Ashish Deshpande

Ashish Deshpande at the hashtag#AsianConvergence

“In the Asian context, it is very important for designers to decide which opportunities they will work on” says Ashish Deshpande at the hashtag#AsianConvergence” Talk as part of ‘the Design Alliance Asia’ visit to Zhuhai. He presented iF DESIGN award winning Plezmo case study to the audience that comprised of designers & academics from the region.

Ashwini talked to Ramu Ramanathan of WhatPackaging by PrintWeek India on her observations & learnings.

The most sustainable packaging will be “no packaging”
interpack, the largest international packaging fair for food, beverages, pharmaceutics, cosmetics and non-foods took place at Dusseldorf after six long years and the focus was on #sustainability & #connected packaging. As we work on many #packagingdesign projects at Elephant Strategy + Design, it was a great exposure for us to see where the industry is heading and if there is hope, after all.

Ashwini talked to Ramu Ramanathan of WhatPackaging by PrintWeek India on her observations & learnings.
Link of the conversation - https://www.whatpackaging.co.in/features/ashwini-deshpande-the-most-sustainable-packaging-will-be-%E2%80%9Cno-packaging%E2%80%9D-57218

Ashish Deshpande delivering a talk at The 10th Power of Asian Design conference in Taichung Taiwan

Ashish Deshpande is at The 10th Power of Asian Design conference in Taichung Taiwan. He will be delivering a talk titled"Design Opportunities & Challenges: An Indian Perspective" along with speakers from USA, Japan, Singapore & Hong Kong.

Ashish Deshpande at the 5th National Conferenec on Innovative Global Technology Trends organised by MIT ID Design Academics & Research Programme

Design is all about envisioning better future keeping people at the centre.
Here is Ashish Deshpande sharing his ideas on #India @ 100 at the 5th National Conferenec on Innovative Global Technology Trends organised by MIT ID Design Academics & Research Programme

Elephant at Pune Design Festival 2023

Knowledge and creativity are essential for both: personal and collective growth in the world of design. But how do we go about acquiring those? At Elephant, collaboration and resource-sharing are the pillars of our functioning - and we believe them to be the best catalysts for consistent evolution.

This also happens to be the central premise for the Pune Design Festival. Several members of the team attended the 17th Edition - whose ecstatic faces you can see - and actively engaged with the sessions, workshops, panel discussions and more. Our future-focused approach also found common ground with PDF's theme for 2023: a futurist agenda for design in the next 25 years for India and the world. 

Watching the design community come together as one to network, exchange ideas, celebrate creativity and discuss innovative methods of problem-solving was a sight to behold. We look forward to keeping this creative momentum going within our community, as well other fora and festivals aimed at the finer intersections of creativity and design! 

Elephant Design is at #1 Again!!

Shared positive ambition, collective ability to challenge the status quo and genuine collaborative practices - as creative leaders, Team Elephant Design gets recognised for all this & more yet again!

Brand Equity #AgencyReckoner 2018-19 from The Economic Times, India's most credible business publication is out and Elephant Design is at #1 again.

#BestDesignAgency #TopDesignAgency #कोईशक?

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Celebrating 30th Anniversary of Elephant

Ever grateful for every support, encouragement & nudge that got us here. Looking forward to next 30. 

Unbelievable as it sounded, a design consultancy called Elephant started by fresh graduates from non-business backgrounds way back in 1989 at Pune, India survived. Even thrived. Today Elephant is perhaps the oldest multidisciplinary design consultancy in India with clients across India, South_east Asia, Middle East, Africa, Japan & USA.

Cheers to the journey of 30 years !

Cheers to next 30 as well !

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Elephant Design topped The Economic Times Brand Equity Agency Rankings for 2017-18 again

Let's blow some trumpet! The Economic Times Brand Equity#AgencyRankings for 2017-18 are out! And we are super proud to announce that Elephant Design has topped it again! 
Someone said winning has become a habit. Well... following other habits is easier. But winning is something else. It takes passion, consistent great work every single time, genuine interest in solving challenges with empathy and intrinsic joy in working as a team to do this hat-trick. I bet the next mountain is just as hard, yet joyous.