Uday Parkar
Gold medallist from Sir JJ School of Art. More than 30 years in Advertising. Won more than 150 International and National awards. Honorary guest speaker at many leading Advertising and Architecture institutes in India for over 20 years. Uday is known for the successful brands he has created & nurtured over the years. Founder & consultant of many leading advertising agencies of India.
Uday expanded his career as a space designer more than a decade ago & brought a distinct style of creating brand spaces that the country has never seen before. His style of space designing is widely popular and has brought a tremendous visibility & success to many brands. Few well-known brands spaces designed by him Include:
- Tea Villa Café
- Viacom18 Office, Mumbai
- Network18 Office, Mumbai
- ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Office, Mumbai
- Redbrick Offices Pan India
- Granth Book Store, Juhu
- Titan Stainless India Office
- Sweetberry, Dubai
- Bomberry, Mumbai
- Tailorz Experience Lounge, Mumbai
- Coverfox Insurance Mumbai Office
- Chimichurri - The Asian Kitchen Restaurant
Brands Under Supervision:
Essel Group, Zee Entertainment, Viacom 18, Network 18, Times of India, Bisleri, Edelweiss,
RedBrick Offices, Coverfox Insurance, KamaSutra, Essel World, Water Kingdom, Hit,
Westside, HDFC Mutual Funds, Playwin Max Lotto, Atmosphere, MICA, Sanctuary Magazine,
Welspun, Kaya Skin Clinic, Parachute Jasmine, Parachute Rose and Hair & Care from the
Marico. Gulf, Tata Indicom, Pears, Babool, Stayfree, ICICI Bank, Cox and Kings, Godrej, The
Bombay Store, Lawrence & Mayo, Reebok, Omved Naturals, Tea Villa Café to name a few.
Uday loves composing poetry, painting and trekking, reading history. Believes in work that
works. Work that wins.
Awards:
- A&M Graphic Designer of the Year 1996 (India)
- Clio (USA) bronze, 1998
- London International Silver, 1998
- New York Festivals Gold, 1998
- Creativity, (USA) finalist, 1998
- Creativity, (USA) Gold, 1999
- Asia Pacific finalist 2001
- Asia Pacific finalist (for another client) 2001
- New York Festivals finalist, 2002
- Cannes finalist, (Poster) 2002
- Cannes finalist, (Press) 2002
- Clio finalist, 2002
- New York Festivals finalist, 2002
- Asia International finalist, 2002
- Asia International finalist (for another client), 2002
- Abby’s Art Director of the Year 2002. (India)
- Cannes finalist, 2003
- New York Festivals finalist, 2003
- One Show, finalist, 2004
- New York Festivals, Silver, 2004
- New York Festivals, Gold, 2005
- Cannes finalist, 2006
- Fab Awards (London), Gold, 2006
- Fab Awards (London), GOLD ON GOLD, GRAND PRIX 2006
- Pegasus Award 2007
- One Show, finalist, 2008
- RX Awards, (Press) 2008
- RX Awards, (Direct Mailer) 2008
- 2 Global Awards 2008
- One Show Design, Merit award, 2009
- Cannes shortlist, 2009
- Remmy Awards, 2009 (India)
- Remmy Awards, (Best Copy) 2011 (India)
- Remmy Awards, (Best Press) 2011 (India)
- Cannes finalist, (Poster 1) 2011
- Cannes finalist, (Poster 2) 2011
- Cannes finalist, (Poster 3) 2011
- Big Bang Award, (Press) Silver 2012
- Big Bang Award, (Direct Mailer) Silver 2012
- Image from ‘The Multiply Diary’ selected for Foto8 Summer Show 2012 ( London )
- 6 Images from ‘The Multiply Diary’ won Jury’s award at IPA (LA., US) 2012
- A Photograph from ‘CLP India’ won Gold at UNFCCC/CDM photo contest 2012 (USA)
- One Show Design, Merit award, 2013
- New Zealand Architecture Magazine Award 2016
- 19 Adfest (India)
- 26 Cags (India)
- 14 A&M (India)
- 14 A&M (India)
Work Published In The Archives:
- One show 2004 ( USA )
- Creativity 1996 ( USA )
- London International 1996 ( UK )
- New York Festival 1996 ( USA )
- Work’ 2003 (Australia + New Zealand )
- Work’ 2004 (Australia + New Zealand )
- Work’ 2005 ( Australia + New Zealand )
- Shots’ 2004 ( France )
- Shots’ 2006 ( France )
- Archives 2004 ( Germany )
- Archives 2009 ( Germany )
- One show 2009 ( USA )
- Archives 2013 ( Germany)
- Campaign Brief Asia magazine
- Indian Advertising Showcase
- Advertising New Techniques for Visual Seduction (UK)
- Sanctuary Campaign has been selected as a case study by American Advertising & Marketing (USA)
- Selected as a painter Art Director for Ad fest Asia awards on their 10th anniversary. Only 10 Art Directors were selected from Asia.