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By Express News ServiceKOCHI: The Kochi Design Week (KDW) 2019, India’s largest design festival, organised by the Electronics and IT Department in association with World Design Organisation (WDO) and Interaction Design Association (IxDA), kicked off at Bolgatty Palace and Island Resort on Thursday. “The design sector should become more democratic in its approach by considering the needs of people, the primary consumers. On Friday, an architecture and design summit will be held.‘Design ecosystem will boost startup products’Saji Gopinath said the state has several talented persons when it comes to the design sector. For this, Kochi needs to be elevated as a ‘design hub’,” said Gopinath. ‘Design festivals needed’Manish Arora, coordinator, Design Innovation Centre, Banaras Hindu University, said it is a great move by the state government to conduct a design festival in Kochi..