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Second Edition of Art de Vivre à la française to be unveiled at India Design ID 2026

A Celebration of French Excellence in Design, Creativity, and Lifestyle Innovation

— France celebrated as Country of Honour —

18th– 22nd February 2026 | NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As part of the India-France Year of Innovation 2026, Business France and the Embassy of France in India are proud to unveil the second edition of Art de Vivre à la française at India Design ID 2026, where France will be celebrated as the Country of Honour.

Held at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in Okhla, New Delhi, India Design ID attracts professionals, buyers, luxury brands, cultural institutions, and media from across the country and abroad.

This prestigious event will bring together the finest of French craftsmanship, contemporary creativity, and lifestyle innovation. Presented as a highlight of the India-France Year of Innovation 2026, this edition reinforces the vibrant dialogue between design and savoir-faire, illustrating how French and Indian creativity converge to shape the aesthetics, materials, and art de vivre of the future.

Attending the event, H.E. Mr. Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to India, said, “I am delighted to witness the remarkable success of the latest edition of the Art de Vivre à la française exhibition, showcasing the finest of French excellence in design, creativity, and craftsmanship. Being held under the India-France Year of Innovation banner, this event combines the excellence of the French lifestyle industry with innovation to build ambitious and inspiring collaborations between our two countries.”

A 350m2 Immersive Exhibition Celebrating French Excellence

The exhibition will feature a 350m2 scenographic space designed to immerse visitors in the elegance, refinement, and vision that define l’art de vivre à la française.

The curated showcase will spotlight the mastery and innovation of 16 leading French Houses and creators, spanning tableware and crystalware, contemporary design objects, home accessories, decorative textiles and interiors, lighting, furniture, sound equipment, fashion, gastronomy and leather goods.  

List of participating French Houses:

ASSOULINE: The world’s leading luxury publishing house, renowned for its beautifully designed books celebrating culture, travel, fashion, and lifestyle. Its volumes are considered both cultural references and decorative art objects. (www.eu.assouline.com / www.altiusluxury.com)

BACCARAT: Baccarat embodies the ultimate French art de vivre, shaped since 1764 by a collective of master artisans. Renowned for crafting the world’s purest crystal, the Maison sets the benchmark for contemporary elegance through a constant dialogue between heritage and innovation. (www.baccarat.com/en_fr/)

CASAMANCE & MISIA: MISIA creates prestigious, high-quality fabrics and wallcoverings, offering collections that provide an emotional and sensorial interlude for interior design connoisseurs. The brand is known for its meticulous color palettes, patterns, and textures. (www.casamance.com / www.misia-paris.com)

CRISTAL BENITO: French family atelier specializing in exquisitely crafted crystal objects. Their refined, hand finished pieces embody traditional expertise and luxury French artistry. (www.cristal-benito.fr)

DASSAULT SYSTEMS: HomeByMe is a suite of 3D interior planning and product configuration solutions developed by Dassault Systèmes (the 3DEXPERIENCE Company) to help both consumers and businesses design, visualize, plan, and sell home interiors in 3D. (www.3ds.com)

DAUM: Daum is an iconic French crystal maison renowned for its artistic heritage and exceptional craftsmanship. Historic French leader of pâte de verre, producing collectible glass sculptures in collaboration with leading artists and celebrated worldwide for its mastery of pâte de verre, an ancient and highly complex glassmaking technique. (www.daum.fr / www.altiusluxury.com)

DEVIALET: French audio innovator with 250+ patents, known for its Phantom Ultimate and high-fidelity speakers. The brand blends cutting-edge engineering with elegant design to deliver powerful, immersive sound. (www.devialet.com)

GALERIES LAFAYETTE MUMBAI: Galeries Lafayette, the legendary 130-year-old Parisian institution, marks its Indian debut through a strategic alliance with the Aditya Birla Group. More than a department store, Galeries Lafayette Mumbai is a ‘retail-tainment’ destination designed to transcend conventional shopping. (Galeries Lafayette India / Home – ABFRL)

LAC – HUMIDORS: Specialist in crafting luxury cigar humidors, watch winders, and leather cases from rare materials, combining Riviera craftsmanship with innovative engineering. Their pieces reflect French excellence, exclusivity, and timeless design. (www.lac-humidors.fr)

LE CREUSET: Global icon since 1925, Le Creuset produces premium, handcrafted enameled cast iron cookware made in France. Celebrated for durability, colour innovation, and culinary performance, the brand remains a favourite among chefs and design conscious consumers worldwide. (www.lecreuset.in)

