LDAI 2023 – Winners announced
The 6th edition of the prestigious award returned to its offline avatar after two years
THE LDAI 2023 WAS A CONFLUENCE of designers from across the country, coming together for this award. Speaking on the occasion Naveen Soni, president of Lexus India, said, “LDAI is a concept that celebrates and denotes creativity, passion and drive to bring out the best talent and ideas from the field of design. Having received over 1,000 entries in this edition, it brings us utmost happiness to see the efforts and dedication put forward to craft solutions that aid to build a better and more prosperous tomorrow.”
The winners were picked on Lexus’s three key design principles — Anticipate, Innovate and Captivate, in the pursuit to craft a better tomorrow. The winners were announced after extensive rounds of deliberation by the jurors. The winners received the Lexus Design Award trophy designed by globally acclaimed designer, Michael Foley. For the winners of the conceptual category, Lexus committed a `5 lakh award each to support the development and market realisation of their projects.
The winner for the student category was Cookmate, made by Chandru, winner of the open category was Drishyam, by Adarsh Natarajan. In the establish category - craft work, the winner was Rafiq Ni Sujanii by RasLeela Textile; in eco innovation the award was bagged by Mahek Parvez for SunHarvested CoolRooms and the winner for design in social impact was Rahoul Singh who presented a Community Library Project. Rajesh Agrahari won the prize of jury’s special mentions with his project called Golden Feathers. Akshay Taiwade won Media Choice Award and the Lexus Guests’ Choice Award for his project - Inclusive Communication Medium for DeafBlind Persons, and lastly the People’s Choice Award winner was Hitashini Rajagopal whose project was The Matlab. ⌧