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His approach to design—creating products that are as covetable as they are inspirational—is self-motivated and inspired by the early works of French designer Philippe Starck as well as legendary duo Charles and Ray Eames. After he graduated from National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, Foley moved to Bangalore and worked with Titan. During his decade-long stint, he became best known for his contemporary watch designs for Titan ‘Edge’ and ‘Fastrack’. He then set up Foley Designs in 2006, which, aside from a number of products, is credited for designing the iconic Queen’s Baton for the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi. He speaks to us about how much he enjoys designing, challenges and translating his designs into tangible creations.
Painting for others and building things with my hands were probably what drew me to design. I did sell several paintings for my parent’s friends’ homes as when I was just eight. The decision of being in the design world came later in my teens.
I enjoy challenges that push the level of design intervention. When it comes to material innovation, I look for opportunities to embed intelligence and harness functionality that goes beyond just the intrinsic material properties.
The ideation stage is probably a sweet spot for me, but I have come to like the phases of translating ideas into reality a lot more, as this is where one is beginning to define a physical manifestation of those ideas.
Designing the Queen’s Baton for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. It brought a completeness to design innovation through actual execution. A very challenging yet exciting collaborative project, where we attempted to redefine processes and techniques to achieve the final baton design intent.
I do believe nature around us is a great example of ecosystems that we can reflect in our own lives, be it about phenomenon that define sustainability, aesthetics, coexistence, materials and principles of living life itself.
I consider the late Xerxes Desai, who built the brands Titan and Tanishq, as my most influential mentor. He innately understood design and believed in its power very early on. He set extremely high benchmarks that taught me to take leaps of faith in my own capability.
Quite amenable to change, inclusive in collaborative situations and dedicated!
I start with a little time to myself to retrospect and plan, most of my time after that is spent on conversations with team members at work.
There is no end to work. Thoughts and ideas linger in one’s mind literally everywhere.
There's never enough time!
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