Kushal Dhananjay Samant started his journey by selling stationery on the streets. In 2013, he graduated with a distinction in Bachelors of Architecture. His Alma Mater is KLS GIT, Belgaum (Visvesvaraya Technological University). Since 2009, he has been designing competition architecture in collaboration with other architects based at Seattle, CDMX, Buenos Aires, Maastricht, Torino, Kaapstad, Tampere, Mumbai, Panjim, Bangalore, Manila, and Sydney. He has worked with brands like Thomas Albert Music, The Hive, The Black Canvas, SoundCloud, Scootsy, OpenDesk, Maker’s Asylum, Ketto, funKtion design, EDStudio Architects, de.Sign Architecture | Urban Design, Airbnb, Adidas, &c. He has been an Airbnb Superhost. He has stopped a country from deporting a friend. He has been a curated Medium writer. He has been a visiting faculty at Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Architecture, Navi Mumbai.

KDS makes books, films, furniture, media, podcast, and projects. KDS leads the WikiHouse/BOM chapter of The WikiHouse Project in Bombay. These works are features on The Economic Times, and Future Architecture Platform.