An idea is what matters! – Self Made
I have successfully stuck to my new year plan and have made time to blog at least once a month. For all of those who do not know my profession, I am a crazy hat among the Indian media industry. I work for one of the top decor magazines in the world – ELLE DECOR INDIA and fortunately had the chance to recently be a part of a large scaled design exhibit – INDIA DESIGN ID 2015 in the capital, New Delhi.
With over several months of hard-work, chaos, madness, late working nights and absolutely no personal life for these few weeks, our team was turning psychotic. We had days where we fell like we’ll drop dead and longed for everything to just start and get over. With the final days on head, it was a happy sight to see our exhibitors, speakers, organizers, general audience all well in place and everyone with happy faces when the event got over. We all were a delighted team when we got back home after a week of madness and months of hard-work.
What I as an individual take back with me is important and some of which I felt like sharing with my readers today. The event being a design and decor related one, we had some of the most famous and largely experienced professionals of the world who had come down to share their views on the global design industry. To name a few, we had Fumihiko Maki, Janne Kyttanen, Paola Navone, Sebastian Wrong, Patricia Urquiola, Giulio Cappellini and many more top Indian professionals too who dined, shared and spent their tight schedules with all of us as a team.
How amazed I was to see all these legendary people, one who has designed the Twin Towers, USA, another who is a master in 3D designing, thirdly who has a grounded business of chandeliers that are sold to the palaces of the world and many more great fields of innovative work. The key to each of their lives is how they stuck to a simple idea, carved it, protected it and turned it into an empire. Secondly, the most important crux to my experience was the attitude these professionals had towards us as organizers, towards the general audience and towards their own lives – they lived and progressed with the most HUMBLE attitude. It is an absolute inspiration to see and learn how to keep your head high as well as be grounded to the ethics of your life.
Personally being a social individual with no attitude of judgment towards others, it was inspiring to see how these legends did not mind stopping down to learn from someone so inexperienced than them or to even share some of the basic roots of their industry to people who were clueless and sitting to attend their session. I personally feel it takes a lot of guts and grit to not let the fame enter your head and on the other hand be so accessible to everyone around you, something that Indians as a breed should learn.
You can check the details of the event here: http://www.indiadesignid.com/
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