LUX TEMPORIS: Specialist in designing kinetic, bioinspired lighting that merges robotics with artisanal savoir-faire. Their poetic, moving light sculptures transform interiors through delicate, nature inspired motion and materials. (www.luxtemporis.com)

NATHALIE BORDERIE: French glass artist Nathalie Borderie creates expressive sculptures using the fusing technique, blending colour, texture, and light. Her couture influenced pieces combine glass, crystal, and metal to produce unique, collectible artworks. (https://nathalieborderie.fr)

NATTIOT: Specialist in designing creative, sustainable children’s rugs and accessories made in India, Belgium, and Turkey. Using OEKOTEX® certified materials, the brand offers practical, safe, and playful decor for modern families. (www.nattiot.fr)

ST. DUPONT: The iconic French luxury Maison renowned worldwide for its exceptional savoir-faire in fine writing instruments, lighters and leather goods. (www.st-dupont.com)

WATERFALL AUDIO: Known for its handcrafted glass loudspeakers blending haute couture aesthetics with advanced acoustic engineering. Made in Provence, their iconic designs combine glass, wood, aluminium, and French developed technologies for exceptional sound clarity. (www.waterfallaudio.com/en)

L’OPÉRA: A French pâtisserie brand celebrating the refinement, precision, and emotion of French pastry. Rooted in classical French savoir-faire and elevated through contemporary creativity, L’Opéra reinterprets iconic pâtisserie codes with elegance and modernity. (L’Opéra India – French Bakery)

Indian guest designer at the 2026 edition:

KLOVE: A luxury design and lighting studio known for its hand-blown glass lighting fixtures, sculptural objects, and bespoke installations that blend artistry with spatial design. Klove aims to spotlight and promote an Indian designer, celebrating India’s creative talent and craftsmanship while fostering cross-cultural dialogue within the global design community. (www.klovestudio.com)

Indo-French Design Dialogues on 19th February 2026

As part of the programme, India Design ID will host the Indo-French Design Dialogues on Thursday, 19th February, co-organized by the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industries (IFCCI) and Business France in partnership with Atout France, and bringing together influential voices from both countries — including senior representatives from Mobilier National, Atout France, Galeries Lafayette, leading Indian and international designers and architects like Vikram Goyal, Ashiesh Shah, India Mahdavi as well as French luxury and design houses. The discussions will explore design innovation, material intelligence, creative collaboration, and the shared values that connect India and France. This flagship event will celebrate the excellence of French and Indian Art de Vivre while highlighting design as a cultural bridge, where creation and identity mutually inspire and enrich one another.

A Key Highlight of the Franco-Indian Year of Innovation 2026

By positioning Art de Vivre à la française at the heart of the Year of Innovation, France and India reaffirm how traditional savoir-faire and contemporary innovation mutually reinforce each other. Celebrating craftsmanship is not only about preserving heritage — it is also about inspiring new creative processes, integrating cutting-edge technologies, and promoting sustainable, future oriented design.

This edition, therefore, highlights the capacity of French and Indian artisans, designers, and creative industries to transform ancestral techniques into modern solutions, fostering business partnerships and cross-cultural collaboration that shape the innovations of tomorrow.

Business France extends its special appreciation to its institutional partners — the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFFCI), the Institut Français en Inde (IFI), Atout France, Alliance Française, Ameublement Français, Mobilier National, La French Tech India , Francéclat as well as to our private partners Air France, l’Opéra, Klove, The Works, Lyra Network, ESI Group, Cooperl, Bacardi, Monin, Jaipur Rugs, Creaticity, Aaron Fernandes Entertainment and Furtados whose support and collaboration have been instrumental in making this edition possible.

About Business France

Business France is the public agency supporting the international development of the French economy. It assists companies in expanding abroad, promotes exports, attracts foreign investment to France, and develops the V.I.E programme connecting companies with young talent for international assignments.

With more than 1,400 employees in France and 53 countries, Business France helped generate €1.8 billion in additional export revenue for French SMEs in 2024, creating or planning over 31,010 jobs. The agency supported 66% of 1,688 foreign investment decisions in 2024, representing 69% of the 37,787 jobs projected to be created or maintained within three years.

