Condé Nast India

Celebrating one year of leadership with our Managing Director Sandeep Lodha 🙌🏽Watch as Sandeep shares his journey through impactful projects, key lessons, remarkable achievements, and the challenges that shaped our success. Here's to many more milestones!

AD List LAUNCHING SOON!  Get ready to explore the ultimate guide to luxury home decor brands!  Curated by Architectural Digest, AD List unveils the most prestigious brands that redefine luxury. Stay tuned for the exclusive reveal! https://shorturl.at/1HjUd Please contact [email protected] for any AD List related queries.

Step into a world of opulence and design at the AD Design Show 2024, now featuring an expanded roster of exhibitors! Don’t miss your chance to be inspired. Tickets available on Skill Box. For more information and enquiries write to [email protected]

Presenting AD India’s July-August print issue: A celebration of the exquisite craft of brass repoussage. AD India has a brief but bright history of print cover innovations. In the tradition of the 2018 “concrete cover” and a series of textile covers over the years, we now explore the exquisite craft of brass repoussage. A special innovation cover, designed by the brilliant Vikram Goyal, graces the annual July-August 2024 Craftsmanship issue. In the two decades of his practice, Goyal has drawn a world out of diverse tapestries: from nature to art deco to chinoiserie to pichvais. For AD’s cover he finds inspiration in the Jantar Mantar—spot the lines, arches and steps of the iconic monument in this abstract cover creative. “Rooted in Indian legacy and science, a timeless work, unique to our land,” Vikram says. Once the design was sketched, it was printed and pasted on a malleable brass sheet, and the studio’s master craftsmen created the repoussé or relief pattern. Until one day, an actual, solid, heavy brass sample—precisely the size of an AD cover—arrived at our offices. It was then rendered in an emboss-deboss paper innovation technique to capture the touch-feel, shadows and contours of the original brass sample by the talented production team of Condé Nast India. For AD, as a publication, as a magazine that believes definitively in craftsmanship, this cover is a reminder of the beauty that lives in our karkhanas and studios, the beauty of things made by hand that are physical and tactile but inherently spiritual. Long live hand craftsmanship, and long live print. Words: Komal Sharma Art Director: Chandni Mehta

A few key media highlights this week featuring some of our leadership team! Che Kurrien for Business of Fashion: https://lnkd.in/gA_4WM7K Rochelle Pinto for Pinkvilla: https://lnkd.in/dBpYFdCC Sandeep Lodha for Manifest Magazine

An inspiring day at the Four Seasons Mumbai with Condé Nast India’s senior leadership team. From dynamic sessions to commercial focused discussions (and some laughs as well!), we are geared up for an exciting six months ahead. 🙌🏽 In addition, join us in welcoming Bhavna Lalchandani to the leadership team as Condé Nast India’s Chief Content and Innovation Strategy Officer who will head the CNCC vertical. In her new role, Bhavna will be responsible for driving Branded Content wins via creative concepts that uniquely address clients needs with seamless execution.

ADxJSW Prize for Contemporary Craftsmanship application deadline has extended to July 15! APPLY NOW! HOW TO APPLY If you’re a craftsperson, a designer, an entrepreneur, a studio or an organisation that works closely with craft, please send us your entry at [email protected] Application Criteria 1. The work should be original, made, and owned by the participant(s). 2. The work should be handmade or partly handmade or include the use of hand tools. 3. The work must represent a contemporary approach to the craft. 4. The quality of workmanship must be superlative. 5. The individual, artisan, designer, or institution applying for the award must be a resident of and have their primary practice in one of the following countries: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, or Bhutan. The entry should include, where applicable: 1. Your name, region, name of the studio, names of the members involved. 2. Title and year of the piece, with a description (500 words at most). 3. Details of the craft(s) used. Please include any information on materials, processes, or techniques. 4. Please highlight any social, cultural, material, and/or human impact, if applicable. Photographs of the objects / process / project are necessary. 5. Please mention if your entry is in collaboration with a brand. Note: Any misinformation, inappropriate or incorrect accreditation/attribution, or plagiarism will immediately disqualify/ban you from this and future editions of the prize and AD’s coverage of your work. #ADXJSW #craftsmanship

Here’s presenting this year’s S|Heroes! By fostering a culture of appreciation, S|Heroes is a peer-to-peer recognition program that celebrates outstanding contributions and achievements. Announced at today’s Q3 Town Hall, these winners have exemplified what it means to be a true champion. Congratulations to our five winners - Heli Shah - Director- Growth & Monetization, Geetesh Patil Art Production Manager, Vogue India, Yoshita Rao - Associate Editor, CNCC - Work together, Tyrel Rodricks - Copy Director, GQ & AD and Vicky Kapadia - Associate Director - General Accounting

How will Al change the role of the human brain? What are schools of the future going to look like? How can we unleash the power of sisterhood in the workplace? These are questions that Isha Ambani Piramal is “wildly excited about finding answers to”. In her most vulnerable interview yet, the heiress opens up to Vogue about her IVF journey, learning to be comfortable with her natural hair and using her privilege to support the arts. Read the full cover story at vogue.in

Beyond the bio! Join us as we delve deeper beyond the title and discover their passion and vision. Let’s get to know Devika Patne Commercial Talent Director at Condé Nast India. Devika shares advice on how to build strong relationships with talent, favourite campaigns that have resonated with her the most and important advice for aspiring individuals trying to make it into this field.