About me

Shobhana Hadap, is a design evangelist and creative multi-potentialite, has combined her love for art, design and architecture, as the co-founder and creative director of Studio Mars, Karkhana and Pune Handmade Papers, in Pune. As an avid traveler & idealist residing both in UK & India, the integration of the global & local design values & thinking, cultural & contemporary, consciousness minimalism & sustainability, is reflected in her firm's interdisciplinary design framework 'Brand dimensionalization' that integrates the Visual, Spatial and Interactive design disciplines. Under her creative leadership Studio Mars has created award winning strategic design projects and holistic brand experiences for many international and national clienteles. She disseminates her unified design thinking ethos on how design can impact lives and our society through her articles, visiting lectures at design and architecture colleges and as a prominent jury member.

A recipient of many individual awards as a Woman Design Entrepreneur, she is a core committee member of the Association of Designers of India( ADI, Pune chapter) .