A DESIGN IS A GOOD DESIGN AS LONG AS IT SERVES THE PURPOSE Dhruvkant Amin, Founder and Designer of Techtona Grandis Furniture speaks about how an opportunity back in 2014 led to the birth of Tectona Grandis Furniture. What is your idea of good design? An idea of good design is “ Make it simple but significant.”
In conversation with Dhrukant Amin, Founder and Designer, Tectona Grandis
Who do you look up to for design inspiration?
Dhruvkant Amin, Founder and Designer of Techtona Grandis Furniture
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Who is/are your design idol(s)? Without any second thought, it is Gajanan Upadhyay also well known as GU, have been widely appreciated for its simplicity, finesse and ‘construction aesthetics. He worked with numerous architects like Ray and Charles Eames, Louis Kahn, George Nakashima, Poul Kjærholm, Nils Fagerholt, Bo Bonfils, Jens Moeller Jensen, Hans Gugelot and many others
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The inspiration of design comes from nature, event, an ideology or design to resolve the need of a client. Thus I cannot associate inspiration to a particular thing, but in various different mood or time, various things inspire me in different ways.
Which was one of your earliest products which garnered a lot of attention? The Ripple Coffee Table is one of the products designed by me which garnered a lot of attention, followed by Nordic Sofa & Mastaba Console. In your journey so far what are some of the memorable products you have designed?
The first one will always remain close to my heart, as I had the opportunity to design furniture for the Karma Café, of the Navjivan Press, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad. The learning of his life and incorporating it in my creations was inspiring. The stackable chairs which were even named in my collection after the café called the “Karma Chair” is a memorable product. The other product which is close to my heart is the latest
