August Company I About Us

1 We
set-up
co-creation
studios.

2 Define
transformation
strategy
through
design
thinking.

3 Manifest
insights
across
the
project
life-cycle.

4 Harness
diverse
pool
of
experts
for
last-mile
delivery.

We
lead
by
passion.

Sapna

Kasat

Co-Founder, Chief Design Officer

An alumnus of the National Institute of Design (NID), India with 25+ years of experience across multiple design domains. Sapna has also been a visiting faculty at MICA, Ahmedabad.

Core Expertise:
Design Management
Learning Experience Design
Communication & Storytelling

Sapna believes in the power of design thinking and convergence of multiple disciplines to deliver holistic solutions. She has worked both with start-ups as well as established corporates like Tata Interactive Systems and NIIT; where her projects ranged from learning design, product development, UX & Interaction design, animation, information design, visual language & styling, trend mapping and design research. She has led projects for clients like Unilever, Ford, Price Waterhouse Coopers, TATA and Cadbury amongst others and has also been invited to teach Digital Branding & Communication at MICA, Ahmedabad.

Learning Design Experience: Sapna has a rich experience with various organizations in the EdTech Domain, where she led teams for product development and instructional design, including Cognitive Arts, a Learning Design think tank based in Chicago, USA that delivers custom learning solutions based on its proprietary methodology.

Key Interests:
Sapna is passionate about supporting women entrepreneurs and collaborates with them for using design as a powerful business advantage. She dreams of designing a world where education is as exciting as the next blockbuster and chemical equations are demonstrated by superheroes. She also designed a furniture & lighting series and is an ardent supporter of Indian arts & crafts.

Mahesh

Patil

Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer

In last 26+ Years, Mahesh has held leadership positions across global enterprises and SMEs, and has delivered award winning brand solutions and digital experiences.

Core Expertise:
Brand Strategy & Marketing
Product Management
Human Centered Design

Mahesh is a marketer with a vision for building brand value through the power of human-centered-design. His ability to achieve this is a result of over 26 years of experience spanning Marketing, HCI and Digital Media. He has worked in leadership positions at corporates such as Idea Cellular, Channel [v], Tata Interactive Systems, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi and Human Factors International, where he led projects for brands such as Apple, Unilever, P&G, Samsung, OnePlus, Idea Cellular, Renault India, HDFC Bank, Bloomberg, and GSK. His work has won prestigious awards at MMA, ABBYs, Emvies, Effies, DMA, IDMA, Aegis Awards, Promax, British Interactive Media Award and Milia d’Or.

Research for User Experience for Learning product: Along with other HCI and UCD projects, Mahesh has worked on GSK’s Patient Safety Communication where he conducted Stakeholder Research for USA markets to derive insights that led to design solutions.

Key Interests:
Mahesh is passionate about exploring the intersection of business and design thinking. Ergo, he can discuss blue ocean strategy and the impact of swiss style on typography in the same breath. The easiest way to strike a conversation with him is to talk about who features on your list of the best Rock bands of the world.