Education
2018-2020, MFA Textiles with Departmental Honors, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2014, Study Abroad Program, HDK Valand - Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011-2015, Professional Diploma in Textile Design, Srishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Bengaluru, India
Creative Experiences
2022, Designer, Patterson Flynn, New York, NY
2021-2022, Textile Consultant, Judy Ross Textiles, New York, NY
2021-2021, Freelance Textile Designer, Texind Inc, NJ
2020-2021, Freelance Textile Designer, Lori Weitzner Design, New York, NY
2020-2021, Studio Manager, Judy Ross Textiles, New York, NY
2019-2020, Textile Apprentice, Fragmentario, Brooklyn, NY
2019, Textile Consultant (Apprenticeship), Obeetee Pvt. Ltd, Mirzapur, India - New York, NY
2018-2019, Textile Apprentice, Suzanne Tick Inc, New York, NY
2015-2017, Textile Designer, Small shop, Bengaluru, India
2013, Design Intern, Mother Earth, Industree Crafts Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India
2013, Textile and Material Researcher, Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven, Bengaluru, India
Publications
2022, Habitat Trends Observatory, "Trends - Experimental", Habitat Trends Notebook 22/23, (pg 102)
2022, Habitat Trends Observatory, Trends for Ceramic Surfaces 2022, (pg 16, 20, 21, 34, 36)
2021, Pallavi Padukone "Textiles Infused with the Fragrance of Home", Brown Girl Magazine, 24 August 2021
2021, Michele Debczak "Reminiscent: How One Designer Used Scented Textiles to Capture the Fragrances of Home", Mental Floss, 24 June 2021
2021, "Pallavi Padukone", Clearline Zine Issue 003, June 2021
2021, Grace Ebert, " Thread Infused with Scent Embellishes Embroidered and Woven Textiles to Stimulate Memories", Colossal, 1 June 2021
2021, Frank Scott, " Reminiscent Fragrant Textiles by Pallavi Padukone", A' Design Award and Competition, 12 May 2021
2021, Frank Scott, " Interview with Pallavi Padukone", A' Design Award and Competition, 7 May 2021
2021, Mahalakshmi Prabhakaran, "Fragrance In The Warp and Weft", The Times of India, Bengaluru, 20 February 2021
2020, WGSN Forecast Team, "Future Innovations 2023", WGSN, November 2020
2020, Generation 2020, Talking Textiles Magazine Vol. 5, New York Textile Month
2020, Quinn Halman, "Parsons' Inaugural MFA Textile Graduates Debut Capstone Projects", Interior Design Magazine, 3 July 2020
2019, Kathleen S Bingham, "Intersection of Craft and Technology", Rug News and Design, October 2019
2019, "Textile Designer and Nose", Talking Textiles Magazine Vol. 4, New York Textile Month
2019, Rosemary Feitelberg, "Tech-Based Textiles, Fragrant Embroidery and Other Imaginative Ideas on View at the New School", Women's Wear Daily, 17 May 2019
Group Exhibitions
2022, Remembrances, Recollections, and Retrospect, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2021, Soft Sanctuary for New York Textile Month, Soho Design District (Gandia Blasco, Artemide, Society Limonta showrooms), New York, NY
2021, Soft Sanctuary, Occupants Gallery, New York, NY (View)
2021, Identity, The Holy Art Gallery, Virtual, London, UK
2020, Hybrid (New York Textile Month), Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2020, I-D and Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show, Virtual
2020, Nature, Art Room Online Gallery
2019, Textiles MFA Showcase, Arnold and Shiela Aronson Gallery, New York, NY
2015, Srishti Collective, Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, India
2014, Textilepidemi, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2014, Got -A- Place, 9 Götaplatsen, Gothenburg Sweden
2013, Beyond Sight, Rangoli Art Center, Bengaluru, India
Awards
2021, Winner, Iron A'Design Award in Textile Design Category, Milan, Italy
2020, Finalist and Special Mention, Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize, New York, USA
2020, Finalist, Windows Wear Student Award, New York, USA
2019, Finalist, Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize, New York, USA
2015, Certificate of Commendation for Undergraduate Capstone Project, Srishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Bengaluru, India
Workshops
2021, Introduction to Tapestry Weaving, New York Textile Month, New York, NY