India Design ID 2025 checklist: Fair director Misha Bains recommends 5 highlights you shouldn’t miss

Design makes us curious. From what happened to what happens, India Design ID 2025 is where the now and next in design, architecture, art and product design gets decoded. And if this tugs the strings of your curiosity too, we highly suggest you visit the design week from 20 to 23 February. While a multitude of discoveries await your arrival, we speak with Fair Director Misha Bains for the 5 best recommendations to look out for at India Design ID 2025.

Where is this happening? At NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi. Book your tickets here

New ways of chairs

All the spotlight is on chairs! Yes, the everyday champion of ergonomics in our living spaces becomes the main character at India Design ID’s special exhibition dubbed Transition. Walk around and let your senses feast on the new forms and shapes of the modern-day chairs crafted in India. Expect to spot an artistic assembly of 45 chairs by 45 distinct creatives!

Hear the trailblazers of design speak their mind! 

Every word, every idea, every perspective matters at the ID Symposium. With over 15 panel discussions on schedule, this is your chance to become privy to a real-time podcast, if you may, on design, architecture and art — with a strong narrative on all that continues to define India with a global heart. Get influenced by the most influential names and book your tickets now.]

India and its crafts in focus 

Made in India by India! Reignite your love for and the idea of what the country’s crafts culture stands for at India Design ID 2025. Journey through the years of the passionate evolution that traditional crafts, techniques, communities and design ateliers have gone through, shaping a colourful ensemble of more than 150 Indian brands at the fair. Amongst other things, get access to India by Design Curated by Srila Chatterjee of Baro Market & 47-A. The inspiration is endless but we give you a definite repository of the most unique objects and collectibles to add to your wishlist this weekend.

Yes, art hopping is a thing! 

Art dates are real. And whether it’s solo or with a companion who is an equal art connoisseur — India Design ID 2025 gives you abundant reasons to go art hopping on all days of the fair. Refresh your expertise on art and admire the curated works of Indian art galleries, from Apparao Galleries and Cultivate Art to Gallery Art Positive, Latitude 28, Masha Art and Ojas Art Gallery.

Watch out for new-age material experiments

All you knew about materials is not all you know about it. There’s more to how materials in the Indian design context are being experimented with. At India Design ID, meet the future of materiality in the present. Immerse yourself in discovering how brands and product designers are reimagining artisanship through intuition and technology. From indigenous textiles and nature-derived materials to smart innovations with adaptive qualities!

Explore the full schedule here