EDIDA India 2025: Hall of fame

EDIDA Designer of the Year

Vritima Wadhwa: Winning for the Rahi Collection from the 810 / Two Black Edition, Vritima Wadhwa melds structure, softness and warmth to create furniture rooted in materiality. Whether it is the curving rattan weaves that decorate the Rahi Gallery Bench and Lounge Chair, or the collection’s sculptural stools that boast both functional and visual appeal, Vritima’s creations are tailored to make you linger. A true full circle moment, she cinched the trophy in the Young Design Talent Category back in 2020 — only to return five years later to claim the Designer of the Year award!

EDIDA Interior Designer of the Year

Iram Sultan: Few designers have Iram Sultan’s sense of nuance — her command over material, light, function and proportion — that give her homes and even commercial work a rich, warm, liveable quality. Her homes, even when layered with the most luxurious global brands, never feel staged. They’re spaces where you instinctively find your corner, kick off your shoes, and lose track of time with a book.

Her commercial projects carry that same warmth — designed for dialogue and presence. Whether it’s a store, boutique, a restaurant or an office, her spaces are tactile, intuitive and always soulful — rightfully earning her the EDIDA’s Interior Designer of the Year title this edition.

EDIDA Young Talent

Jagdish Sutar: Objects of Legacy is a contemporary furniture collection rooted in India’s craft heritage, using solid teak, cotton rope and brass. The winner, Jagdish Suthar, worked with in-house production partner Pratishtha Design to reinterpret woodworking and charpai weaving through a modern lens, creating an artisan-led edition that bridges traditional skill with contemporary living. Alongside the trophy, he also wins a showcase at Ambiente 2026 in Frankfurt.

EDIDA Student of the Year

Pranav Jagtiani: Designed during his NID graduation project with Dastkaari Designs, Pranav’s PJ – 05 is more than just a chair. It uses CNC-bent stainless-steel pipe to create a frame that reinterprets a familiar silhouette, finished with wood and leather. It reflects his focus on clear material expression and well-engineered, functional design.

EDIDA Sustainable Achievement

Jenny Pinto: Designed by Jenny Pinto, Oorjaa’s Gulmohar Flamefall light is handmade in their studio by transforming banana plant waste into sun-dried, reusable material. The Bengaluru-based studio brings together craft, design, innovation and ecological responsibility in a single, thoughtful form.

EDIDA Furniture

Sonal and Bobby Tuli: The Clora Ottoman by Within celebrates nature’s delicate artistry, inspired by pressed botanical specimens, where hand-carved floral reliefs balance organic softness with architectural order.

EDIDA Kitchen

Ashish Bajoria and Suman Kanodia: The Maestro Kitchen Island by Scarlet Splendour, led by Ashish and Suman, marries sculptural drama with everyday utility — its ombré brass base and straw-textured onyx surface conceal a hob, sink and considered storage in one seamless sweep. It’s proof that even dinner prep deserves a little stage presence.

EDIDA Bedroom

Ariane Thakore Ginwala: 27 antique doors sparked the conception of the Niraba Collection by This and That, led by Ariane. Shaped by Odisha’s material memory, the Niraba Niva Bed, crafted from refurbished teak and finished in supple leather, is an ode to the heritage of Sabai weaving from Mayurbhanj.

EDIDA Bathroom

Rajiv Parekh: The Spherical Basin by Rajiv of rED Architects transforms a block of marble into a sculpture that creates an illusion of levitating above a bed of gravel. Water glides across the marble sphere and disappears into cleverly hidden drainage — a true design mystery!

EDIDA Flooring

Farah Ahmed and Dhaval Shellugar: For the winning creation — Garden Song, made in collaboration with Bharat Flooring and Tiles — Farah and Dhaval began by cutting coloured cement sheets into motifs and placing each piece onto the prepared base like an inlay. Once the entire layout was mapped, they poured self-levelling cement into the negative spaces, calibrated for expansion and contraction.

EDIDA Wall finishes and coverings

Rajesh Pratap Singh: Inspired by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, the winning collection — Red and Gold Sher-Khanum porcelain tiles, manufactured by FCML Surfaces — features intricate patterns and fine craftsmanship.

EDIDA Tableware

Ashiesh Shah: Hath Dhoop by Ashiesh Shah is inspired by Goddess Lakshmi’s hands — it is sculpted in aluminium and can hold incense, camphor or flame.

Eeshaan Kashyap: The designer’s woven metal baskets reinterpret Japanese Ikebana forms with a contemporary twist — trading bamboo for sculptural metal.

EDIDA Seating

Abhirup Dutta and Deeptashree Saha: Sarpa Gaja Asandi — the elephant-footed chair by the Vernacular Modern, led by Abhirup and Deeptashree, pairs a swivel base with a snake inlay in solid wood. The coiled snake is emblematic of the forest’s equilibrium, while the inlay symbolises the wisdom of a craft that honours restraint and the intelligence of the hand.

EDIDA Lighting

Radhika Sanghvi: Melding craft with design’s discerning eye, Radhika sculpted Sabai weaving and Dhokra metalcraft into sculptural lights for the Niraba collection in collaboration with This and That.

EDIDA Fabric

Brinda Patel: Through its hand embroidery, block printing and woven textures, the winning collection, titled Between the Lines by Abstrac Home, explores geometric poetry through lines, dots and hand stitches.

EDIDA Outdoor

Kunal Maniar: We love that Kunal has reinterpreted the traditional Indian Baithak into a bench from repurposed Jodhpur sandstone slabs and salvaged wood. The low, monolithic form invites informal seating, and highlights the beauty of imperfection.

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