Anand Belhe
Element One





1982
Joined the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

1983/84/85
Furniture Projects under the guidance of Gerd Lange(Germany)at NID under UNDP programme.

1986 Industrial Training in Germany at GERD LANGE DESIGN worked on STEEL CASE project.

1987
Record for finishing Eleven semesters NID programme in Ten semesters.

1987
Award of achievement for OUTSTANDING SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS in the field of INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. Project -Design of Synthetic Resign Dining Chair. Sponsor-Bright Bros-Mumbai.

1987
Mastered German Language at MaxMuller Bhavan Pune.Mittlestuffe Zwei.

1988
Equipped with the Language skills got selected in the prestigious School of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria, where I studied Master's Programme in Architecture under famous architects Hans Hollien and Wilhelm Holsbauer.

188/89/90
In addition to the studies in architecture I worked with world famous Atelier Carl Auboeck and also with the Thonet chair Designer Ernst Beranek .

1990
Worked for Six months with WOGG AG in Daettwill Switzerland. Here I concentrated mainly on the modular furniture manufacturing processes and Post forming of Laminates.

1990-91
Returned to India and established my own Design Studio called ABCD=SIGN in Pune.

1991-92
Designed Computer Furniture for Space and Style Pune.

1991-92
Designed Office Chairs for Bright Brothers Mumbai.

1992-93
Was instrumental in bringing about a collaboration between Bright Bros and Sitag of Switzerland. Till date the indian company exports injection molded Office chair components.

1993
Started my own Company-Flexform Postforming India pvt ltd.

Pioneered the process of postforming of laminates as a joint venture with Formica India.

1993-94
Designed System Wings for Shelving, Display and Home office applications.
Manufactured and marketed the same in Six metros across India.

1994-95
Designed and manufactured Wall paneling system for CITIBANK. Till date in use.

1995-96 Developed import substitute Workstations for the same Client. Till date in use.

1996/97/98
Developed and supplied Office Furniture Components for Goderj as a single source supplier.

1998
Developed standard Modular Post formed Office Furniture.
Supplied to important clients like FDA Mumbai, Elf Lubricants,Indigas,and Morgan Stanley to name a few.

1999-2000
Designed office Furniture for TATA group.
Tata Sons Ltd (Ratan Tata's personal office) ,Tisco Ltd,Tata Electric ltd all at BOMBAY HOUSE.

2000-2001 Developed skills in the Sheet metal Working with modern technology. well versed with CNC laser,punching,bending etc.

2000-2001
Designed Display and Storage System for Pulse shopping Mall in Pune.Receive the best commercial interior award from IIID for that Year.

2001-2002
Developed Office System using Universal Jointing. Its a Do it yourself system.
Designed and manufactured Furniture for 390 stamp offices using this system.
client Maharashtra Govt .This Furniture was assembled by Computer Hardware Engineers in 390 locations.

2002-2003
Designed and supplied modular office workstations to Kanbay Software.
These workstations are made out of sheet metal and were totally visualized using solidmodelling techniques.Hightech sheet metal processing facilities were used.

2004 opened Exclusive Furniture Showroom to sell these products called WOODSTOCK on1'st Jan .

2004-2005 open office system design for jindal stainless ltd.complete system including workstations ,ceo tables,conference table system and many other solutions.

2005-2006
Developed a range of diverse furniture Products for Amardeep seating system including class room Furniture, Conference Table System,Restaurant Furniture such as Tables ,Chairs etc.

2006-2007
Design of Bill Payment Kiosk for AIRTEL.Project is being executed and 100 kiosks already installed all over the country.Total quantity required is 1500-2000 kiosks.
Transformed Sony Japan Idea of a Retail showroom in Mumbai into Detailed products and also executed the first prototype showroom in Mumbai.

2007-2008
Won open competition amongst 50 NID Alumni for the Design of Interior spaces and Furniture for the Postgraduate Campus For National Institute of Design Gandhinagar,Gujarat.
Won the design competition for design of the museum for the Sadhu Vaswani Mission

2008-2009
Completed the execution of interior for the Postgraduate Campus for National Institute of Design Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Doing 400 kitchens for P3 Developers for the project "PARK STREET"
Doing kitchens for Gera Developers for the project "REGENT PARK"

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