Akanksha Deo Sharma
Akanksha Deo Sharma is an Indian industrial designer, textile innovator and visual artist. Her works combine Indian textile history, handicrafts and construction techniques to develop a minimal, clean and playful outcome. In 2020 she is enlisted on #8 in Forbes India 30 Under 30 list.
Akanksha Deo Sharma
- Name
- Akanksha Deo Sharma
- Education
- National Institute of Fashion Technology
- Occupation
- * industrial designer
- Born
- 1992
- Nationality
- India
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Akanksha Deo Sharma is an Indian industrial designer, textile innovator and visual artist. Her works combine Indian textile history, handicrafts and construction techniques to develop a minimal, clean and playful outcome. In 2020 she is enlisted on #8 in Forbes India 30 Under 30 list.
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Akanksha Deo Sharma (born 1992) is a designer, of Indian nationality.
The designer was educated at National Institute of Fashion Technology. Akanksha Deo Sharma worked for IKEA. Works are held at IKEA Museum.
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She is the only woman from India working with IKEA, a Dutch-based Swedish multinational group.
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• Name — Akanksha Deo Sharma • Education — National Institute of Fashion Technology • Occupation — * industrial designer • textile innovator • visual artist • Years Active — 2016–present • Organization — IKEA
Early life
Early life
Akanksha Deo Sharma studying in commerce background and after she attends the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. After her graduation in 2016, she went to Sweden for a 10-month internship. Currently, she is working in Gurugram for IKEA. She had before also worked with various brands such as Cell Design, Raw Mango, and Love Birds.
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• Elle Decor India Best Designer Award 2009
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- 1.Jodi. JODI TALKS : AKANKSHA DEO SHARMA. The Jodi Life. 5 November 2019.
- 2.Akanksha Deo Sharma: The only Indian designer at IKEA. Forbes India. 2020.
- 3.Savlani, Sonam. Akanksha Deo Sharma: IKEA girl with the rice straw project. The Hindu. N. Ravi. 21 June 2019.
- 4.Kumar, Surya Praphulla. Sharma's Swedish story. The Hindu. N. Ravi. 1 September 2017.
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