From Mumbai to Chicago, Hrishikesh Birodkar has risen as one of the most dynamic and internationally recognized names in contemporary graphic design. His work has transcended borders, reshaped brands, and set new creative benchmarks in luxury automotive culture, architecture, and media. Far from being an emerging talent, Birodkar today represents a generation of designers for whom global reach, data-driven creativity, and aesthetic precision move hand in hand.
As Lead Graphic Designer for The Hamilton Collection—the fastest-growing automotive media platform in the United States—Birodkar elevated its visual identity and transformed its digital narrative. Under his leadership, the platform’s audience expanded from around one million followers to more than double that figure in under a year, a rate far exceeding typical industry growth. His creative direction was central to highly successful merchandise campaigns that sold out in less than two days and generated several multiples over previous launches. Importantly, his designs helped drive philanthropic engagement, turning merchandise revenue into charitable support. Each visual element he crafted reflected an understanding that design is not just communication—it’s commerce, culture, and community intertwined.
At OBZU, the boutique luxury car dealership he helped brand from the ground up, Birodkar built the entire visual architecture: logo, typography, color systems, and digital identity. His work turned OBZU into a credible contender in the niche of exotic automotive retail, driving high-value sales that collectively passed the half-million mark within the company’s first phase of operations. OBZU now maintains an active digital platform drawing thousands of monthly visitors, a testament to his design strategy’s commercial impact. By guiding the brand’s presence across digital and physical spaces, Birodkar helped frame OBZU not merely as a dealership but as a lifestyle symbol for connoisseurs of rare speed and design.
His collaborations with global icons of automotive media—Daily Driven Exotics and Gas Monkey Garage—have reached millions worldwide. For Gas Monkey Garage, seen by over seven million followers across social media, Birodkar’s illustrative storytelling infused energy into content that celebrates craftsmanship and bold originality. For Daily Driven Exotics, his Porsche Carrera GT concept went viral, transitioning from screen to reality, featured in videos that attracted millions of viewers and reinforced the brand’s raw, performance-driven identity.
Birodkar’s design fluency extends beyond the automotive spotlight. For Balve Architecture and Design, he structured a comprehensive visual brand system that multiplied the firm’s web traffic more than fivefold and drew clients from across six continents within a year. His work positioned Balve as a global design studio blending art, structure, and strategy. In another celebrated project, he collaborated with VINwiki to restore and visually narrate the story of a legendary Lamborghini unseen for over a decade. The project earned top honors at International Car Week in Monterey, placing Birodkar among a rare category of designers recognized not only by audiences but by industry peers.
Even his early work with Savege Card Club demonstrated an instinct for merging fine art and digital culture. By integrating automotive illustration with luxury merchandise and interactive campaigns, he captured the imagination of collectors and car enthusiasts around the world.
In every project—whether designing for digital screens, merchandise, or architectural identities—Hrishikesh Birodkar has established an unmistakeable hallmark: the ability to merge art and analytics into stories that move markets and minds. In an era when global engagement rates for automotive brands hover around one percent across major platforms, his projects have consistently delivered multiplier effects far above that norm, a reflection of both vision and precision.
For the global creative industry, Birodkar stands as a figure who doesn’t merely follow trends—he defines them. With a portfolio spanning continents, disciplines, and milestones, he represents the face of design leadership in a truly interconnected world.
