5]

He has cited the Ajanta Caves, a complex of ancient rock-cut Buddhist monuments dating from the 2nd century BCE, as an important influence during his youth.^[5]

Pakhalé's decision to pursue a career in design was influenced by discovering a book by George Nelson, which he found in his school library. He subsequently undertook design studies in India and Switzerland. He studied at the IDC School of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He later received a full scholarship to attend the European campus of ArtCenter College of Design in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland.^[5]

During his studies, he was taught by designers including Wolfgang Joensson (Frogdesign) and Simon Fraser (Porsche Design). Exposure to differrent design methodologies during this period influenced the development of his design approach.^{[5][2][6][3][7][8][9][10]}

After graduating, Pakhalé worked at Frog Design and later at Philips Design, under the creative leadership of Hartmut Esslinger and Stefano Marzano. At Philips Design, he was part of the New Business Creation team. In the mid 1990s, he contributed to design concepts in digital communication, healthcare, and mobility. Projects in which he held a lead design role included Pangéa, a concept car developed in collaboration with Renault, intended for environmental research appications^[5][2] and work related to the joint venture PCC Philips Consumer Communications, established in 1997 between Lucent Technologies and Royal Philips Electronics.^{[6][3][7][8][9][10][11]}

In 1998, he founded the Amsterdam-based design practice Satyendra Pakhalé Associates (SPA).^[2] Since then, he has collaborated with companies including Poltrona Frau, Novartis, Cappellini, Hästens, and TOD's.^[5][12]

An example of his exploratory approach to design is the Panther multi-chair (2002), created for the fiftieth anniversary of the Italian furniture company Moroso. The chair alllows for three seating positions; sitting, lounging, and reclining, within a single structure.^[5]

Pakhalé has lectured at universities and presented his work at conferences including CeBIT (Germany), Design Indaba, Human Cities and Future Design Days (Sweden).^{[12][13][14][15][16]} From 2006 to 2010, he served as founding dean of the Master of Design for Humanity and Sustainable Living (later renamed Social Design) at the Design Academy Eindhoven.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In 2008, L'Uomo Vogue included him in a list of 80 creative figures in design and architecture.^{[1][17][2][18][19]} In 2014, he was selected as one of ten artist and designers for the "Design at Fairchild" exhibition during Miami Art Week, held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

His works has been exhibited at venues including Ammann Gallery in Cologne. Designs by Pakhalé are held in the permanent collections of institutions, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Centre Pompidou.^[26][27]

Pakhalé work is rooted in culture of making and engages with themes including poetic analogy, atmosphere, social modernity, secular humanism, craftsmanship, and technology.^[5] From mass-produced industrial products to experimental one-offs, art, and architecture;^[28][29][30] Pakhale aims to return objects and their environment the sensorial qualities that have often been lost due to the excesses of industrialization and consumerism.^[28]

Culture of Creation is an active studio practice and applied research platform co-founded in 2013 by designer Satyendra Pakhalé and architect Dr. Tiziana Proietti. The initiative integrates theoretical inquiry with practical exploration, focusing on the fundamental human impulse to create, design, and build.^[28][29]

The concept of a 'culture of creation' articulates a critical reimagining of the world as an ethical, cohesive, sensorial and culturally embedded human making, encompassing the universal need to transform ideas into tangible reality. Rooted in both historical traditions and contemporary practice, it examines the essence of creativity as a defining aspect of human experience and cultural expression.^[28][29]

Pakhalé's designs can be described through multiple approaches. Design as an act of unit emphasizes a "middle path", balancing conventional binaries and boundaries, bringing together apparent opposites.^[31] These extremes like luxury and poverty or tradition and modernity act as lenses which people assign value.^[32] Design and pluralism reflects Pakhalé's prominent connection to universal cultural heritage, prominent in his work.^[33] This is achieved by drawing from diverse cultural roots and narratives, he creates contemporary objects and architectural spaces with a strong sense of social and cultural responsibility ^[34] and multidisciplinary polymathic practices into his works.^[35] Design for sensorial beings describes human beings and inherently sensorial entities, with six primary senses.^[36] Sensory experience underlines Pakhalé's design philosophy, not only creating visual order and aesthetically interesting objects but creating frameworks that add meaning to his work.^[37]

Notable architectural design works

• Lab of the Future, Virchow 16, Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland^[38][39]
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice, New Delhi, India^[40]
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Memorial, New Delhi, India^[41]

Notable industrial design works:

