We are…
India’s longest-running
design conference.
21 editions.
379 Speakers.
Organised by Kyoorius since 2006. 1,000+ designers, strategists, illustrators, innovators, brand and corporate teams, and creative leaders under one roof. The definitive platform where India’s design community learns, connects and grows.
Venue: Taj Cidade De Goa, Horizon
20+ keynote talks leading everyone back to the theme “It’s Nice, And…”
THEME: It’s Nice, And…
We’ve always celebrated craft and that hasn’t changed. But this year, we look at design in a different light, not to question it but to discover what it carries beyond what meets the eye. What it unlocked. What it shifted. Who it changed and how. It’s nice and... it worked. Or it didn’t. Let’s look deeper.
SPEAKERS AT DESIGNYATRA 2026
GEORGE EID,
AREA 17
AREA 17 designed the visual identity and digital platform that introduced OpenAI to the public. Their clients include The Met, Saint Laurent, Fondation Cartier and The New Yorker. George co-founded the Paris and New York-based studio over 20 years ago on a single conviction — that brand, experience and technology are one problem, not three. Few studios in the world have proven that more consistently.
DOOHEE LEE,
HUSKY FOX
K-Pop didn’t conquer the world on music alone. The visual identities built around its biggest acts were as deliberate as the music itself. DooHee Lee’s HuskyFox designed for BTS, LE SSERAFIM and Katseye — and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package for the BTS Love Yourself: Tear album. The first time a K-Pop act had ever been considered for the distinction.
NATHAN FYOCK
Porto RoCHA
Porto Rocha is the New York studio behind the Robinhood rebrand — one of the most discussed brand transformations in recent years, winning Brand of the Year at The Brand Review Awards 2024. In a crowded fintech market, design was the decision that changed how an entire generation perceived the brand. Their clients include Netflix, Apple, Nike and Sundance.
KENG-MING LIU
BITO
Keng-Ming founded Bito in Taipei to prove that motion design could carry the emotional weight of a nation. His studio created Waves of Wonder for Taiwan Tourism — a national identity seen around the world — and has since designed for the Golden Horse Awards, Expo Osaka 2025 and the Ministry of Sports. A D&AD Animation juror in both 2023 and 2025, he is the defining voice of motion design in Asia.
ROHIT SARAN
TIMES OF INDIA
Managing Editor at The Times of India and India’s most respected data journalist, Rohit has spent over 25 years making complexity legible. His book 100 Ways to See India turns government data into visual storytelling — population, language, migration, employment — facts that surprise even people who think they know the country. Design and data as a public service.
EUGENE CHEONG
One of Asia’s most awarded creative directors, Eugene spent decades as CCO of Ogilvy Asia Pacific working with Singapore Tourism Board, Tiger Beer, Unilever and P&G. He has shaped how some of the region’s most valuable brands communicate — and why the work that moves people is almost never the safe choice.
JOY NAZZARI
DNCO
DNCO named the London Overground lines, designed the V&A wayfinding system, and created the San Francisco city brand. Their work is experienced daily by millions of people across some of the world’s most visited institutions and cities. Joy founded the studio in 2005 around one idea — that great design makes places worth going to. Twenty years of proof followed.
HIROYUKI KATO
DENTSU JAPAN
MY JAPAN RAILWAY won the Cannes Grand Prix, D&AD Black Pencil, One Show Best of Discipline and New York ADC Grand Prix in a single year — making it one of the most awarded single pieces of design ever made. Hiroyuki Kato was the art director behind it. His talk goes beyond the awards to the thinking underneath — what it means to make work that is both visually extraordinary and genuinely purposeful.
MARCUS WENDT
FIELD.IO
When Nike wanted its stores to feel alive, they called FIELD.IO. When IBM needed to make quantum computing feel human, they called FIELD.IO. When Google wanted spaces that responded to the ppl inside them, they called FIELD.IO. Marcus Wendt’s London and Berlin-based studio has spent two decades building brand experiences that sense, respond and evolve in real time. Design that millions of people walk through every day without realising a creative director made that possible.
TEAMLAB JAPAN
The Tokyo-based art collective that turned digital art into a destination. teamLab Borderless is one of the most visited art museums in the world. Their permanent installations span Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore and Jeddah, drawing over 10 million visitors a year. They don’t make experiences you look at. They make experiences you disappear into.
GITA WOLF
TARA BOOKS
In 1994, Gita Wolf showed a handmade screen-printed book at the Frankfurt Book Fair. A Canadian publisher ordered 8,000 copies on the spot. Thirty years later, Tara Books has won over 80 international awards, been stocked at MoMA, won the Bologna Ragazzi Award twice, and given a global platform to Warli, Gond and Bhil folk artists who would otherwise never have been seen. Built entirely in Chennai, by hand. Proof that craft and commerce are not in conflict.
DINSHAW’S +
NH1 DESIGN
93 years old. Ice cream, dairy, bakery, namkeen — a full portfolio built on decades of consumer trust across Central and South India. When strong products alone were no longer enough, Dinshaw’s partnered with NH1 Design to refresh the brand from the ground up. A legacy client and a design agency closing the gap between what a brand is and how it’s seen. Moderated by Sumeet Bhojani, Head of Brand & Strategic Insights at Godrej Enterprises Group.
SWAPNIL SONAWANE
The cinematographer behind Sacred Games, Monica O My Darling, Last Film Show, Badhaai Do and Superboys of Malegaon — India’s official Oscar entry. Swapnil has defined the visual language of some of India’s most celebrated films of the last decade. There is nothing greater than being on set. And there is no one better to talk about what that means.
NICOLE STAFFORD
ODDFELLOWS
Oddfellows is the Portland-based animation and motion studio behind work for Google, Netflix, Savage x Fenty and Meta — design that gives brands genuine personality rather than just movement. Nicole Stafford is the Creative Director whose short film The HORK was selected for Sundance 2021.
HAPPENING AT DESIGNYATRA 2026
2026 Kyoorius Design Awards Night
Since 2013, the Kyoorius Design Awards have honoured and recognised excellence across Indian design, encompassing Visual Communications, Marketing, Architecture and Interiors. Presented by ZEE, and powered by The Clio Awards.
12 Sep, after 8pm.
‘uncalled for’
We couldn’t possibly know all the cool things people are doing out there, outside the spotlight, outside the self-congratulatory eyes of social media — unless we asked. So we put out a Call For Speakers.
This year's Uncalled For speaker is a surprise session, revealed only at the event itself. See you there.
A delightful pop-up market hosted right inside Taj Cidade de Goa, Horizon, the venue for Designyatra 2026. Limited to just 30 independent makers. A happy space where designers buy beautiful, small-scale items from fellow designers simply because they look incredible.
Special sessions, organised before or after the Flagship Conference timings at Taj Cidade De Goa Horizon, the venue for Designyatra 2026. The schedule and organizers of the Looking Deeper sessions will be announced closer to the DesignYatra dates. We promise to make it meaningful. (Work is in progress).
AI Film Festival
Keep an open mind. Leave your presumptions at the door.
1.5 hours of work that makes you wonder. Handpicked by the wonderfully eccentric and soulful Rajesh Thomas and Vidya Sharma of Rocketscience Lab. Masters of human-crafted work, who've still pulled together genuine gems for this.
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