Restful

Exploring local wooden crates as material for making

Exploring local wooden crates as material for making

Project Details

This project aimed at understanding the structural, expressive quality and design applications of local wooden crates and planks. Restful, a lounging space engulfs the visitor into a warmer, cozier and comfortable environment.

Year

Client

Agency

Category

Role

2018

Student Works

National Institue of Design

Experience Design, Material Studies

'Restful' Conceptualised and Produced by : Devansh Khajanchi, Khushboo Mehrotra and Muskaan Agarwal

Project Details

This project aimed at understanding the structural, expressive quality and design applications of local wooden crates and planks. Restful, a lounging space engulfs the visitor into a warmer, cozier and comfortable environment.

Year

Client

Agency

Category

Role

2018

Student Works

National Institue of Design

Experience Design, Material Studies

'Restful' Conceptualised and Produced by : Devansh Khajanchi, Khushboo Mehrotra and Muskaan Agarwal

Project Details

This project aimed at understanding the structural, expressive quality and design applications of local wooden crates and planks. Restful, a lounging space engulfs the visitor into a warmer, cozier and comfortable environment.

Year

Client

Agency

Category

Role

2018

Student Works

National Institue of Design

Experience Design, Material Studies

'Restful' Conceptualised and Produced by : Devansh Khajanchi, Khushboo Mehrotra and Muskaan Agarwal

Exploring the structural and expressive quality and the design applications of local wooden crates and planks

Stacking, fusing, moulding and weaving

Restful — the lounging space

Stacking / The Table The main aim was to create a strona surface using stacking and nesting methods. The result of explorations being, a durable, minimal table made using 5 crates. Two crates held together by a smaller crate nested within, resting on two vertial legs. Fusing / The Lounge Chair A simple, durable and lightweight chair, easy to reproduce. The entire chair can be made at a minimum cost of 3 60 depending on the quality of the wood. Assembled using two crates and a handful of planks stacked together making a durable ply. The form accomodates two compartments at the bottom. Weaving / The Paper Rack An outcome of giving function to a material exploration. it has a unique visual language. The paper rack can be reproduced using scrap. The Space To furthur expirement and explore the material, we took up the challenge to make a dome using the crates. To fit the dome in the the Eames Plaza, we truncated the top to make it a semi open space. This helped in developing a subtle transition from the outside to the inside.

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