Akansha S.
Furniture Designer · Production-Ready Work · Rhino, KeyShot & Full Technical Detailing
India
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About
I design furniture that goes into production.
Not concepts that stop at the render. Actual pieces with joinery tolerances, material specs, technical drawings, and the back-and-forth with fabricators that make something real.
I'm a Furniture & Product Designer based in Milan, trained at Istituto Marangoni Milano (MA) and Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology (BA Industrial Design). My work sits at the intersection of materiality, craft, and production logic — developed through client work across Italy, the US, and India.
At OneDot6, I took furniture from concept through full technical documentation: Rhino modeling, KeyShot visualization, material specs, and drawing sets handed directly to manufacturers. At present, I run freelance commissions for private clients across two continents and have previously collaborated academically with Cappellini and Martinelli Luce.
Current obsession: the Kerala Vallam Kali Sofa, which is a hull-based NURBS/SubD form study in Rhino that's taught me more about organic structure than any brief I've been handed.
Tools: Rhino 3D · KeyShot · AutoCAD · Technical production drawing
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Not concepts that stop at the render. Actual pieces with joinery tolerances, material specs, technical drawings, and the back-and-forth with fabricators that make something real.
I'm a Furniture & Product Designer based in Milan, trained at Istituto Marangoni Milano (MA) and Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology (BA Industrial Design). My work sits at the intersection of materiality, craft, and production logic — developed through client work across Italy, the US, and India.
At OneDot6, I took furniture from concept through full technical documentation: Rhino modeling, KeyShot visualization, material specs, and drawing sets handed directly to manufacturers. At present, I run freelance commissions for private clients across two continents and have previously collaborated academically with Cappellini and Martinelli Luce.
Current obsession: the Kerala Vallam Kali Sofa, which is a hull-based NURBS/SubD form study in Rhino that's taught me more about organic structure than any brief I've been handed.
Tools: Rhino 3D · KeyShot · AutoCAD · Technical production drawing
Experience
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Freelance Furniture Designer
Self-employed · Freelance
Apr 2025 –
Present
1 yrs 4 mos
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
• Delivered bespoke furniture commissions for private residential clients across Italy and the US — managing full project scope from brief and design ideation to production-ready handoff.
• Navigated client communication, budget constraints, and cut lists independently — building the operational fluency of a studio in a solo practice.
• Maintained a Partita IVA (Italian freelance legal status) while executing concurrent client work, demonstrating the logistics of running a professional design practice in Milan. - Furniture Designer Turan Oztopal Architects+Design Studio · Internship Oct 2024 – Dec 2024 2 mos Türkiye
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Furniture Designer
OneDot6 · Full-time
Aug 2022 –
Aug 2023
1 yrs
India
• Developed production-ready furniture from initial concept through full technical documentation — including joinery specs, material callouts, and dimensional drawings passed directly to manufacturers.
• Built complete 3D models in Rhino and rendered final client presentations in KeyShot, reducing revision cycles by eliminating ambiguity in material and finish decisions early in the process.
• Managed multiple concurrent projects under tight delivery timelines, consistently producing finished technical drawing sets within 1–2 day turnarounds.
Education
- Istituto Marangoni Milan Design School Master of Arts (MA), Product and Furniture Design 2023 – 2025 Activities and Societies: • Developed a furniture project in academic collaboration with Cappellini, working to the design and material standards of one of Italy's most recognized production houses. • Completed a lighting design brief in collaboration with Martinelli Luce, developing an understanding of production constraints at the intersection of lighting technology and furniture-adjacent form.
- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology Bachelor of Design, Industrial / Product Design 2018 – 2022
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Joined: August 10, 2026
Last seen: August 10, 2026
Area of Expertise
Languages
English Native or bilingual proficiency
Location
India