Roberta Lage is the Founder and CEO of Roberta Lage Design, R Design based in Agoura hills, California. Roberta Lage Design specializes in Web and Graphic Design.
Pranay Shah is the proprietor at multidimension studios a creative design agency based out of Mumbai, India having representatives in San Francisco, Charlotte and New York as well as being a director in Krikey Infotech Private Limited which is developing http://www.okrikey.com, a startup based out of Mumbai where he is creating India's first social infotainment site for expats, tourists, visitors and locals in India. Pranay has extensive experience in new media design and development and is particularly interested in marketing and business development. Pranay holds a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Computer Arts: New Media from the Academy of Art, San Francisco.
Roberta: Where do you draw inspiration for your work/business?
Pranay: A lot of inspiration that I get is from day to day things. It may be a hoarding that I see on the way home, or a conversation that I hear while I'm in the office, and its just bouncing ideas of the team. We'll be sitting there one second and the next we'd have a great idea idea that we could work of.
Roberta: How is your work unique?
Pranay: It was always an ambition that one day, an entity would exist that would change the rules on how people saw products, services and individuals. A company that would work in symbiosis with clients to achieve truly exceptional and unique results. We do that today. We give solutions that haven't been provided in the marketplace before, especially to small businesses and we have received great feedback.
Even as o'krikey.com is being developed, we are taking on heavy weights like Lonely Planet, craigslist and burrp! (a local information site) which have been far more established than us. However, I believe that giving the consumers what they want is key and to make that happen, you have to go all out, do the impossible and just go for it.
Roberta: What are some interesting projects that you have been involved in?
Pranay: With the clients that we have every project has been interesting. We've worked on everything from making sites for DUI, to designing an adult content site (which we realized that we couldn't do!) to working with a startup based out of New York where we did the identity for the site and of-course our project for the moment. We've also worked with firms in the States.
Roberta: Could you please describe some current projects/ventures that you are developing?
Pranay: Okrikey.com. the idea came to me while i was waiting for an appointment and flicking through the local newspaper, which highlighted the relocation hassles faced by foreigners. That was the day when okrikey was born. Since the idea has evolved, hours have been spent figuring out the layout, debates have been had over the color and today we are anxiously awaiting its beta launch.
Roberta: Business Tribes focuses on Connect, Crate, and Cause. How do these themes resonate with your business?
Pranay: Yes. Absolutely. Design is all about connecting with people, giving them the best brand/product experience. okrikey is all about social media and connecting people across various networks and helping each other out.
Roberta: How can people contact you?
Pranay: My phone numbers are 91.22.30207700 and 415.287.3352. Email is usually the best way to reach me: ps@multidimensionstudios.com and pranays@okrikey.com
URLs: http://www.multidimensionusa.com and http://www.okrikey.com
