Harsha Kotak

Harsha Kotak, Founder Director of the Sustainable Design Collective and Women in Office Design, is an international Interior Designer and workplace consultant. With a lifelong passion for design, Harsha has worked in the workplace design industry for over 20 years and has practiced in the US, India and the UK. Her portfolio of work displays a variety of projects showcasing her expertise in Design & Client Management. She has worked on some prestigious projects like designing for the White House and Pentagon in the US, and for FedEx and US Embassy in New Delhi, India. Harsha is currently a workplace projects consultant with K2 Space in London and is responsible for helping their global clients from the finance, tech & media sector. She is also appointed to the UK Design Council Experts Board in 2024. Having worked in three continents, in 2018 Harsha united her network of connections to create the organisation WOD (Women in Office Design). WOD provides a dedicated platform for women to attend events, share ideas and connect with others in the design community. Today WOD is a global networking group for women in the workplace design industry with chapters in the UK (England & Scotland), Europe (Spain & Italy) and India. www.woduk.com SDC is an initiative of WOD and a pet project of Harsha. With collectives in the UK and India SDC aims to spread awareness and education about sustainable design in the workplace design industry. www.thesustainabledesigncollective.co.uk Harsha is also the editorial director of the Sustainable Design Magazine with a mission to share knowledge, educate and inspire young designers towards a sustainable future. In 2024 Harsha was appointed to the UK Design Council Experts Board and will be working on the council’s Design for Planet initiative supporting in policy making, education and industry engagement to drive net zero goals. Harsha travels globally to host educational events and to grow the WOD network. She started international chapters in Spain, Italy & India for WOD and has been invited as a key note speaker at international festivals like, London Festival of Architecture, Valencia Habitat Fair, Barcelona Design Museum, Clerkenwell Design Week and many more. She was nominated as the NRI of the year by the Times of India in 2016 and more recently she has been nominated as a jury member on several design awards in the UK, Europe and India: The British Institute of Interior Design Awards (UK), Designer UK Awards (UK), Irish Times Fit Out Awards (Ireland), Economic Times Design Awards (India), Frame Awards (Amsterdam), British Institute of Interior Design Awards (BIID Awards) and many others. Along with championing women empowerment for designers and architects in the industry, Harsha’s moto through the Sustainable Design Collective is to spread awareness and education about sustainability in the workplace design industry.