Industrial designer Satyendra Pakhalé describes himself as a “cultural nomad”. Over the years, he has attracted clients from all over the world such as Alessi, Cappellini, Magis, Moroso and Material ConneXion.

After completing his Mechanical Engineering and Master of Design in India and Advanced Product Design in Switzerland, he initially worked at Philips Design in the Netherlands. Among his assignments was the Panga concept-car developed in collaboration with Renault. In 1998, he set up his own design practice in Amsterdam and has since been working on his own projects and designs.

He works in a wide range of disciplines, bringing to his design a set of fresh perspectives, a diversity of strong cultural influence, particularly relevant in today's society. Pakhalé's design emanates from cultural dialogue, synthesising new applications of material and technologies with great ingenuity. He conveys a message that could be defined as “universal”, ranking him among the most influential designers at work today.

He is a faculty member at the Man and Activity Department at Eindhoven Design Academy. His prime interest is the design of mass producible technically challenging personal products and objects, but also concerns himself with transportation systems and limited-edition pieces.