Charu Kandpal
Textile Designer | Illustrator
Textile designer and Artist, driven by a passion for creativity and craftsmanship. With experience in Woven textiles, Design thinking, and illustration - I bring a blend of technical expertise and artistic flair to my work. I thrive on bringing ideas to life through fabric, color, and texture, always striving to evoke emotions and tell stories through my designs. I’m looking for opportunities to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and organizations.
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EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
M.Des. Textile Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
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B. Des. Textile Design, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi
CBSE. Loreto Convent, Delhi Cantt
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2023 - Present Design Manager, Nalli Silks
Bangalore
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2020 - 2023 Textile Designer, Nalli Silks
Bangalore
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As a part of Nalli’s leadership team, the various roles that were undertaken are -
Designing:
• Redesigned and Revived Antique Kanchipuram sarees from Nalli's Archive.
• Designed Nalli’s -
- Wedding saree collection of Kanchipuram & Banarasi Silk Sarees: 'Shringar'. 2023.
-Diwali collection of Kanchipuram Silk Sarees: 'Indira'. 2023.
-Embroidered Organza collection: 'Embroidered Romance'. 2023
-Wedding saree collection of Kanchipuram Silk Sarees: 'Alankar'. 2022.
-A print collection of Organza Sarees: ‘Birds of Paradise’. 2022.
-Diwali collection of Kanchipuram Sarees: ‘Tara’. 2021.
Creative Direction:
Creative direction of Nalli’s campaigns for private label.
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Curation:
Campaign: 'Cascade', 2022.
Campaign: 'Lux Cottons', 2022.
Campaign: ‘Colourfully Cotton’, 2022.
Campaign: ‘Manika’, 2022.
Campaign: ‘Inara’, 2021.
Campaign: ‘Muhur’, 2020.
Campaign: ‘Meghavarnam’, 2020.
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Category management:
-Given inputs on merchandising. Curated short and long capsules and premiere sarees.
-Worked on the setup of the category calendar in alignment with the annual budget.
-Worked on the setup of the process flow of merchandise.
Branding:
Mentored the graphic design team in the creation of landing pages for campaigns, gift vouchers, and product tags.
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2018 - 2019 Graduation Project, Raw Mango
Delhi
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2017 Industrial Trainee, Abraham & Thakore
Noida
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2016 Graduation Project, Tulsi - Neeru Kumar
Gurugram
2015 Industrial Trainee, Indian August
Noida
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2016 - 2020
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2012 - 2016
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2012