9. Sept 2014

REVIEWS
designers here and this really helps
build a platform for interior designers all
over Nepal.” “People don’t know what
interior designers do,” says Mr. Khadka,
“It's not just about decorating room,
there’s a certain layout and principles
to follow”. Ms. Sona Subba also says,
“People have a major misconception
here in Nepal where they think that
hiring an architect solves all the
problems and there will be no reason to
ask for interior designer's help. Events
like this really help people understand
the difference.” All of the contestants
also felt strongly that they should’ve
gotten a chance to explain their models
to the visitors in the FURNEX 2014;
may not be verbally explain about the
models but at least allowed to keep
their 2D design plans. “I felt like a lot of
people voted without understanding”
says Ms. Subba. Ms. Thapa Magar
adds, “I don’t think that people actually
understood our design and voted
according to how fancy it looked.”
to pull a lot of visitors and to let them
know about the scope of interior
design in Nepal. "Previously interior
designers used to be hired from India,
and though there were a number of
skilled interior designers in Nepal, the
clients were not informed about the
fact," says Mr. Sailendra Kumar Sitaula,
the Country Manager – Sales and
Marketing of Pashupati Paints "We are
happy that we could be the part of IDC
to let people identify skilled interior
designers in Nepal." While talking about
what kind of help they can provide
to the promising interior designers,
Mr Sitaula says, "We will happily
extend hands to create an exposure
to the designers in the market and we
promise to continue our support to the
future editions of IDC."
Pashupati paints had additionally
sponsored IDC's Pashupati Paints
Best Color Combination Prize, worth
of Rs. 50000 cash and Yeti Carpet had
also additionally sponsored Yeti Carpet
Best Presentation Prize, worth of Rs.
51000 cash.
Asking about their opinion, Mr Anil
Kedia, The Chief Managing Director
says that it was worth sponsoring IDC
2014 for it provided a platform to Interior
Designers to showcase their talents.
Pashupati Paints as the title sponsor
and Yeti Carpets as a main supporter
had joined hands with Spaces and
FURNEX to make IDC a success. IDC
was a major success of FURNEX 2014
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