SELECT AWARDS
2022
‘India’s Best Design Project Award 2022’ in Communication Design.
For our work on the Mumbai, A City Through Objects: 101 Stories from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
‘India’s Best Design Project Award 2022’ in Digital Design.
For our work on the Kochi Biennale 2020, Students’ Biennale Online Edition.
2021
‘India’s Best Design Project Award 2021’ in Communication Design.
For our work on the Storycity publication Deco by the Bay.
2019
Blue Elephant, Best Book Design (Art, Culture & Design category) at the Kyoorius Design Awards, 2019
For our work on the book Jitish Kallat published by Prestel and Mapin.
‘India’s Best Design Project Award 2019’ in Communication Design.
For our work on the book Jitish Kallat.
2017
POOL Magazine 'India's Best Design Project Award 2017' in Exhibition Design.
For our work on the exhibition The State of Architecture: Practices & Processes in India.
2016
Confederation of Indian Industries Design Excellence Award in Exhibition Design.
For our work on the exhibition The State of Architecture: Practices & Processes in India.
2016
Black Elephant, Best of Show at the Kyoorius Design Awards, 2016
For our work on the exhibition The State of Architecture: Practices & Processes in India.
Blue Elephant, Exhibition Design category at the Kyoorius Design Awards, 2016
For our work on the exhibition The State of Architecture: Practices & Processes in India.
EXHIBITIONS
• Invited to the annual Design X Design, 20 Under 35 exhibition, held at Alliance Francais, New Delhi in 2016.
• Invited to exhibit at the Elle Decor ID-Satellite exhibition, held in Mumbai in 2015.
PRESS
A selection of the reviews, interviews and reports on Kahani's projects and processes.
Please click on the links to see excerpts from publications.
March, 2020
Kahani Publishes an Art Deco Guide for Mumbai. The Hard Copy
A review of our Storycity discovery guide to Mumbai’s Art Deco heritage.
January, 2020
Designing a Visual Guide with Ruchita Madhok. Audiogyan podcast.
Listen to our Founder-Director talk about the journey with Storycity, the research, documentation, interpretation and design involved in each project.
September, 2018
Capturing Art Deco in a Zine. Asian Age newspaper.
A review of our hugely popular Storycity publication Bombay Deco: Hidden in Plain Sight
June, 2018
Documenting Mumbai’s Art Deco Signage. Mid-day newspaper. Mumbai edition
A report on our documentation of the city’s type and signage history.
February, 2018
Crafting Narrative Experiences Through Communication. INSITE magazine published by the Institute of Interior Designers.
A feature on our work in exhibition design for arts and culture.
February, 2018
Design Dialogue. PrintWeek India. Print and digital editions.
On our work in design for print, collaborations between designers and printers and future trends in print production in India.
May, 2017
The Stories Behind Mumbai’s Green Spaces. Scroll.in
May, 2017
Things We Love: On Nature’s Trail in Mumbai. The Daily Pao
April, 2017
Mumbai gets mapped naturally. Mid-day newspaper. Mumbai edition
December, 2016
Mumbai Speaks: Floored by the Walk. Mumbai Mirror newspaper.
September, 2016
Square Code. Mid-day newspaper. Mumbai edition.
A featurette on our unique Tiling Bombay project on Instagram
June, 2016
Whose map is it?. Sunday Mid-day newspaper. Mumbai edition
November, 2015
2015 Design Awards Picks. Kyoorius Magazine
A featurette on publication design for Smriti: Art from the Piramal Collection, an in-book winner at the Kyoorius Design Awards 2015
September, 2015
Design Forecast. Platform Magazine. Design Icons issue.
The magazine profiles our studio practice as one to watch for.
April, 2015
A Storyseeker's Guide. Domus India.
India's leading architecture magazine reviews the Storycity project and considers the impact the books can have.
February, 2015
Cityspeak. POOL 56
A review of the our Storycity publishing initiative by India's first international design magazine.
December 9, 2014
Seaside Stories. Mid-day. Mumbai edition.
A report on City by the Sea, our Storycity publication.
December 9, 2014
A Different Chapter Every Time. Asian Age. Mumbai edition.
A different take on City by the Sea, our Storycity publication.
6 December 2014
Sea-Saw City. Mumbai Mirror.
Print and online coverage for our Storycity publication.
December 18, 2013
Scars of Stalking: Real and Reel. Mid-day. Mumbai edition
Print and online coverage for the exhibition STALKED: scars in time & space designed and produced by Kahani Designworks.
December 17, 2013
Exhibition: STALKED. Kyoorius. Online edition.
Online press coverage for the exhibition STALKED: scars in time & space.
December, 2013
NH7, Homegrown, Photo Caddy
A compliation of online press coverage for the exhibition STALKED: scars in time & space.
September 17, 2013
Design for India. Mid-day. Mumbai edition.
Report on the British Council & Kyoorius publication, Creating Change with an interview with Ruchita.
September 12, 2013
Sketching Success. Asian Age, Cityscape supplement. Mumbai edition.
Report on the British Council & Kyoorius publication, Creating Change with an interview with Ruchita.
June, 2013
Personal Projects. Kyoorius 15.
Feature on studios and designers that initiate passion projects, including our design writing website, Perch.
July, 2012
The Designer as Entrepreneur. Kyoorius 12. Online and print editions.
Interviews with designers who have founded successful businesses.
February, 2012
UnBox Festival's Zine Press. Back of the Envelope by British Council. Online edition.
A review and report on a unique design publishing initiative at the UnBox Festival in 2013.