New York City is well-known to be a hub in many different ways: It is a creative hub, nurturing designers in different areas like product, packaging, fashion, interiors, architecture, graphic, multimedia, technology; It is a multicultural hub, home to people from all over the world; It is an education hub, offering world-class design instruction via schools like Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School, FIT, SVA, to name but a few; It is also a hub for producing locally – from makers (artisans and craftsmen) to manufacturers, and a fast growing technology (rapid prototyping, Maker Faire) community. Embracing this spirit, Juhi Solanki designs, lives, has studied, and makes in the greater New York city area. As an industrial and packaging designer, she has designed for a number of international brands, building up a diverse portfolio that encompasses a range of industries – from packaging to footwear, medical design to exhibits, housewares to personal accessories. Her most recent work has been with Colgate-Palmolive, developing innovative packaging concepts for their various brands. She is a graduate of the Master in Industrial Design – MID program at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Having grown up in Kenya, she traveled to the US to study at the University […]
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