IDF SINGAPORE - Key Persons
Business leader, design thinker, art collector, Rajshree Pathy is the multifaceted visionary behind IDF Singapore (Innovation and Design Forum Singapore).With IDF Singapore, Rajshree hopes to explore regional design as well as to promote cross-cultural design interventions including generating opportunities for designers in Singapore and the Asian region and facilitating production and establishing market networks.
In 2012, Rajshree started India Design Forum-IDF (www.indiadesignforum.com), an inclusive design conference for dialogue, debate, consensus and action, partnering with the Foreign embassies, CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), NID (National Institute of Design) and Museums. IDF stands as India's most influential design forum in the country, spanning all design disciplines. Four Conferences over two days has been held so far in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai with an attendance of 1400 participants. DESIGN TRAIL - week long celebration of Design with workshops, district wise events and exhibitions is held during the Forum.
Throughout her career, Rajshree has consistently strived to create awareness for contemporary art, design and architecture, through world class forums, workshops and partnerships; her in- depth understanding of business and commerce gives her a unique perspective on design evolving role in the socio-economic landscape of a country. As such, the overarching objective for IDF is to create a platform to promote discourse around the social relevance of design, its commercial appeal, and the innovations that drive it - raising awareness for the power of design.