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Milan Bhullar is a designer and maker based in Washington D.C. Milan’s designs are dynamic, playful and multi-layered. She designs with intention and responds to human behaviors that facilitate daily habits. She uses her craft as a medium of self-discovery and introspection exploring themes of reflection, hyper-optimism, resilience and transformation. Milan is a designer motivated by process and materiality. A specialist in wood bending techniques, Milan’s work explores material resiliency through curves and bent forms in wood that she uses to tell a story.

Milan has had her works exhibited at ICFF Manhattan and was a selected designer for Launchpad Wanted Design Manhattan 2023 earning her the NYCxDesign Award in 2023. Other exhibitions include Unique Design x Savannah 2023, ISFD Innovation + Design 2022 and 2024 at High Point, North Carolina. Milan is also one of 10 selected artists commissioned by SCAD Museum of Art for a permanent sculpture at the Promenade de Sculptures in Lacoste, France in 2022. She was awarded Emerging Product Design of the year in 2023 by the European Product Design Awards (EPDA). Milan is a selected designer exhibiting at Launchpad by WANTED ICFF 2024.