ANABELLE M VIEGAS DMELLO
 Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder
 
 Architect, Urban Designer, Installation Artist­.  Anabelle is pure design.  Co-founder of Think Happy Everyday (THE), and THE Workshop,   a multi-disciplinary design research initiative that enables hands-on experimentation at the intersection of technology, materiality,   design, and interaction, she has also founded Urban Citylab Bangalore a collaborative urban design research initiative.  Besides   mentoring and lecturing at some of the best Architectural schools in Bangalore, she has run hands-on workshops reaching out to   thousands of students across South India. Awarded a distinction for her Masters in Urban Design at The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) London, she continues the thinking in her architecture practice which combines structure, data, art and design and has designed and built interactive installations nationally and internationally –– Kochi Biennale 2016, Three Rivers Festival (Pittsburgh), Maker Faire (Bangalore), Designuru (Bangalore) amongst others. Her work and ideas have been showcased at the prestigious London Festival of Architecture 2017 for London’s global competition ‘Night Time is the Right Time’ and has most recently won the Editors Choice for the global competition LAKA ‘Architecture that Reacts’ to be published in their upcoming international architecture book. Anabelle uses technology to explore the realms of design and has spoken at various conferences, she has also been featured by Google Women in Technology 2017, Autodesk University 2015 and Design Open. Her work and initiatives have been covered by leading national newspapers like The Economic Times, Times of India, Deccan Herald, Deccan Chronicle, and The Hindu to name a few.

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CRAIG MATHEW DMELLO
Chief Creative Officer / Co-Founder
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Fire-spinner, story-teller and Chief Happy Maker at THE.  He co-founded THE, THE Workshop and THE Language Lab. He also does his bit as Director at DCSS (Dmello Creative Systems &Services Pvt. Ltd.). A creative director, travel writer, facilitator, and Communication Skills lecturer, Craig has worked as a copywriter across offices in London, Bangalore and Bombay for some of the most advanced brands in the world. Besides dabbling with publishing and the Great Outdoors, he did a lot of thinking. Happy thinking. Right now he's busy populating THE Brand Zoo.

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Manu Vikraman
Creative Director (Art) / Partner

Chief Designer of THE identity, Manu is all art. From sculpture to mural art, and paper craft to stuff we are yet to make, he brings over a decade of solid industry experience to THE table. A brand-on mind and award winning art director, Manu is sharp, incisive, and loves to create things that matter. A powerhouse creative, he loves photography, and working designs from the ground up. Ex- a few agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, and Phase 1, he is now all prepped to Think Happy Everyday.

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Deepak Nambiar
Senior Happywriter / Digital Head 
After a career in several ad agencies, Deepak decided to Think Happy Everyday and hone his writing skills and develop smarter ways to communicate. His previous works include campaigns in Print, Outdoor and Digital Media for brands such as Toyota, Fastrack, Infosys, Coffee Day, Britannia, etc. Videos and music being his main interest, he hopes to work with more production teams to build his skills in the field. With a handful of awards in Digital Marketing currently under his belt, he is gunning for many more!

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Ismail Emkay
Events and Marketing Director

Our ‘Make it happen’ guy.  An ex-Wizcraft workhorse, Ismail gets things done. Event, Manpower, Marketing, he approaches each strategically and swiftly. On paper he’s a successful profit -driven marketing and management professional with nearly a decade of visible achievements in event management, both nationally and internationally. On-ground, he’s a tornado of ideation, order and implementation. That’s what keeps him running.  Work, work and finally (all smiles) - THE work.

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