For more information and media inquiries, please contact: 

Embassy of France in India

2/50E Shantipath, Chanakyapuri 

New Delhi 110021, India

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Reliance Digital Launches ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day Campaign Celebrating the Many Expressions of Fatherhood

MUMBAI, India, June 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reliance Digital has launched ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day campaign to celebrate the many expressions of fatherhood. Built around a simple cultural observation, while “Maa ki Mamta” has long been a part of India’s collective vocabulary, there has never been a word that captures the distinct ways fathers express love, the campaign introduces ‘Baaptaa’ as a tribute to the many shades of fatherhood.

Conceptualised as an original music-led campaign, Baaptaa celebrates fathers not as idealised figures, but as they are experienced in everyday life, protective, dependable, emotional, quirky, practical, occasionally embarrassing, and always present. Through a relatable narrative, the campaign acknowledges the countless ways fathers care for their families, often through actions rather than words.

Watch Video: https://youtu.be/9XyUsJB33Ds?si=PM67vhxrzth1JEkz 

At the heart of the campaign is an original music video told from a father’s perspective, capturing the different roles he plays across life’s moments and milestones. The film brings to life the humour, warmth and unspoken affection that characterise father-child relationships, while giving a name to a form of love that many recognise but few have articulated.

The campaign stems from a simple insight: while motherhood has often found expression through familiar phrases and popular references, the unique language of fatherhood has remained largely undefined. Baaptaa seeks to fill that gap by creating a term that reflects the everyday gestures, practical wisdom and quiet sacrifices that fathers make.

Father’s Day communication often leans into familiar emotional territory, but Reliance Digital’s campaign celebrates fathers in a way that feels more culturally authentic and relatable. The idea for ‘Baaptaa’ came from a simple observation — mother’s love has been immortalised in a number of heartfelt, emotional songs, there needed to be an anthem dedicated to dad’s love. And thus was born Baaptaa – a love language that is often awkward, practical, protective, humorous and deeply felt, even if rarely verbalised. It’s a celebration of fatherhood in all its wonderfully imperfect forms immortalized by a song that you won’t be able to stop humming.

Shop for the widest range of electronics at Reliance Digital and thank your father for his Baaptaa.

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Harper Collins Publishers India is Delighted to Announce the Recent Publication of ‘People We Love’ by Preeti Shenoy

NEW DELHI, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HarperCollins Publishers India is delighted to share the recent publication of People We Love by bestselling author Preeti Shenoy. At once tender and sharp, this collection of stories offers intimate, truthful and relatable portraits of the people we cherish, the ones we lose, and the people we become.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The people we love never truly leave our story…

In these tender yet piercing stories, Preeti Shenoy returns to some of her most beloved characters to reveal who they were before they appeared in her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have.

Aniket, a coder, carries the weight of a longing for Trisha that he cannot bring himself to act on. Nidhi abandons her corporate life to teach pottery, only to discover that clay is far more forgiving than the people she loves. A quiz competition sparks an unlikely romance between Aman and Shruti, one that must withstand parental disapproval and class divides. And Anjali, a journalist, is so busy chasing stories that she almost misses the one unfolding in her own life.

Set against the pulse of contemporary India, People We Love explores the tug-of-war between duty and desire, family and freedom, who we are and who we dare to be. Intimate and deeply felt, these are stories about love that stays, leaves and almost slips away … love that quietly and irrevocably shapes the people we become.

Preeti Shenoy, author, says, “People We Love is a collection of three long stories, prequels to my bestsellers It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have. If you have read those books, you already know how these characters’ stories unfold. But what you don’t know yet is where it all began, the loves they carried, the choices they made, and the people they were before life shaped them into who you met on those pages. Writing these prequels felt like returning to a home I hadn’t realised I missed, and discovering rooms I had never been in before.”

Rashmi Menon, Associate Publisher – HarperCollins India, adds, “Preeti Shenoy has an extraordinary gift for finding the heartbeat of ordinary lives. People We Love is a warm, wise and deeply humane collection of short stories that reunites readers with favourite characters from her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have, weaving them into fresh, deeply satisfying narratives. These characters feel like people you know, and their journeys will move, comfort and surprise you. This uplifting, thought–provoking collection reminds us why we turn to stories in the first place. We couldn’t be more excited to share it with our readers.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Preeti Shenoy is among the highest-selling authors in India. She was featured on the Forbes longlist of the most influential celebrities in India. Her books include When Love Came Calling, Wake Up Life, Is Calling, Life Is What You Make It, The Rule Breakers, A Hundred Little Flames, It’s All in the Planets, Why We Love the Way We Do, The Secret Wish List, The One You Cannot Have and many others. Her work has been translated into many Indian languages. Preeti is also a motivational speaker, an avid fitness enthusiast, and an artist specializing in portraiture and illustrated journalling. Preeti lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

