WHERE DESIGN FINDS ITS VOICE

Discover inspiring spaces, visionary designers, emerging talents, and stories that shape the world of architecture and interiors.

Our Founder

CRAFTING DREAMS INTO SPACES

Rena Parikh, Founder and Principal Designer of Encore Design Studio, is recognised nationally and internationally for a practice where aesthetics, efficiency and ethics intersect. A selection of the awards, interviews and publications that have featured her work.

2022

Studio Founded

05 Featured In

01 International Award

Winner — 2026

Women Entrepreneur of the Year

Human-Centric Interior Design & Workplace Innovation

Presented at the 8th International Women Awards 2026 by Great Companies, celebrating visionary women leaders transforming industries through innovation, leadership and purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Recognised for excellence and impact across workplace, healthcare, hospitality, retail and residential design.

As Featured In

01 Startup Times Startup Stories

Designing with Purpose: How Rena Parikh is Redefining Spaces with Encore Design Studio

A profile on how Encore Design Studio balances creativity, cost-efficiency and long-term value — building sustainable, functional spaces where design is measured by impact rather than aesthetics alone.

02 Interview Times In Conversation

An Insight to The Encore Design Studio

An in-depth interview on Conscious Design — reduce-waste planning, financial transparency and human-centric longevity — and how a CEPT education and early years at Eisenman Architects in New York shaped the studio’s design language.

03 Bombay Film Production Coffee Table Book

India's Top 25 Interior Designers

Encore Design Studio features in the curated coffee table book spotlighting India’s Top 25 Interior Designers — a print celebration of practices redefining the country’s spatial design landscape.

04 Bombay Film Fame Digital Edition

Bombay Film Fame — Featured Article

Read the full featured article on Rena Parikh and Encore Design Studio in the digital flipbook edition.

05 Women Story

Designing for Humanity: How Rena Parikh Built Encore Design Studio Around Human-Centric, Purpose-Driven Spaces

A feature exploring Rena Parikh’s journey and the philosophy behind Encore Design Studio — where design goes beyond aesthetics to shape human behaviour, well-being, culture, and meaningful experiences. The story traces Rena’s evolution from her early design education at CEPT University and experience at Eisenman Architects in New York to founding Encore Design Studio in 2022. It highlights her human-centric approach across workplaces, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and residential environments, with a focus on purposeful, sustainable, and emotionally intelligent design.

Conscious Design

“To create spaces that feel as good to live in as they did to pay for.”

Rena Parikh · Founder & Principal Designer