Manan Narang

Co-Founder

Providence, Rhode Island, United States13 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Award-winning designer with diverse project experience.
Expertise in furniture and lighting design.
Strong educational background in design and architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Furniture and Lighting Design expert with a strong architectural background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Furniture DesignInterior DesignLighting DesignArchitecture

Other Skills

AutoCADCollaborationDesign ResearchHand DraftingInDesignInventory ManagementModel MakingPhotoshopProduction ManagementPrototypingRevitSketchUpSketching

About

Award winning Furniture and Lighting Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Skilled in working across design and manufacturing platforms incorporating contemporary design with craft based production processes. Strong arts and design professional with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) focused in Furniture Design from Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India.

Experience

13 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

7 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Indo-

Co-Founder

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · Providence, Rhode Island, United States

INDO- is an award winning contemporary furniture and object design studio based in Providence, RI and New Delhi, India.
Founded by Urvi Sharma and Manan Narang, both of whom grew up in New Delhi and met in Providence while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, INDO- is a product of living in and experiencing both places and cultures.
Experimenting with traditional craft processes to create contemporary objects, INDO- produces work that is both innovative and acknowledges the places and people who inspire it.
In 2021, INDO- made its TV debut with Urvi as a contestant and Manan as her helper on Ellen's Next Great Designer, a furniture design and build competition hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and streaming now on HBO Max.
Over the last two years, INDO- has received multiple awards and nominations, including the NYCxDESIGN Emerging Product Designer Award, Dwell 24 Emerging Designers and the Providence Design Catalyst Grant in 2019. Furthermore, its work has also been nominated for competitions in highly reputable shows such as WantedDesign Launchpad and IMM Cologne Pure Talents Contest in 2019.

Design ResearchFurniture DesignInterior DesignSketching

Studio endo

Senior Lighting Designer

Aug 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Providence, Rhode Island Area

Spearheaded design development and prototyping for new and custom high-end light fixtures and installations. Oversaw production, inventory management, and packaging design for lighting.

Lighting DesignPrototypingProduction Management

Material resource center, rhode island school of design

Research Assistant

Sep 2017 – May 2018 · 8 mos · Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Freelance

Architect

Jan 2012 – Aug 2016 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Designed and executed two architecture projects; an industrial building in Noida for a manufacturer of leather footwear, and a renovation/addition to a single floor house in Delhi, involving supervision, on site execution and interior design for the house.

ArchitectureInterior Design

Lifestyle furnishers

Furniture Designer

Aug 2011 – Aug 2016 · 5 yrs · Greater Delhi Area

Directed projects, developed new prototypes and custom designs for specific locations and clients. Learned and observed the methods and processes in furniture manufacturing and finishing. Streamlined production and assembly cycles, established systems for inventory management.

Furniture DesignPrototypingInventory Management

Kaaru

Intern Architect

Jan 2010 – Jun 2010 · 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Did my internship with the firm on residential interior projects in Delhi, Gurgaon and Pune. Working in a multidisciplinary design studio enabled me to work alongside graphic, product and textile designers besides architects. I also worked in close coordination with the production manager on the furniture design for the site at Gurgaon.

Interior DesignCollaboration

Abha narain lambah associates - india

Architectural Intern

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

During the first month, I worked as part of a team of architecture students, archaeologists and historians at the Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra working on detailed measured drawings of the caves for the preparation of a Management Plan for the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI). During the second month we worked at The Viceregal Lodge, Shimla on cataloging the historic furniture by period, type, quantity and condition, along with a compilation and visual documentation of the interiors and building services of the main block, for the preparation of a Conservation Masterplan for the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), which currently occupies the heritage complex.

Space matters

Architectural Intern

Jun 2008 – Jul 2008 · 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

I worked as an intern at the firm working on upcoming Titan Eye stores in Delhi NCR. This involved site surveys, working on layouts with pre-set design elements, conducting regular site visits and documentation of the construction process for quality assessment.