Satyendra Pakhalé (India, 1967), International designer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, describing himself as a 'Cultural Nomad'. ?After completing his Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Design in India and Advanced Product Design in Switzerland, he worked at Philips Design - creating innovative products, services and scenarios for new business creations, among others in the areas of digital communication and transportation. In 1998 he set up his own design practice in Amsterdam. Since then he has been working on his own projects and on projects for diverse industries in many different countries. Renowned companies such as Alessi, Italy; Bosa, Italy; Cappellini, Italy; Colombo Design, Italy; C-Sam, USA/UK; CorUnum, The Netherlands; Curvet, Italy; De Vecchi, Italy; Erreti, Italy; Offecct, Sweden; Magis, Italy; Moroso, Italy; RSVP, Italy; SCA, Sweden; Tubes, Italy; Väveriet, Sweden; and organizations like CRAFT, France; Lille3000, France; Material ConneXion, USA rank among his clients.
He works in a wide range of disciplines, bringing to his design a set of fresh perspectives, a diversity of strong cultural influence, particularly relevant in today's society. Pakhalé's design emanates from cultural dialogue, synthesizing new applications of materials and technologies with great ingenuity. He conveys a message that could be defined ‘universal’ through his designs and ranks him among the most influential designers at work today. Since 2005 he has been advisor on the Board of Directors of the Ambassadors Board, Design & Technology community chain mission, Eindhoven, NL. His works are in several public collections, among others Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Recently two solo Industrial design exhibition of his works, took place- one in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and another at Otto Gallery Bologna, Italy curated by Paola Antonelli, curator of Museum of Modern Art New York- appropriately called “Satyendra Pakhalé- Design by Heart”. A book on his oeuvre “From projects to products” published by Modo, Milan on this occasion establishing him as an autonomous designer. The Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands has invited him to devise and head the Master Programme in Design for Humanity and Sustainable Living. He is represented by Designer’s Gallery // Gabrielle Ammann, Cologne, Germany, along with works by Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad and more.
He considers the design profession an expression of true human optimism. He is motivated by social, technological, ecological, industrial and above all cultural parameters, as much as by a purely creative vision. His prime interest at this point of time is the design of mass producible technically challenging personal products / objects to transportation systems, as well as edition pieces.
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