Rohit Modi currently heads the creative design services for Magla Products, LLC, a consumer products company based in Morristown, New Jersey. He is responsible for developing packaging and products working with marketing, technology and global manufacturing. His packaging designs for Stanley Tools, Mr. Clean, and American Red Cross brands are well received by consumers of Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, Walgreen's, Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club.  

 

Past design experience includes working with Massimo Vignelli on product and architectural graphics and Siegel & Gale where he designed corporate branding for leading companies.

 

Rohit was a principal owner of Modi & Beckler Design, a Manhattan-based graphic design firm for 12 years. The husband and wife (Shelley Beckler) team shared a common goal, "M&B won't just take any assignment. You can't further a client's goals if you don't believe in them." Among their clients were NYC Agency for Child Development for which they received an award from Mayor Koch in City Hall for their design contributions. Other clients included Institute for the Advancement of Health, Planned Parenthood of NYC, NY State Council for Economic Education, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York, Sterling Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer and UNICEF. Their UNICEF greeting cards, posters, calendars and ceramics have been distributed around the world.

 

Born in Ahmedabad, India, Rohit graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and Apprentice Studies at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad under
Armin Hoffmann. He created a multimedia exhibition, "Noise People and Architecture" at the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad. Rohit has designed logos for Escorts Heart Institute And Research Centre and Ashoka Hotels in New Delhi. He also designed a postage stamp in India to promote awareness of mental retardation.  

 

Married to Shelley Beckler, a graphic designer. Their son, Shaun, is currently a senior industrial design major at the Rhode Island School of Design. Daughter, Tessa, is a high school sophomore also aspiring to be a designer.

 

 

 

India has embraced a new dawn during the first few years of the twenty-first century.  Adaptation to constantly changing technology, free enterprise and the implementation of market-driven economic models have changed the Indian landscape deeply immersed in culture and traditional values. In the next decade it may be possible for the Indian economy to overtake Britain, France and Italy. However, India still has a long and winding path ahead. The challenges are enormous: educating the masses, building a solid infrastructure and creating new jobs and opportunities for all of its diverse population. The “Design with India” forum will be a pioneering stepping stone to create an active dialogue and global participation. The design community will have to analyze these challenges and brainstorm (what we do best!) to blaze new trails of innovation in response to India’s needs and desires.