Pune: The iconic Handmade Paper Institute (HMPI) Pune unveiled its impressive Diwali exhibition for ‘Sustainable Gifting today at Pune Handmade Papers, Handmade Paper Institute, K.B. Joshi Road Main Road, Shivaji Nagar, Near Agricultural College Compound’.The exhibition will last till Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 11 am to 8 pm.
Team members of the institute including Shobhana Hadap, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Studio Mars, Mangesh Lohapatre, C0-Founder Director, Studio Mars and Dinesh Lohapatre, COO, Pune Handmade Papers were present at the event.
With more than 10-12 sustainable and eco-friendly brands participating, the unique exhibition displayed items made from handmade paper like souvenirs, gift wrappers and boxes, terracotta pottery, bags and artistic and decorative copper accessories and cosmetic items among others.
The HMPI operates under the new management of leading design firm- Studio Mars with the brand name of ‘Pune Handmade Papers’. The Studio Mars team of designers are working on reinventing and retrieving the lost art of handmade papers with better paper products suited for the Indian society at large with affordable pricing.