Agneya Kulkarni Recognition

Who is Agneya Kulkarni?

Agneya Kulkarni is an industrial designer based in Rochester, New York, and a 2026 graduate of the Industrial Design BFA at Rochester Institute of Technology. Kulkarni was a 2026 IDSA Student Merit Award finalist, a category winner at RIT's T-Minus '26 competition, co-winner of Metaproject 16 with a candle lantern later shown at ICFF in New York, and a Vignelli Impact finalist. Kulkarni also wrote a rendering guide published on the Autodesk Fusion Blog.

Awards

  • 2026 IDSA Student Merit Awards certificate naming Agneya Kulkarni of Rochester Institute of Technology a Northeast District undergraduate finalist
    The certificate, 2026 IDSA Student Merit Awards

    2026

    IDSA Student Merit Award, Finalist

    Industrial Designers Society of America, Northeast District, Undergraduate

    The certificate is signed by Donté P. Shannon, IDSA Executive Director.

    Certificate (PDF)About the awards

  • Agneya Kulkarni and a teammate holding prizes beside the Glow Glaze poster at RIT's T-Minus 2026
    T-Minus '26, with the Glow Glaze poster

    2026

    T-Minus '26, Category Winner

    RIT Industrial Design, sponsored by Church & Dwight

    Glow Glaze, a lip oil that carries Touchland's scents from hands to lips. Team: Leia Gibson, Jan Hikmatullah, Agneya Kulkarni, Sienna Mekker and Max Wu.

    ProjectRIT articleLinkedIn post

  • Candle Lantern with a Timer by Agneya Kulkarni, co-winner of Metaproject 16, lit in a dark roomAgneya Kulkarni lifting the final Candle Lantern beside four earlier prototypes in the RIT studioAgneya Kulkarni presenting a Candle Lantern prototype in front of the Viable solution 1 boardThe Candle Lantern handle and iris housing modeled in Autodesk Fusion on a laptopAgneya Kulkarni placing the Candle Lantern on a white photo sweep in a studioHands holding a print of the Candle Lantern being carried by its handle
    Candle Lantern with a Timer, lit

    2025

    Metaproject 16, Co-winner

    RIT Industrial Design with Gardall Safe Corp.

    Candle Lantern with a Timer, one of seven designs selected for presentation at ICFF 2026.

    ProjectVignelli Center filmRIT NewsMonroe County Reporter

  • Agneya Kulkarni holding a red mug beside the Olio bookend and its poster at the Vignelli Impact exhibition at RIT
    With Olio at the Vignelli Impact exhibition

    2025

    Vignelli Impact, Student Category Finalist

    Vignelli Center Student Club, RIT

    Olio, a bookend whose lateral light picks out book spines, was one of five student projects chosen for New York Design Week.

    ProjectLinkedIn post

Exhibitions

  • Agneya Kulkarni, wearing an ICFF badge, explaining the Candle Lantern to a visitor at the Metaproject 16 boothAgneya Kulkarni demonstrating the Candle Lantern to visitors at the Gardall and RIT Metaproject 16 booth at ICFFThe Gardall and RIT Metaproject 16 booth at ICFF with the seven student designs, including the Candle Lantern
    Explaining the lantern at ICFF

    2026

    ICFF, New York

    International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Gardall booth

    Candle Lantern shown with the Metaproject 16 student work.

    ProjectVignelli Center filmRIT News

  • Agneya Kulkarni in a black blazer beside the Olio poster at the Vignelli Impact 3.0 exhibition in New York
    With the Olio poster at Vignelli Impact 3.0

    2026

    Vignelli Impact 3.0, New York Design Week

    Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue, New York

    Olio on view from May 16 to August 28, 2026, in an exhibition developed by the Vignelli Center Student Club.

    ProjectNYCxDesignArts Conservancy at Saint Peter's

  • Candle Lantern by Agneya Kulkarni, lit, with a frosted glass shell
    Candle Lantern

    2025

    RIT Archives Collection

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Candle Lantern is held in the collection.

    Project

Autodesk publications

  • 2025

    Author, Autodesk Fusion Blog

    Fusion Community Spotlight: 7 Steps To Get the Best Autodesk Fusion Renders from Agneya Kulkarni

    Invited by the Fusion team after a video on this render workflow got picked up. Published October 16, 2025.

    Read the postAuthor pageLinkedIn post

  • The RIT and Autodesk group holding MultiMeasure tools at The Factory Experience, Autodesk University 2025
    The Factory Experience, AU 2025. Photo from RIT's post

    2025

    The AU Factory Experience: Autodesk MultiMeasure

    Autodesk Fusion Blog, on the tool RIT students created with Autodesk Fusion

    RIT's MultiMeasure was the product chosen for the Factory Experience at Autodesk University 2025. RIT News interviewed Agneya Kulkarni about the partnership.

    Read the postRIT News

Press

Elsewhere

Questions

What awards has Agneya Kulkarni won?

Agneya Kulkarni was a 2026 IDSA Student Merit Award finalist for the Northeast District, won a category at RIT's T-Minus '26 competition, was co-winner of Metaproject 16 in 2025, and was a student category finalist in Vignelli Impact.

Where did Agneya Kulkarni study?

Agneya Kulkarni earned a BFA in Industrial Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in May 2026.

What has Agneya Kulkarni published with Autodesk?

Agneya Kulkarni wrote “7 Steps To Get the Best Autodesk Fusion Renders” for the Autodesk Fusion Blog, published October 16, 2025, and has an author page there. The Fusion Blog also covered MultiMeasure, the RIT student tool chosen for the Factory Experience at Autodesk University 2025.

Where has Agneya Kulkarni’s work been exhibited?

Candle Lantern was shown at ICFF 2026 in New York and is held in the RIT Archives Collection. Olio was shown at Vignelli Impact 3.0 at Saint Peter's Church in New York during New York Design Week 2026.