Idiom Design and Consulting explained

IDIOM
Foundation:	(2005)
Key People:	Sonia Manchanda Jacob Mathew Girish Raj Sonal Devraj Mohammed Javed Sunil Benipuri Suresh Kumar
Num Employees:	103 (2010)
Homepage:	www.idiom.co.in/

Idiom Design and Consulting is a design firm and consultancy based in Bangalore, India.

History

Idiom Design and Consulting was founded in 2005 with the merger of E-sign and Tessaract.

Sonia Manchanda, who founded E-sign – a design firm – along with Anand Aurora and Jacob Mathew who were part of the founding team of Tessaract – a space, furniture and product design firm – came together with support from Kishore Biyani, CEO, Future Group. They were later joined by Girish Raj. The firm currently employs 70 people.

Idiom designs spaces, branding, signage and packaging in a variety of industries, including retail, education and media. Their clients include Manipal Group, Adlabs, Cisco Systems, Levis signature and Wipro.

The company designed the Commonwealth Games 2010 identity and look.^[1]

Awards and recognition

• Recipient of the VMRD Retail Design Awards in various categories in 2007 and 2009
• Recipient of the Star Retailer Design of the Year awards in 2007 and 2009
• Phase 2 qualifier for the Spark design awards, 2008

References

• News: Idiom Design targets Rs 50 cr turnover . Aravind . Gowda . Chennai/ Bangalore . 8 November 2006 . Business Standard.
• News: Shantanu Saha is Idiom CEO . 9 September 2006 . Bangalore . The Economic Times.
• News: Tomorrow's Designers . Business World . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090530014400/http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Tomorrow-s-Designers.html . 30 May 2009 .
  • • News: Indian retailers, design firms scouting for talent from Europe . Swetha . Kannan . The Hindu Business Line . Bangalore . 2 January 2008.
• Web site: Partners Speak : Q&A with Mr. Janak Mistry, Idiom . Vrindavan TechVillage . 25 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090630130631/http://www.vrindavantechvillage.com/User/PartnersTestimonials2.aspx . 30 June 2009 . dead .
• Web site: Retail Vocation . IndianRetailer.com.

External links

• Company website
• http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-new-manager/indian-retail-and-biyanispeak/article1687363.ece
• http://www.coolavenues.com/marketing-zone/big-bazaar%3A-the-brand-building-challenge?page=0,6
• http://jetairways.globallinker.com/bizforum/news/bangalore-based-idiom-design-and-consulting-to-make-over-4-metro-stations-in-rio/2946904?indid=53
• http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/how-infosys-is-switching-to-design-thinking/article6432151.ece
• https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141118/nation-current-affairs/article/cochin-international-airport-ltd-sports-new-logo
• http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/b-lore-firm-designs-commonwealth-games-logo-108011701062_1.html
• http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/b-lore-firm-designs-commonwealth-games-logo-108011701062_1.html
• http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/cial-releases-new-logo/article6608325.ece
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143145/http://blogcms.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?102270
• http://retail.franchiseindia.com/magazine/2010/january/Case-study-Idiom---Translating-ideas-into-design-solutions.m34-1-36/
• http://design-transitions.com/2012/03/idiom-redefining-design-in-india/

Notes and References

1. News: Idiom designs logo for Commonwealth Games . Television Point . 2008-01-09 . 2010-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620202248/http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2008/newsfullstory.php?id=1199878113 . 2008-06-20 .