Tag: Mayuri Nikumbh

  • Pallavi Chakravarti, Raj Kamble and Mayuri Nikumbh appointed as jury chairs for Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show

    Pallavi Chakravarti, Raj Kamble and Mayuri Nikumbh appointed as jury chairs for Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show

    Mumbai: Pallavi Chakravarti, founder and CCO of Fundamental, Raj Kamble, founder & CCO of Famous Innovations and Mayuri Nikumbh, head of design at Conran Design, join as jury chair for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion category, Out of Home and Ambient category, and Design Category respectively, at The Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show.

    Pallavi Chakravarti, founder and CCO of Fundamental has been appointed jury chair of Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show in the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion category.  

    In the creative business for two decades now, Pallavi became independent in 2023. Her agency Fundamental has created work for Airtel, Adidas, WhatsApp, Facebook, Parle Products, Marico and more, all in under a year. In her previous stints across Saatchi, Grey, JWT, Taproot Dentsu and DDB Mudra, she has worked on Instagram, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Uber, J&J, Unilever, P&G and local giants like Times of India, ITC and Star Sports.

    Pallavi featured among the 200 most-awarded ECDs in 2021 in The Drum World Creative Rankings and closer home, in the 2022 edition of Wonder Women 100 by Indian Television Dot Com, a list celebrating leaders in creative arts.

    From shows like Cannes Lions, D&AD, The One Show, Adfest Asia Pacific, Spikes Asia, Kyoorius and The Abbys to effectiveness awards like Effies and Appies, her work has been recognised everywhere. With hundreds of metals to her credit, Pallavi was also the recipient of the Best Ad Screenplay plaque at the prestigious 2015 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival.

    Pallavi has served on many juries over the years – at Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx, New York Festival, Global Awards, Gerety Awards, Kyoorius Awards and the Abbys, across categories like Film, Outdoor, Direct, Radio and Integrated Advertising.

    She also mentors young talent through various industry initiatives. Psychology, theatre and music make her tick, both on the job and off it.

    Raj Kamble, Founder & CCO of Famous Innovations has been appointed Jury Chair of Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show in the Out of Home and Ambient category.

    Raj Kamble is a gold medallist in design and art from Sir JJ School of Arts. His 25-year career has taken him from Lowe India to Lowe London, Lowe New York, BBDO New York and back to Mumbai as Managing Partner, BBH India. During this time, his work for brands like Stella Artois, Unilever, Nestle, P&G, Saab, Diageo, Vaseline, Burger King and Google has achieved both critical acclaim and business results.

    One of the most awarded and globally recognized Indians in advertising, Raj has over 150 awards to his name including several Cannes and One Show gold.

    In 2013, he founded an independent creative agency – Famous Innovations. Today, Famous is a 200+ people agency across Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi, and holds the title of nine-time winner of South Asia Independent Agency of the Year in a row, as well as Digital Agency of the Year, Design Agency of the Year and Green Agency of the Year.

    Raj is a frequent lecturer at institutes such as the Kellogg Institute of Management and Columbia University. He is the Director of Miami Ad School in India. He is part of a think tank with the Government to make India WiFi-friendly.

    He plays a prominent role in shaping the future of education in India as part of the Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, the Board of Governors at MIT-Pune and the Academic Advisory Board at the National Institute of Design

    Mayuri Nikumbh, head of design at Conran Design has been appointed Jury Chair of Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show in the Design Category.

    With a strong belief in the power of design to convey authentic stories that help transform businesses as well as influence consumer behaviour, Mayuri has led award-winning projects and contributed to the success of both startups as well as well-established brands.

    An alum of IIT Bombay with a career spanning over two decades, she currently leads the creative vision for Conran Design Mumbai which she helped establish in the middle of the global pandemic. Within three years of its inception, Mayuri has helped win notable businesses and awards including Campaign Agency of the Year, Transform Asia and IDA Awards.

    Mayuri has been voted as one of India’s 40 under Forty go-getters in the creative field by Impact magazine. She has also represented India at the Asia-wide collaborative project ‘Colours of Asia’- which culminated in a unique exhibition at the Hong Kong Design Institute which went on to win the Design for Asia Award.

    Amidst numerous other representations as a leading voice for design, Mayuri has been on the jury panel for Spikes Asia awards, Kyoorius Design Awards as well as all major local festivals. She will also be at Cannes this year as a part of the Design Lions jury.

