Safeguarding our needs for today and tomorrow. We synchronize 30+ years of diverse experience with a deep sense of responsibility towards the ongoing interests of our clients and communities.
Our full-service interior design and architecture studio has a proven track record for transforming spaces through Design Consciousness since 2004. We leverage our extensive experience across the retail, corporate, institutional, hospitality and leisure sectors to support our clients’ ambitions through all the stages of a project’s life cycle.
Our team of experts deliver a compelling and practical design vision along with the critical details that bring your project to life, on-time and on-budget.
Our advisory services handhold our clients through critical decisions, helping them anticipate and bridge gaps for lasting benefits. Transforming spaces for a deeper sense of satisfaction that lasts longer.
Indu Varanasi has a dream. To create spaces that embrace the unspoken needs of the human psyche. That use the positive force of our environment and natural resources to encourage higher aspirations. Built in innovative ways that outplay inherent challenges every time.
Indu is a passionate proponent of Design Consciousness – a holistic mindset that balances our needs today with our responsibility for a healthier tomorrow: by creating awareness, advancing sustainability and factoring in accessibility.
As a veteran architect and interior designer, Indu has created diverse interiors worldwide for over 30 years. Leveraging her base in Dubai, one of the world’s fastest developing locations, Indu has designed iconic spaces in the Middle East & North Africa, Asia and Europe… and won many accolades doing it.
personalized touch
- Executive level, hands-on involvement in every project.
- Licensed architects and designers who know how to collaborate with AORs and engineers to move a project forward.
- Country-specific expertise to navigate ordinances and avoid surprises.
- Providing the critical details to bring concepts and plans to life.
consistent stewardship
- Unwavering professionalism to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.
- A unique and strong point-of-view on design concepts and execution details.
- Safeguarding client interests, leading to repeated and returning partnerships for new opportunities.
- Consistent high level of attention to a project regardless of its size.
reputation & heritage
- Regional experts who understand culture, trends and end-user expectations.
- 20 years of field-tested, proven and deep sector-specific experience that can be applied across engagements and geographies.
- A disciplined mindset on growth and expansion to address the needs of all markets we cover.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
IRD IS GRATEFUL TO BE AWARDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR DESIGN WORK FROM SEVERAL OF THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND PEER GROUPS.
CID Awards
- 2024 CID Power List – Among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2023 CID Power List – Among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2023 Shortlisted for Interior Design for Retail: KAVAK Showroom
- 2019 Shortlisted for Interior Design of the Year: Public Sector for DEWA Auditorium
- 2019 CID Power List – Top 34 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2018 CID Power List – Top 35 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2017 CID Power List – Top 33 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2016 CID Power List – Top 26 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2015 CID Power List – Top 27 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2014 CID Power List – Top 20 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2012 APID Jury Panel for the Products Design Competition
- 2011 Wataniaya Kuwait Competition
- 2009: Shortlisted for Public Sector – Dubai Modern High School
- 2008: Shortlisted for Best Retail Design – ID Design Store, Abu Dhabi
- 2010: Shortlisted for Retail – Better Life, Abu Dhabi
-Shortlisted for Best Interior Design Concept of the Year
-MBR Innovation Centre
-Won the Interior Design Competition for the New HQ of National Mobile Telecommunications Co., Kuwait
Design Middle East
- 2019: CREATIVE 30 List – TOP 22 among 50 Most Influential Designers
- 2019: Shortlisted for Boutique Firm of the Year
- 2019: Shortlisted for Commercial Project of the Year – DEWA AUDITORIUM
RETAILME Awards
- 2008: Store Design of the Year – Better Life, UAE
- 2008: Retail Destination of the Year – Time Square Centre – UAE
Retail City Awards
- 2008: Architectural Design of the Year: ID Design & Better Life Showrooms
BALI Principal Awards
- 2007: National Landscape Award: Planters Horticultures LLC for Time Square Centre Scheme, Dubai
Sharaf Group
- 2007: Time Square Center Shopping Mall, Dubai, UAE
our team
We invest in neurodiversity to keep innovation alive. We also believe in ongoing learning and a good quality of life so our team brings the best of themselves to the drawing board.
Our launchpad initiative, RE-JOIN, is designed to help women returning to work integrate into the architecture and design industry with refreshed confidence, skills and current work experience.