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Listen to the wisdom of design geeks
Updated On: 16 June, 2019 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Ekta Mohta
Since 2016, Kedar Nimkar has interviewed dozens of design professors and artists, with the aim of understanding form and function

Kedar Nimkar talks shop with Suresh Eriyat, founder of the animation firm, Studio Eeksaurus
Kedar Nimkar, the 36-year-old head of design at BookMyShow, didn't go to design school. So, two years ago, he brought the design school to him. On his podcast, Audiogyan, he interviews design professors, professionals and artists. Since December 2016, he's released a podcast every week, and interviewed design nerds such as type designer Shiva Nallaperumal; Prof GV Sreekumar, head of IDC, IIT Bombay; calligraphy teacher Santosh Kshirsagar; Gaur Gopal Ray, ergonomics professor at IDC; Pravinsinh Solanki, furniture design professor at NID; architect BV Doshi and so on.
A subset of these interviews also includes people from the performing arts, such as theatre director Sunil Shanbag, playwright Ramu Ramanathan and musicologist Dr Vidyadhar Oke. "In the case of performing arts, I try to reach out to people who have more than 20-25 years of experience," he says. "But, in design, I have kept it open. I try and interview academicians or professors from NID, IDC or Srishti Institute of Art. The other [way] is going through Instagram and stumbling upon people's work."

