Puzzle Carpet, Set of 7

Designer: Satyendra Pakhalé

Born in India, 1967. After completing his Master of Design in India and Advanced Product Design in Switzerland, Satyendra Pakhalé initially worked at Philips (The Netherlands) for a short time. Among his assignments was the interior for the Pangéa concept-car developed in collaboration with Renault. In 1998, he set up his own design practice in Amsterdam. Since then he has been working on his own projects and on designs for diverse industries in many different countries. Renowned companies such as Alessi, Cappellini, Colombo Design, De Vecchi, Erreti, Magis, Moroso and RSVP (Italy), CorUnum (NL), C-Sam (USA/UK), and organizations like Material ConneXion (USA) rank among his clients. Satyendra Pakhalé works in wide range of disciplines, bringing to his design a set of fresh perspectives and a diversity of strong cultural influence, particularly relevant in today's society. His design emanates from cultural dialogue, synthesising new applications of material and technologies with great ingenuity. He is able to combine east with west, craft with technology and function with fun.