• Add-On Radiator^[42][28]
• TBI D02-3000 Implant System^[43][44]
• MeWa System^[45][28]
• Fish Chair^[46][28][47]
• Akasma Centrepiece set^[48][28]
• Kalpa^[49][28]

• B.M. Objects, Third Generation^[50][28]
• B.M. Horse^[51][28]
• Black and White Swan^[52][53][28]
• Panther^[54][28]
• KUBU^[55][28]
• Flower Offering Chair^[56][28]

Notable exhibition design works

• In Progress: design looks to the future (2010), CID Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium^[57]
• Bombay Maximum City (2006), Lille3000, Lille, France^[58][59][60]
• We can't afford to buy CHEAP things. Personal Shopper (2007), Messe Frankfurt, Ambiente Frankfurt Fair, Germany^[61]
• Future is Now, Centenary installation (2012), Franke, Milano Design Week, Milan, Italy^[62]

• Janus de l'Étudiant at the International Young Industrial Design Talent Promotion Award, French Institute of Design, Paris, France (1991)^[63][64]
• Goldstar Design Award from Goldstar Co., Seoul, Korea (1993)^[8][63][64]
• Design Distinction in 'New Notable Product Design II', USA (1995)^[8][65][63]
• International Design Distinction Award from International Design Magazine, New York, USA (1998)^[8][63][64]
• National Design Grant from the Foundation for Fine Art, Architecture and Design, Netherlands (2002)^[8][63]
• Editor's Choice Award at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), New York, USA (2003)^[66][63][64]
• International Design Award from LA Interiors, Los Angeles, USA (2007)^{[8][18][63][64]}
• Red Dot Design Award from Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany (2008)^{[8][18][66][67][68][69][63]}
• NRI Institute Award from the NRI Institute, London, England (2012)^{[8][18][70][63][64]}
• Bharat Samman Award from the NRI Institute, London, England (2013)^{[8][18][70][63][64]}
• Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT Bombay from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (2013)^{[8][18][66][70][63][64]}
• Green Good Design Award from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago, USA (2016)^{[8][71][63][64]}
• Red Dot Design Award from Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany (2016)^{[8][18][72][63][64]}
• Distinguished Alumnus Award from the IDC School of Design, India (2020)^{[8][73][74][64]}

Pakhalé's work is held in the permanent public collections of several museums around the world:

• Work 'n' Play Satyendra Pakhalé (2001), SaloneSatellite, Milan, Italy^{[107][108][109][110]}
• From Projects to Products Satyendra Pakhalé (2002), Curator Ingeborg de Roode, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands^{[89][111][112][113]}
• Satyendra Pakhalé Design by Heart (2003), Curator Paola Antonelli, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy^{[114][115][116][117][118][119][120]}
• un:Usual (2003), C/O Glamour Design Store, Corso Indipendenza 16, Milan, Italy^[121]
• Satyendra Pakhalé – three projects (2005), Future Design Days, Stockholm, Sweden^[28]
• Satyendra Pakhalé – Selected design works (2007), Design Boost, Stockholm, Sweden^[28]
• We can't afford to buy CHEAP things. Personal Shopper (2007), Messe Frankfurt, Ambiente Frankfurt Fair, Germany^[61]
• OriginS (2008), Curator Gabrielle Ammann, ammann // gallery, Cologne, Germany^{[8][122][123]}
• Satyendra Pakhalé – Architecture & Design (2009), MIPIM Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier, Cannes, France^[28]
• Design Lounge (2009), ammann // gallery, Cologne Fine Art & Antiques, Cologne, Germany^[8]
• Meeting of Minds (2010), Hästens Flagship, Stockholm, Sweden^[124][125]
• Design at Fairchild (2014), Curators Cristina Grajales, Gabrielle Ammann, Nannett Zapata, Design Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

