Academy Of Design Retailing

We are over in Koramangala at Bhosarigaon 99. If you know this part of town, you know the traffic can be a bit of a nightmare, but it is also where everything is happening. Academy Of Design Retailing is tucked into this area. We spend our time looking at how shops work and how things are designed to be sold. It sounds a bit specific, but it’s what we know. The office is a mix of a workshop and a classroom. We have bits of fabric, sketches, and old retail displays sitting in corners. It’s not the neatest place in the world, but it’s a place where things are being made and thought about. We don't really do the whole corporate polish thing. We’re more likely to be found with coffee stains on our desks than in a boardroom. The people who come here are usually looking to get into the retail business or want to understand design better. We just share what we’ve learned over the years. It’s a very casual environment. We talk a lot, we draw a lot, and we try to figure out why some things work in a store and others don't. Koramangala is a great backdrop for this because there are shops everywhere you look. It keeps our work feeling relevant to what is happening right outside the door.