cCc Mumbai 2026

On August 8th 2026, at 3pm, an Insights Session of coCreationcamp is taking place at the Sugar & Space Studio – Naaz Cinema Building, Mumbai 400004, India.

Registration is closed.

The session is free but the conversations are valuable. We have limited space and wish to make sure the people in the room experience interesting and multiple narrative inquiries related to Food Systems in resonance with nature, humanities, urbanities, climate, eco-tech, AI, … Spread the word. Share the world.

Co-organised by Alok Nandi (initiator of cCc and narrative architect/designer at Architempo) and Jashan Sippy (food designer at Sugar & Space and founder of Edible Confluence), the program of the cCc Mumbai 2026 Insights session is:

• Intro, context and tour de table 
• Insights and provocations – with Isha Patel, Swati Paranjpe, Amirali Nancey, Parth Purandhare
• Interactions on the possibles and the preferables
• Perspectives on Edible Confluence Food + Design 2026 – with Elise Coudré, Aanya Jain, Jashan Sippy
• Outro, chai & conversations

Contributors to cCc Mumbai 2026 are

Isha Patel – Creative Consultant, Design Educator and Founder, ForTomorrow Labs.
With almost ten years in design, branding and communication systems, she has worked across categories. She currently presides over the Mumbai chapter of the Association of Designers of India (ADI). LinkedIn –

Swati Paranjpe – Co-Founder & Creative Director, Pollinate Labs. Across boardrooms, kitchens and communities, Swati is a multidisciplinary designer who has worked with global food businesses, FMCG leaders and purpose-led organisations exploring the power of food. Those experiences have left her with one enduring belief: food is never just food. It can heal, preserve culture, express care and bring people together. Through Pollinate Labs, she helps build brands that carry that meaning into everyday life. LinkedIn –

Amirali Nancey – Founder of The Placet and WeLegal. For over a decade he’s shaped brands, environments and systems across complex, regulated industries with food and hospitality at the heart of his practice, from Santé Spa Cuisine and Loco Otro to Sanjay Dutt’s Ballr and the iconic Lakehouse. An Economic Times and Times Food Award winner, Amir doesn’t just design the visible surface, he builds the strategy and invisible infrastructure behind enduring brands. LinkedIn –

Parth Purandhare – Founder & Head Chef at India’s finest restaurants. The operator’s voice, he builds concept restaurants and lives the P&L reality that sits behind every design decision. Canada-trained and Bombay-obsessed, he reinvents the city’s street flavours into new formats. Instagram –

Elise Coudré – As experience designer & multidisciplinary artist, she aims to transform the way we eat. Her work spans photography, installation and performance with a focus on creating immersive experiences that provoke reflection and critical thinking. LinkedIn – Website – Instagram –

Aanya Jain – Interaction designer exploring beyond screens, through board games, sensory experiences and experimental interaction concepts. LinkedIn – Medium – Instagram –

Jashan Sippy – Mumbai-born and Belgium-based green-building certified architect, specialized in the design of spaces for food. Founder of Sugar and Space, a creative agency dedicated to transforming the way we perceive food everyday. Founder/curator of Edible Confluence Food + Design. LinkedIn – Website – Instagram –

Alok b. Nandi – Narrative architect, interaction designer, creative director, Architempo. Past President of IxDA global. Founder/emcee PechaKucha Night Brussels. Professor at Institut Lyfe (ex Paul Bocuse), Lyon. He explores terrains at crossroads of design and narrative, in diverse areas: food systems, hospitality, exhibition design, film, publishing and creative sectors. Initiator of coCreationcamp. LinkedIn – Website – Instagram –

Supporting partners are ADI Mumbai (Association of Designers of India, Mumbai Chapter), i-fooddesign, P-R-E (Cumulus Association + IxDA), Studio Sugar & Space, Architempo.

The coCreationcamp Mumbai 2026 triggers the journey with Edible Confluence Food+Design taking place in Brussels and Antwerp in October 2026 and allows to

• engage with the Mumbai creative communities on what is at stake with the themes of Edible Confluence and of coCreationcamp.
• share highlights of Edible Confluence Food+Design – events taking place in Antwerp (October 14-16) and Brussels (October 13) and components of the program curated by Jashan Sippy.
• develop the coCreationcamp sessions planned in Brussels on 13th of October at ArBA-ESA (Brussels Royal Academy of Beaux-Arts) and on 14th of October in Antwerp University’s Design Dept.
• talk about the approaches in the Edible Confluence PechaKucha Nights in preparation, as part of the events.
• envision the co-design of coCreationcamp series in Mumbai and/or in other cities in India.

Should you wish to join us, get in touch, for the Brussels and/or Antwerp cCc sessions.

The 2026 coCreationcamp series is designed in resonance with “P-R-E – Practitioners meeting Researchers meeting Educators”, an initiative of Cumulus Association and IxDA, crafted by Eija Salmi, Alok Nandi and Frédéric Degouzon.

cCc Bengaluru in 2022 allowed the exploration of multiple themes thanks to the contributions of Chef Thomas Zacharias as well as Cheffe Elisabeth Yorke.