I am Kailasnath. I like connecting dots. I love to design systems. I come from a small but beautiful village in Ranni Taluk, Kerala, which is surrounded by tropical evergreen rain forest. Binu — the village carpenter and a part time artist was my childhood hero. Step by step, one stroke at a time, he made paintings, sculptures, woodwork and building’s components. It was as if he could see what he was about to make. To my young mind, the ability to visualize was a mystical super power! I left my village in 2007 and moved to Chennai city in the pursuit of Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and later completed Master’s Degree in Industrial Design specializing in Furniture Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad. My greatest joy is to have imaginations materialized – to make.
I am Kailasnath. I like connecting dots. I love to design systems. I come from a small but beautiful village in Ranni Taluk, Kerala, which is surrounded by tropical evergreen rain forest. Binu — the village carpenter and a part time artist was my childhood hero. Step by step, one stroke at a time, he made paintings, sculptures, woodwork and building’s components. It was as if he could see what he was about to make. To my young mind, the ability to visualize was a mystical super power! I left my village in 2007 and moved to Chennai city in the pursuit of Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and later completed Master’s Degree in Industrial Design specializing in Furniture Design from National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad. My greatest joy is to have imaginations materialized – to make.
design research ideation
Vanity Cabinet for Roca-Parryware Bathroom furniture is a unique challenge in India. Our ablution practices, climate, and lifestyle leads to bathroom being a very wet & damp space. All major manufacturers secretly faces this cultural challenge. Also, Indian families use “vanity cabinets� as storage for bathroom cleaning products and other sanitary consumables. PU polished oil rich hardwood and powder coated galvinized iron sheet with phosphate conversion coating ensures durability in wet enviornment. The pull out vertical drawer is for stocking personal hygiene product. The larger basket is for storing bathroom cleaning products. The design also strikes a balance between low cost of production and high percieved value of the product.
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further research & ideation synthesis of ideas
Vanity Cabinet for Roca-Parryware Bathroom furniture is a unique challenge in India. Our ablution practices, climate, and lifestyle leads to bathroom being a very wet & damp space. All major manufacturers secretly faces this cultural challenge. Also, Indian families use “vanity cabinets� as storage for bathroom cleaning products and other sanitary consumables. PU polished oil rich hardwood and powder coated galvinized iron sheet with phosphate conversion coating ensures durability in wet enviornment. The pull out vertical drawer is for stocking personal hygiene product. The larger basket is for storing bathroom cleaning products. The design also strikes a balance between low cost of production and high percieved value of the product.
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mock-up fabrication & prototyping
Vanity Cabinet for Roca-Parryware
assembly and testing
Bathroom furniture is a unique challenge in India. Our ablution practices, climate, and lifestyle leads to bathroom being a very wet & damp space. All major manufacturers secretly faces this cultural challenge. Also, Indian families use “vanity cabinets� as storage for bathroom cleaning products and other sanitary consumables. PU polished oil rich hardwood and powder coated galvinized iron sheet with phosphate conversion coating ensures durability in wet enviornment. The pull out vertical drawer is for stocking personal hygiene product. The larger basket is for storing bathroom cleaning products. The design also strikes a balance between low cost of production and high percieved value of the product.
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proof of concept
Vanity Cabinet for Roca-Parryware Bathroom furniture is a unique challenge in India. Our ablution practices, climate, and lifestyle leads to bathroom being a very wet & damp space. All major manufacturers secretly faces this cultural challenge. Also, Indian families use “vanity cabinets� as storage for bathroom cleaning products and other sanitary consumables. PU polished oil rich hardwood and powder coated galvinized iron sheet with phosphate conversion coating ensures durability in wet enviornment. The pull out vertical drawer is for stocking personal hygiene product. The larger basket is for storing bathroom cleaning products. The design also strikes a balance between low cost of production and high percieved value of the product.
ideation and concept development prototyping
CNC Manufacture Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) machines convert digital instructions to production process. Sheet metal was cut using CNC laser and then folded using a CNC press brake. The pipe too was bended using a CNC pipe bending machine featuring 6 axis operations. The parts were manually assembled using spot welding. Digitized production process guarantees exceptional accuracy without costing much time. This furniture concept is modular and stackable. Several units can be tiled together to form a large assembly apt for public spaces. The hexagonal socio-petal arrangement they form, owing to the shape, is condusive for interactions.
