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About Anirudha Surabhi : Anirudha believes that inspiration is in everything: Every life experience, every memory, every one of your strengths or weaknesses is source of inspiration waiting to be tapped. His inspiration has guided him to design across disciplines and fields, but to focus always on improving human life and safety.
STATEMENT OF ART:
Good design is to create something that is as obviously useful as it is obviously beautiful.

ORGANIZATION:
Quintessential Design

EDUCATION:
2004-2008, Design, BA, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi
2008-2010, Industrial Design, MA, Royal College of Arts, London
2008-2010, Industrial Design Engineering, Msc, Imperial College, London

EXPERIENCE:
2009 - 2010, Designer in Advanced Product Group, Ford Motor Company
2009 - 2014, CEO & Design Director, Kranium, London/England
2010 - 2011, James Dyson Fellow, London/England
2010-2011, Design London Fellow, Imperial College London
2015-2017, Director of Design, QUOLT, Hyderabad/India
2017 - present, Founder CEO and Design Director, Quintessential Design, Hyderabad/India

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2010, Kranium Paper Helmets, The London Design Festival, LONDON/ENGLAND
2010, Kranium Paper Helmets, Royal College of Art IDE Showcase, LONDON/ENGLAND
2010, Kranium Paper Helmets, Designer’s Block Show, LONDON/ENGLAND
2010, Kranium Paper Helmets, London Cycle Show, LONDON/ENGLAND
2011, Kranium Paper Helmets, EUROBIKE, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/GERMANY
2011, Kranium Paper Helmets, INTERBIKE, LAS VEGAS/USA
2012, Kranium Paper Helmets, Autodesk Gallery, SAN FRANSISCO/USA
2012, Kranium Paper Helmets, ISPO Munich, MUNICH/GERMANY
2013, Kranium Paper Helmets, ISPO Munich, MUNICH/GERMANY
2013, Kranium Paper Helmets, Antenna Exhibition at the Science Museum, LONDON/ENGLAND

AWARDS:
2010, Highly Commended, Green Awards for Creativity in Sustainability, LONDON/ENGLAND
2010, Winner, Ford Urban Design Award,
2010, Winner, D&AD Student Design Award for Environmental Design, LONDON/ENGLAND
2012, Best in Class, WIRED Magazine
2012, Winner, Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and design, CHICAGO/USA
2012, Winner, Innovation Award, Padova Bike Expo, PADOVA/ITALY

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2010, Kranium Helmet, Core 77, https://www.core77.com/posts/17595/anirudha-surabh
is-cardboard-bicycle-helmet-17595, October, NEW YORK/USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, Bike Radar, https://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cardboard-h
elmet-passes-safety-tests-35999/, December,
2012, Kranium Helmet, Wired Magazine, https://www.wired.com/2012/12/kranium/, December, NEW YORK/USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, Pro-Bike, http://www.pro-bike.it/2012/12/12/kranium-cardboar
d-bike-helmet-could-revolutionize-head-safety/, December, ROME/ITALY
2012, Kranium Helmet, Urban Velo, https://urbanvelo.org/abus-kranium-helmet-now-avai
lable-uk/, December, PITTSBURGH/USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, Auto Revolution, https://www.autoevolution.com/news/could-the-cardb
oard-helmet-be-the-next-big-step-in-safety-videoph
oto-gallery-52908.html, December, BUCHAREST/ROMANIA
2012, Kranium Helmet, New Atlast, https://newatlas.com/cardboard-helmet/25380/, December, AUSTRALIA
2012, Kranium Helmet, GOOD, https://www.good.is/articles/a-stronger-bike-helme
t-made-of-cardboard-and-inspired-by-a-woodpecker, December, USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, ECO Chunk, http://www.ecochunk.com/4427/2012/12/08/cardboard-
bicycle-helmet-claims-to-be-three-times-safer-than
-the-conventional/, December
2012, Kranium Helmet, The Gear Castor, http://www.thegearcaster.com/2012/09/abus-kranium-
ecolution-recyclable-bike-helmet.html, September, MILL VALLEY/USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, Core 77, https://www.core77.com/posts/23981/ani-surabhis-bi
omimetic-kranium-corrugated-bicycle-helmet-is-stro
nger-lighter-than-traditional-eps-23981, December, NEW YORK/USA
2012, Kranium Helmet, Road CC, https://road.cc/content/news/71177-kranium-cardboa
rd-helmet-goes-production-video, September, BATH/UK
2018, Quin Design Smart Helmet, Innovation Freak, http://innovationfreak.com/e20/, April, USA
2018, Quin Design Smart Helmet, Android Authority, https://www.androidauthority.com/quin-smart-motorc
ycle-helmets-848673, March, CALIFORNIA/USA

BOOKS:
2012, Entrepreneurs Design Firms to Achieve the Unexpected, Original Illustrations, Cambridge University Press, Gerard George and Adam J. Block, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ISBN 978-0-521-17084-0

ACCOLADES:
2009, Winner of the James Dyson Bursary, James Dyson Foundation, LONDON/ENGLAND
2010, Winner of the James Dyson Fellowship, James Dyson Foundation, LONDON/ENGLAND

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (Native)
Hindi (Native)
Telugu (Native)
Sanskrit (Pre-Intermediate)
Italian (Intermediate)

CLIENTELE:
Year, Company name, Task or Job Summary.
2009, European Space Agency, Interior Design for Space Hotel
2009, MMV Sense, Product Designer for Range of Heart Rate Monitors
2010, Unilever, Product Designer for Range of Dispensers
2011-2012, Abus, Designed Abus Kranium Ecolution Helmet
2013, Force India F1, Designed Crew Helmets
2013, Strategic Sports, Designed the World’s 1st Paper Motorcycle Helmet

WEB SITE:
www.quin.design

PORTFOLIO URL:
anirao.com

REGISTRATION DATE:
2018-07-06 16:33:29

COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Startup

Awards received by Anirudha Surabhi


Quin Design Smart Motorcycle Helmet

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Safety Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment Design Category in 2018
Anirudha Surabhi for Quintessential Design



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