• 1997
  • Pangéa Concept Car, Geneva International Motor Show, Switzerland^[28]
• 1998
  • Vision on move, Evoluon Philips, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• 1999
  • Beyond European Design, Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy
  • Young designers in Milano, Alterpoint Milano, Italy
• 2000
  • Design works, group exhibition, Gallery Arte e Industria, Parma, Italy
• 2001
  • World Wide Design, Atelier Renault, Paris, France
• 2002
  • Panther Off-Scale – 50 Projects, Moroso Golden Jubilee, Milan, Italy
• 2005
  • Ole Palsby Retrospective, The Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2006
  • Bamboo architectural elements, Transformation: Nature & Beyond, Material ConneXion Flagship, New York, USA
• 2008
  • Urban Compatibility Iittala, Design Boost, Malmö, Sweden
• 2009
  • The Clue Design, Gwanju Design Biennale, South Korea
• 2010
  • 10 Years of Via Milano, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • In Progress, CID Grand-Hornu, Belgium^[57]
• 2011
  • Daily Future, Moon Life Concept Store, Moon Life Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Can you imagine? Alcantara, power of a material, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
• 2012
  • International Design for Children, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
  • Design & Technology - 15th Anniversary SaloneSatellite, Milan Design Week, Italy
• 2013
  • Outset Design Fund, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
  • Meet Design Around the World, Triennale di Milano, Italy
• 2014
  • Modular system - Add-On Radiator, Paris Designer's Days, France
  • 100% Tobeus: 100 Designers for 100 New Toy Cars, Canada National Design Museum, Toronto, Canada
  • Cappellini 2000-2012, ICFF New York, USA
  • Industry City, New York, USA
  • Tom Vack. Vanity of Object, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
  • Modularity - Add-On Radiator, Malta Design Week, Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta
• 2015
  • Looking ahead. 9 stories from Veneto: digital – not only digital, Venice Art Biennale, Italy
  • Das Bauhaus #itsalldesign, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
  • Wirkkala Revisited, Design Museum Helsinki, Finland
  • Alessi IN-possible, Design Museum Holon, Israel
• 2016
  • Time Space Existence, Venice Architecture Biennale, Global Art Affairs, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy
  • Houselife, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Bordeaux, France
• 2017
  • Ceci n’est pas une copie, Centre d’innovation et de design, Grand-Hornu, Belgium
  • Alessi IN-possible, Triennale di Milano, Italy
  • SaloneSatellite. 20 Years of New Creativity, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
  • Ghost Memory – what a joy! 30° Ghost Anniversary, Milan Fair, Italy
  • The value of design, Red Dot awarded products, Cité du Design, Saint-Étienne, France
• 2018
  • Made in Holland: 400 years a global brand, Princessehof Ceramics Museum Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
• 2022
  • Design+Health - Diseño+Salud, Curator Ramón Úbeda, World Design Capital, Valencia, Spain^[126]

• 1998
  • Stefano Marzano, Creating Value by Design - Thoughts & Facts, Philips Design, BIS Publishers, the Netherlands^[127]
  • Jean Pierre Rioux, Renault, Éditions Hazan, France^[128]
• 2000
  • Paola Antonelli, Giulio Cappellini, Vanni Pasca, Beyond European Design, Abitare il Tempo – Experimentation and Research Exhibitions, Edizioni Grafiche Zanni, Italy
• 2002
  • Cultural Nomad: From Project to Products – Dal progetto al pradotto, Editoriale Modo, Milano, 2002. ISBN 978-88-7419-002-7
• 2004
  • Mel Byars, The Design Encyclopedia, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA^[129]
• 2009
  • R. Craig Miller, European Design, Shaping the New Century, Merrell, USA^[130]
• 2010
  • Nestor Perkal, Jeanne Quéheillard, In Progress, Mongrafik éditions, France
  • Michael Alpert, The Haystack Reader – Collected Essays on Craft, 1991-2009, University of Maine Press & Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Orono & Deer Isle, USA
• 2015
  • Mateo Kries, Jolanthe Kugler, The Bauhaus #itsalldesign, Bundeskunsthalle, Vitra Design Museum, Germany^[131]
• 2016
  • MGlobal Art Affairs i.c.w. European Cultural Centre, Time Space Existence, Global Art Affairs Foundation, Italy
• 2019
  • Culture of Creation, nai01 Publishers, Rotterdam, NL 2019. ISBN 978-94-6208-514-5 Contributing authors: Alberto Alessi, Juhani Pallasmaa, Paola Antonelli, Jacques Barsac, Giulio Cappellini, Aric Chen, Cristiano Crosetta, Ingeborg de Roode, Rene Spitz, TizianaProietti, Walter Spink, Vittorio Livi, Marva Griffin, and Stefano Marzano

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• Satyendra Pakhalé - Making of B.M. Horse Chair Satyendra Pakhalé - Making of B.M. Horse Chair
• Workshop TUBES radiatori in Venice with Satyendra Pakhalé Workshop TUBES radiatori in Venice with Satyendra Pakhalé.
• Seminário Internacional de Economia Criativa e Design - Debate Satyendra Pakhalé (áudio original) Seminário Internacional de Economia Criativa e Design - Debate Satyendra Pakhalé (áudio original)
• Satyendra Pakhalé for Design Miami, Design at Fairchild gardens, Miami, USA Cappellini Viola Fish Chair by Satyendra Pakhale for Design Miami 2015

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