17/02/2026
Designing for ADI’s 20th Pune Design Festival
began with a simple question, what happens when a country becomes the lens through which design is examined?
The India Lens shaped the identity and visual language of the festival, drawing from the idea of the lens as a two-way device, not only how we look at India, but how India looks at the world, and at design itself. Blur and sharpness became core visual elements, a way to frame, distort, reveal and question, much like the realities designers navigate every day in a country defined by complexity and contrast.
The system was built to be modular and adaptable, extending across digital media, environmental graphics, merchandise and motion. At the venue, the language moved into space through large-scale installations, geodesic domes and mirrored interventions that invited reflection, shifting perspectives and moments of pause within the festival’s energy.
In a place as layered as India, clarity and ambiguity often coexist. This identity embraces both, holding design against the light of India’s many realities, and allowing new ways of seeing to emerge.