Insyd Dais

    The room where design meets business.

    Dais is a curated gathering for businesses in India's architecture and design industry seeking growth — in operations, team, and revenue. Not design talks. Business conversations.

    30+
    Decision-makers per room
    3 Pillars
    Operations · Team · Revenue
    Bangalore
    Current city
    DAIS #4TBA

    Dais #4 is taking shape

    We’re curating the next Dais room now. Theme, date, and venue will be announced soon.

    Date TBA
    Venue TBA
    What is Dais

    Dais is a platform on which design businesses come to grow.

    01

    Operations. Team. Revenue.

    No portfolio presentations or aesthetic debates. Dais is about the business side of design — scaling your team, improving profitability, fixing operations, and growing revenue. The stuff that keeps a practice alive.

    02

    Small rooms, real talk

    30+ decision-makers — firm founders, studio principals, and design-adjacent businesses. Intimate enough for honest conversation, diverse enough to spark ideas.

    03

    For businesses seeking growth

    If you're a decision-maker serious about growing your operations, team, or revenue, this room is for you.

    Past events

    What happened so far.

    Dais #3 — Completed

    Built to last: Designing your firm so that it lasts decades

    Thursday, 2nd April 2026 / 6:30 PM - 9 PM
    Casantro Experience Center, JP Nagar, Bangalore

    Built to last was a Dais conversation on what it really takes to build a design firm that lasts.

    Founder dependence & delegationCulture & second-line leadershipSystems that outlast individualsScaling without losing identity
    Built to last: Designing your firm so that it lasts decades — photo 1
    Built to last: Designing your firm so that it lasts decades — photo 2
    Built to last: Designing your firm so that it lasts decades — photo 7
    01/07
    Dais #2 — Completed

    Built to Run: Systems Every Growing Studio Needs

    14th March, 2026
    Cabinets and Me, Jayanagar, Bangalore

    Built for interior design firms. Dais #2 walked through the full lifecycle of a project from a business lens — how you get leads, how you nurture them, how you select and procure materials, and how you manage site execution all the way to handover.

    Leads & NurtureMaterial Selection & ProcurementSite Management to Handover
    30+attendees
    15+design firms
    3sectors covered
    Built to Run: Systems Every Growing Studio Needs — photo 1
    Built to Run: Systems Every Growing Studio Needs — photo 2
    Built to Run: Systems Every Growing Studio Needs — photo 7
    01/07
    Dais #1 — Completed

    Form Follows Finance

    10th February, 2026
    BathStory, Koramangala, Bangalore

    The first-ever Dais brought together architects, designers, and design-adjacent businesses for a candid conversation about the business of design — the stuff the industry rarely talks about openly.

    Fee negotiationProfitabilityPractice scalingTeam buildingClient management
    25+attendees
    10+architecture firms
    5+lifestyle brands
    Form Follows Finance — photo 1
    Form Follows Finance — photo 2
    Form Follows Finance — photo 7
    01/07
    Upcoming event

    Dais #4 will be announced soon.

    Dais #4 — TBATBA

    Dais #4 is taking shape

    We’re curating the next Dais room now. Theme, date, and venue will be announced soon.

    Date TBA
    Venue TBA
    Collaborate

    Help shape the architecture community.

    The community gets stronger when practitioners, brands, and collaborators build it together. Join Dais as a speaker or as a sponsor.

    Bring a voice the community should hear

    We want architects, studio leaders, operators, and ecosystem builders who can push the conversation forward with practical experience, not polished conference theatre.

    • Stories from building enduring practices
    • Lessons on leadership, systems, and growth
    • Real examples the architecture community can learn from
    • A point of view worth debating in the room