At HarperCollins Publishers India, we believe in telling the best stories and ensuring they reach the widest readership. We publish around 250 new books every year across 10 imprints, adding to a diverse catalogue of more than 3,000 titles in print and digital formats, with an array of genres and voices that ensure there is a book for every reader. Our authors have won some of the most prestigious literary awards, and we are proud to publish many acclaimed writers, alongside new and emerging voices shaping contemporary literature. We are also the publishers of The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, winner of the Booker Prize 2008, and Girl in White Cotton by Avni Doshi, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020, and HarperCollins India itself has been awarded “Publisher of the Year” several times. In addition, we represent some of the finest global publishers such as Harvard University Press, Lonely Planet, Oneworld, Nosy Crow, Usborne, and National Geographic Children, bringing Indian readers access to world-class books and ideas. We are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years, a recognition of our culture, people, and values that make HarperCollins India a truly inspiring workplace. 

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Nandini Tripathi, Manager – Marketing (Commercial)

Email: nandini.tripathi@harpercollins.co.in | Mobile: +91 9718928839

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Fulfilling PM Modi’s Dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s AI Writing Startup Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

  1. Kreativespace, an Indian AI-powered writing platform founded by Vinet Kakadea, has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur and recognized by SVNIT University, Ministry of Education under Bodhan AI Conclave also through the NVIDIA Inception Program, AWS Startup Program, and DPIIT under Startup India.
  2. The platform unifies 8 AI-powered writing tools, along with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition into a single ecosystem, so you can generate and refine content all in one place.
  3. The company reports more than 50,000+ signed-up users, 75,000+ anonymous users, and roughly 100,000 monthly website visitors, positioning itself as the only Indian company operating at scale in the global AI writing market.

SURAT, India, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kreativespace, an AI-powered writing platform, is building out its position as the only homegrown alternative in a market long dominated by international tools such as Grammarly and QuillBot. Founded by Vinet Kakadea and incubated at IIT Kharagpur, the company has aligned its growth with the broader push behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) initiative, which encourages indigenous technology development capable of competing on a global scale.

Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

As AI adoption accelerates across India’s education, research, and enterprise sectors, Kreativespace is among a small group of Indian startups building writing technology designed to compete directly with established international platforms.

Kreativespace’s progress has been recognized by several institutions central to India’s startup and technology ecosystem. The company has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur, selected under SSIP 2.0 through SVNIT University, and chosen by the Ministry of Education to present its work at the Bodhan AI Conclave. It has also been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program and the AWS Startup Program, and holds DPIIT recognition under the Startup India initiative.

Where many writing-tool users rely on separate subscriptions for content generation to refinement for grammar correction, paraphrasing, plagiarism checking, citation generation, and editing, Kreativespace brings these functions into a single platform as a super-app for AI writing tools. The company says its approach centers on affordability and accessibility alongside performance, aiming to make advanced AI writing assistance available to a wider range of users regardless of geography or budget.

The idea for Kreativespace took shape while founder Vinet Kakadea was studying at New York University and Marymount University in the United States, where he experienced firsthand how students, researchers, and professionals often need multiple paid subscriptions to cover writing-related tasks. That fragmented experience led him to build a super-app offering each of these capabilities together, at a more accessible price point.

Kreativespace combines 8 AI-powered writing tools with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition, allowing users to generate, rewrite, refine, and humanize content without moving between separate platforms. The product is available via web platform, mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play, browser extensions for Chrome, Mozilla, and Edge, and a Google Docs add-on.

Vinet Kakadea, Founder of Kreativespace, said, “Kreativespace’s vision is to digitalize the entire Indian education ecosystem to support PM Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme.”

About Kreativespace

Kreativespace with the Motto of Making Writing Accessible for Everyone: Kreativespace is an AI-powered writing platform built to make AI writing tools accessible, affordable, and effective for students, researchers, educators, professionals, content creators, startups, and enterprises. Founded by Vinet Kakadea, the company is incubated at IIT Kharagpur and has been recognized by AWS Startup Program, the NVIDIA Inception Program, and DPIIT under Startup India. For more information, visit kreativespace.com.

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