The first proof of concept of Quicksand's proposition as a design research firm - a research documentary shot on mobile playground communities

Quicksand gets incorporated and puts out its call to arms - a brochure capturing the design services on offer.

First project with Ideo starts a series of global collaborations on design research projects. Quicksand would team up with Ideo (London, Palo Alto), Idea Couture (Toronto), Studio Red (New York), Google (Mountain View) in the coming years

Quicksand Bangalore starts and with it our first foray into design for social impact. We partner One World South Asia & QUEST to understand teacher-learner experiences in government schools in rural West Bengal

Starting the culture of incubation with Basic Love of Things (B.L.O.T), an audio-video ensemble that kicks off in the studio basement

After 3 years of practice, we make some difficult decisions. We close down our films practice, shut the Delhi studio and co-locate with a communication design firm in Gurgaon

The Safe Water Project from PATH brings in a new phase of work and provides a great opportunity to the studio to re-assert its vision for design research.

Quicksand Bangalore co-locates with our friends at QUEST in a beautiful green space in Koramangala, while continuing our work with them in youth education and skills training.

Independent projects take root in Quicksand with Greenhouse, Blindboys, Grey Garden and Fattabox - exploring the multi-faceted creative dimensions of the studio.

We kickstart the tradition of the studio offsite - a group holiday filled with enthusiastic drinking, ambling and soul searching

Quicksand consolidates its design for social impact practice by launching an ambitious project on urban sanitation in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Potty Project

We pull off the first edition of UnBox - a platform for dialogue on interdisciplinary design and action - in partnership with Codesign, British Council and Goethe-Institut

Quicksand becomes a member of REACH - a global design research community. Start of a series of projects in collaboration with partners in Netherlands, UK, Spain, Indonesia, China and Singapore.

Our Bhubaneshwar office opens as a mission control base for Project Sammaan - a culmination and way forward for the Potty Project to build toilet blocks in partnership with the city governments of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

Quicksand partners Unilever to steer a global innovation project across India, China, Indonesia, South Africa and Nigeria on disrupting the business model and products for the BoP

The third edition of UnBox marks a transition from a project incubated within British Council premises to a more sustainable, self-supported hands-on festival.

Time to regroup on our first international off site - reef hopping in Indonesia in true island style while dreaming up the next steps

Another inflection point in Quicksand's history - we move out of our co-located Gurgaon space into a gorgeous, new independent space in Delhi

UnBox spawns an incubator with the first edition of UnBox Labs - a two week residency to re-imagine the future of cities

Quicksand gets commissioned to advise on customer propositions and a differentiated experience for one of the upcoming consumer banks in India

Through the human-centered design methodology, Quicksand brought innovative new thinking to Africa’s humanitarian crises

The team eschewed sun-kissed beach locations for this year’s offsite, opting instead to head high up in the mountains to take on Kashmir’s Great Lakes Trek

Quicksand opened its third location in a beautiful heritage home in the sleepy village of Bardez, Goa

Across several engagements in Indonesia and the Philippines, Quicksand championed design for innovation in the region's financial inclusion sector

Utilising our empathic approach to qualitative research, Quicksand studied emerging trends to inform the design or new products and experiences for India

Working with Invisible Flock, Quicksand/UnBox built the Duet platform connecting 1,200 participants across India and the UK over a year to celebrate connection, with 25,000+ responses and public artwork in 6 cities engaging an estimated 5 million people