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Kohler Bold Design Awards 2022: Winners revealed

DEC 20, 2023 | By Team ELLE DECOR India
FROM LEFT Sachin Shetty, Alex Joseph, Vishnu K, Niranjan CW, Late Hamid MM, Praveen Bavadekar, Anand Gupta, Yatindra Patil, Vijay Kharade, Sonia Gehlot, Late Hafeef PK, Palinda Kannangara, Akshat Bhatt, Sonke Hoof, Apoorva Shroff, Shipra Singhania, Madhavi Belsare and Ruchika Gupta
Mrudul Pathak Kundu, Editor, ELLE DECOR India
Mahesh Nambiar, Business Head, Ogaan Media and Salil Sadanandan, President – Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Middle East & Sub Saharan Africa
The KBDA jury gallery
Vikas Dilawari, Jury, KBDA 2022, Salil Sadanandan, President – Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Middle East & Sub Saharan Africa, Isabelle Miaja, Jury, KBDA 2022, Vishal Chadha, Managing Director-Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Kapil Chopra, Jury, KBDA 2022 and Tony Joseph, Jury, KBDA 2022
Team ELLE DECOR India: Roshan Adiyogi, Deputy General Manager (West and South), Misha Bains, Publisher and Mohita Gandhi, Events Head
Setting the stage for design excellence at the Kohler Bold Design Awards (KBDA) ceremony
Shilpi Bhatia, Managing Editor (Brand Solutions), Misha Bains, Publisher, ELLE DECOR India, Rupesh Baid, Archana Baid and Kashmira Pathare, Head Networking & Business Development, ELLE DECOR India
Kiran Shetty and Anand Menon
Roshan Adiyodi, Deputy General Manager (West and South), ELLE DECOR India, Koshy P Koshy, Aakif Habib and Megha Grover, Deputy General Manager (North), ELLE DECOR India
Rajiv Khushalani and Vistasp Bhagwagar
The Araku Bold Brew experience
Lunch at Aaleeshan, JW Marriott Bengaluru Prestige Golfshire Resort & Spa
Rajiv Khushalani, Misha Bains, Publisher, ELLE DECOR India and Piyush Mehra
Team Kohler
Amey Majumdar and Kurien George
Sandeep Khosla, Farah Ahmed, Tanya Khosla and Sunita Kundoor
Manish Dhaka, Gunjan Anurag, Vishal Chadha, Managing Director- Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Isabelle Miaja, Jury, KBDA 2022, Abhishek Kumar, Rohit Mehta, Manpreet Riar and Ishan Kala
The Late Dr Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi’s video playing on screen

The verdict is out and the Golden Pencils have outlined the Extraordinaries and Visionaries! Against the backdrop of Nandi Hills, a sprawling 18-hole golf estate and the nippy Bengaluru air, the day was planned to encourage experiences, design excellence and conversations. The industry witnessed the winners of KOHLER BOLD DESIGN AWARDS (KBDA) 2022. KBDA has grown in stature to be one of the most sought-after recognition platforms in the Indian design and architecture community.

This year we witnessed some innovative and revolutionary designs which cater to the ever-changing landscape of modern urban spaces. Jury members Alfaz Miller, Brinda Somaya, Channa Daswatte, Isabelle Miaja, Kapil Chopra, Shimul Javeri Kadri, Tony Joseph and Vikas Dilawari have lent their expertise to pick the winners.

Scroll down to catch glimpses from the event…

Abish Mathew, Master of Ceremonies

 

Artist Shilpa Rao

 

Karsh Kale

 

Mrudul Pathak Kundu, Editor, ELLE DECOR India

 

Vishal Chadha, Managing Director- Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Salil Sadanandan, President – Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Middle East & Sub Saharan Africa, and Sonke Hoof accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of The Late Dr Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

 

Parveen Gupta and Behzad Kharas

 

Parveen Gupta and Behzad Kharas

 

Mrudul Pathak Kundu, Editor and Yashika Punjabee, Consulting Creative Director

 

Satyajeet Patwardhan and Pashmin Shah

 

Isabelle Miaja, Jury, KBDA 2022 at the golf putting league

 

Ariane Thakore Ginwala and Vaidehi Tikekar

 

Ekta and Anil Ahuja with Kashmira Pathare, Head Networking & Business Development, ELLE DECOR India

 

Harjas Kaur and Guneet Singh

 

Sawant Kaul, Shami Goregaonkar and Santha Gour

 

Manjit Bhullar and Aakif Habib

 

Naresh Narasimhan

 

Prashant Halankar, Kashmira Pathare, Head Networking & Business Development, ELLE DECOR India and Anand Mehta

 

Raj and Devika Khosla

 

Arpan Shah and Rahul Sen

 

Manjit Bhullar with Shripal Munshi

 

Dexter Fernandes

 

Pierre Gregoire

 

Yatin Patel

 

Praveen Bavadekar

 

Shami and Sachin Goregaonkar

 

Ashok Kumar

 

Parveen Gupta and Kapil Handa

 

Harsh Pote and Ishan Kala

 

Gaurav Sanghavi

 

Isabelle Miaja, Jury, KBDA 2022, Kavita Singh and Salil Sadanandan, President – Kitchen & Bath South Asia, Middle East & Sub Saharan Africa

 

Sonke Hoof, Soumitro Ghosh and Kapil Chopra viewing The Late Dr Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi’s AV, as he expresses his gratitude towards winning The Lifetime Achievement Award