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>> Nov 2007

A one day design vision workshop was organised for the industry under the aegis of Pune Design foundation. Eero Miettinen, Group Design Director of Nokia Design, Balkrishna Mahajan of Ticket Design and Pankaj Sapkal of Short path conducted the workshop. The workshop was held during the second Pune Design Festival 2007

>> Nov 2007
Ticket team completes a working prototype of a new design for a Finnish company in a record time of one month for launch at an exhibition in China. The product has been a showstealer and orders coming in.

>> July 07

International Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year (IYDEY) Award 2007

Balkrishna Mahajan has been shortlisted among top five for International Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year (IYDEY) Award 2007 from India. IYDEY Award has been instituted by British Council. It showcases successful and promising design entrepreneurs from select countries across the world and presents them with the opportunity to network with each other, familiarise themselves with the UK design sector, showcase their work at 100% Design and win the IYDEY Award.

The award, in its third year, seeks to identify and nurture the next generation of leaders in the Indian design sector by linking them with the UK at a key stage in their development. Read more here

“We were all impressed by the breadth of your knowledge and the critical research process in which you engage when developing a product; the work is clearly conceptually intelligent. You are obviously very persuasive in taking clients in new, design-led directions and can clearly demonstrate the contribution that design is making to the corporate bottom-line”  Alice Cicolini British Council India’s Head of Arts and leads on the Knowledge Economy programme

>> May 07

Ticket Design has been awarded a Silver at the 20th International Appliance Design Excellence in Design Award 2007 USA. The judges noted that winners demonstrated that they are serious about industrial design and showed their seriousness by attention to detail and an innovative approach that sharply differentiated its product from competitors. A common element found among the winning products was the ability to make technology more accessible to the user Read more here

>>Mar 07

India's top company and one of the top 10 Asia Pacific companies, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched its multi-play service, offering Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) and video-on-demand (VOD) to its broadband customers in Pune along with MKCL (Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd.) and Divinet Access Technologies. Industrial Design and engineering for IPTV consumer electronic product was done by Ticket Design.

>> Feb 07

Whirlpool Global Technology Center felicitates Ticket Design for outstanding contribution to design innovation for the year 2006.

>>Jan 07

"A solution based on basic tasks... delivering goods effectively and improving the driver ’s comfort and safety” Jury's comment

>> Dec 06

Balkrishna Mahajan, Co-Founder Ticket Design was invited as a speaker/ panelist at the 6th CII Design Summit 2006, an international design event held on 4-5 December 2006 at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Bala shared his views on design entrepreneurship in India in the context of industrial design, challenges ahead and his dream projects. For details about the summit click here.

>> Nov 06

Pune Design Festival is being organised by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce

and Industry) in association with Pune Design Foundation on 17th and 18th of November at Pune.

>> Oct 06

Ticket Design is one of the founding members of the newly formed PUNE DESIGN FOUNDATION.

Pune Design Foundation is an association of design consulting companies and design professionals

based in Pune, connected with the goal of promoting the cause of 'Good Design'. The foundation is

supported by city patrons, leading industries and design institutions in their common goal to

promote Pune as the Design Capital of India.

>> Sep 06

Balkrishna Mahajan, Co -Founder Ticket Design visits UK as a part of CII Design Mission to UK

coinciding with the London Design Festival 2006.  CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) is playing

an active role taking the cause of Indian Design forward as the world is waking up to India.

This mission was an effort to expose Indian industry to the Design facilities and practices being

followed by the industry & design houses in UK. In the process also understand how Design has

been promoted and developed in that particular country, foster business partnerships between

the Design industries of both countries.

>> Sep 06

Nishma Pandit, Co-Founder, Ticket Design delivers a talk at the National Symposium on Innovation

in Design for the elderly at World Trade Center Mumbai. She spoke on normal needs of older

people that are often not considered in mainstream product design and the increasing need to address

the needs of this growing population. Smart home designed by Ticket showcases accessible products

and secure environments for elderly. Read more

>> Mar 06

Ticket Design invited for design and innovation consulting by its clients (leading appliance,

consumer and commercial products manufacturers) Ticket Design conducts several

interactive sessions with the engineering and design team of its clients to foster the spirit of

creativity and innovation to boost design thinking

>> Dec 05

Tata Motors launches Novus Heavy duty trucks in association with Daewoo Korea, with an on board vehicle tracking system. Industrial Design for the product has been done by Ticket Design.  read more

>> Aug 05

Ticket Design bags contract for industrial design of an integrated digital home automation system to be launched for the first time in India.
 

>> Medical Stress Test Treadmill designed by Ticket Design nominated for Best Medical Product Design Business World India design award 2004. It finished a closed second.

Dec 04

>> Solar Casserole designed for GE Plastics, Invention by, Co- Founder, Ticket Design nominated for Best Concept Design Business World India Design Award Dec 04

>> Ticket Design successfully completes a new age Vehicle Tracking System for a

Middle East client Nov 04

>> Whirlpool launches 360 cool and Sixth sense refrigerators with design from

Ticket Design. Ticket design has played a central role in design of the 360 cool and sixth

sense interface features apart from other value added design features of the new internals

of this unique product.

>> Mpara- Medical product for ICU designed by Ticket Design launched. Sep 04

This product has been designed for intensive care units of hospitals / clinics. A unique product

monitoring parameters like, blood oxygen level, blood pressure, ecg, respiration all in a single

product. Its a first of its kind product launched in India. The design challenge lay in packaging

the product as a integrated portable compact solution. Its the most compact product in

its category in the market. Compaction was achieved by intelligent packaging and considering

the user- desirable size for this product. Also significant was the emphasis was on design

for ease of assembly and testing.

>> Ticket Design short listed amongst various agencies by Whirlpool to work on new

generation control design for refrigerators June 03

>> Modular Tractor cabin design for Mahindra tractors completed. Performance testing

in progress at Mahindra. Mar 02

>> A wearable wireless badge designed by Ticket Design featured in the Time magazine

as the top twenty products of the future. Jan 01

>> "AFFAIR" Design Competition Entry.

>> Creative Paper Lamp Making workshop for children.