    Mayuri strongly endorses the practice of working towards the sweet spot of consumers’ and clients’ problem-solving needs. She believes good designers make good citizens that enable a meaningful way of life.  

  • Conran Design Group Mumbai partners with PEP Technologies to create Kriti Sanon’s first beauty label, Hyphen

    Conran Design Group Mumbai partners with PEP Technologies to create Kriti Sanon’s first beauty label, Hyphen

    Mumbai: Conran Design Group Mumbai worked collaboratively with PEP Technologies, the parent company of mCaffeine, and celebrity, co-founder, and chief customer officer, Kriti Sanon to launch everyday skincare label, Hyphen.

    Driven by PEP Technologies’ and Sanon’s collective vision to transform skincare, Conran Design Group Mumbai brought to life Hyphen’s vision of creating a differentiated logo that helped it create a distinctive visual identity.

    The world of skincare is daunting with jargons and polarized with either nature-led products that aren’t as effective or potent science-led brands that are intimidating. The vision behind the launch of Hyphen is to bridge this gap – and create a brand that unlocks simple yet effective solutions to achieve skincare goals using the power of nature and potency of science. Hyphen’s foremost mission is to provide performance-driven solutions that encapsulate the best of both worlds. With a mission to provide budget-friendly beauty solutions, Hyphen’s products range from Rs 449 to Rs 649.

    Speaking about the launch, Hyphen co-founder and chief growth officer Vaishali Gupta said, “Conran Design Group Mumbai shines with unique expertise and creative thinking. They blend design and strategy flawlessly, giving Hyphen’s brand logo a distinct edge.”

    Conran Design Group Mumbai managing partner Geet Nazir said, “At Conran Design Group, we’re constantly looking for challenges and opportunities to demonstrate our capability in designing simple and effective brand-led solutions to complex business problems, that make a meaningful difference to clients and their businesses. We leverage our proven global methodologies to craft insight-led, differentiated design solutions, and Hyphen is a perfect example of how we delivered a clutter-breaking and ownable brand grammar in the beauty industry.”

    “The creative process for Hyphen was a meaningful blend of Kriti’s vision, unique visual assets and a jargon-free information architecture,” said Conran Design Group Mumbai head of design Mayuri Nikumbh. “We aimed at creating a brand where the user would find confidence in its efficacy and pride in its ownership! The results were a simple, yet ownable brand identity that subtly cues its philosophy and a measured yet vibrant packaging system that lends approachability as well as aspiration,” she added.

  • Elephant Design creates new brand identity for Britannia products

    MUMBAI: Elephant Design has conceptualised and designed the new brand identities and packaging of Britannia‘s Tiger Glucose and Cream biscuits.

    Elephant founder director Ashwini Deshpande said, “When redesigning a large popular brand like Tiger, one has to layer the packaging communication in a way that announces the new story delightfully, and yet does not alienate existing consumers.”

    Britannia said for a brighter and smarter appeal, Tiger palette has been kept red, blue and white. The product‘s promise of 25 per cent daily growth nutrients was picked up and amplified on the pack through a mnemonic that was supported by RTBs of Iron, Calcium, Folic Acid and Vitamin A & D.

    The brand identity has been revamped to give a cleaner look with 3D white letters encased in blue.

    Elephant principal of packaging design Mayuri Nikumbh said, “We tried to probe what mothers look for when they are making important everyday decisions towards growth of their children. Our insight led us to communicate the fact that a simple Glucose biscuit could actually play such a positive role in growth and with proper choice, one could derive significant benefit for a growing child.”

    Britannia category director (health and wellness) Anuradha Narasimhan said, “It was a challenging brief that we gave our design agency. To bring in credentials and nutrition to a brand design that used to stand for fun and energy, while maintaining continuity and recognition. I am delighted that Elephant Design brought in the growth story with the right confidence and credentials and managed to carry it through the entire portfolio of Tiger Glucose, Krunch and Creams. I am sure the brand will come together and stand out in a crowded retail space”.

    Britannia has partnered with Elephant since 2006 as its primary packaging design agency for brands like NutriChoice, Marie Gold, Treat, Tiger, Bourbon, Pure Magic, 50-50, TimePass, breads, cakes dahi and flavored yogurt.