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product photography
CNC Manufacture Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) machines convert digital instructions to production process. Sheet metal was cut using CNC laser and then folded using a CNC press brake. The pipe too was bended using a CNC pipe bending machine featuring 6 axis operations. The parts were manually assembled using spot welding. Digitized production process guarantees exceptional accuracy without costing much time. This furniture concept is modular and stackable. Several units can be tiled together to form a large assembly apt for public spaces. The hexagonal socio-petal arrangement they form, owing to the shape, is condusive for interactions.
ideation with miniatures
Folding Stool The child in me always found great joy playing with dynamic and transformative every day objects like compass, nail clipper, scissors etc. In playful imagination, these otherwise mundane objects became guns, starships, robots, etc., shifting their shape as they are folded or operated.
mock-up prototype
Rather than folding a furniture into a compact mass, this concept stool turns into an interesting geometric abstraction. The thin folded form (2� thick) makes it apt to be hung and displayed on walls.
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prototyping The child in me always found great joy playing with dynamic and transformative every day objects like compass, nail clipper, scissors etc. In playful imagination, these otherwise mundane objects became guns, starships, robots, etc., shifting their shape as they are folded or operated. Rather than folding a furniture into a compact mass, this concept stool turns into an interesting geometric abstraction. The thin folded form (2� thick) makes it apt to be hung and displayed on walls.
product photograph
Folding Stool
user research
Folding Stool The child in me always found great joy playing with dynamic and transformative every day objects like compass, nail clipper, scissors etc. In playful imagination, these otherwise mundane objects became guns, starships, robots, etc., shifting their shape as they are folded or operated. Rather than folding a furniture into a compact mass, this concept stool turns into an interesting geometric abstraction. The thin folded form (2� thick) makes it apt to be hung and displayed on walls.
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ergonomics study ideation & mock-up
Hammock Chair
prototyping
It is rather awkward to sit at a different eye level than the others as it psychologically alters heirarchy and proximity. If I’m to introduce a seating to a space which otherwise doesn’t have any furniture, the user should be sitting as low as possible. Hammock chair concept can be best described as a firmer alternative to a bean bag. It provides a better posture and is more apt for working than relaxing.
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product photography
Hammock Chair
It is rather awkward to sit at a different eye level than the others as it psychologically alters heirarchy and proximity. If I’m to introduce a seating to a space which otherwise doesn’t have any furniture, the user should be sitting as low as possible. Hammock chair concept can be best described as a firmer alternative to a bean bag. It provides a better posture and is more apt for working than relaxing.
design research
Public Seating Some people find comfort in solitude, and others in company of others. This social behaviour charecteristics needs to be addressed in public areas more than anywhere else since there is little or nothing that can be done in the vast open spaces. The public seating concept presents an adaptable solution which can provide privacy or openness as and when the user wishes.
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ideation with miatures
Public Seating Some people find comfort in solitude, and others in company of others. This social behaviour charecteristics needs to be addressed in public areas more than anywhere else since there is little or nothing that can be done in the vast open spaces. The public seating concept presents an adaptable solution which can provide privacy or openness as and when the user wishes.
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product photography
Public Seating Some people find comfort in solitude, and others in company of others. This social behaviour charecteristics needs to be addressed in public areas more than anywhere else since there is little or nothing that can be done in the vast open spaces. The public seating concept presents an adaptable solution which can provide privacy or openness as and when the user wishes.
ideation sketches miniature model
Coffee Table This coffee table concept revolves around an exploration to understand percieved value of products. The first idea was to create an earthy wooden coffee table axed out of a log. The tool marks left by axe will add a rich humane story to the piece. After encountering the practical aspect, the idea refined into a conclusion that a piece which is 90% manufactured and a 10% handmade will still retain the distinction of a humane character, just enough to be differentiated among the rest of mass manufactured products.
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prototyping
Coffee Table This coffee table concept revolves around an exploration to understand percieved value of products. The first idea was to create an earthy wooden coffee table axed out of a log. The tool marks left by axe will add a rich humane story to the piece. After encountering the practical aspect, the idea refined into a conclusion that a piece which is 90% manufactured and a 10% handmade will still retain the distinction of a humane character, just enough to be differentiated among the rest of mass manufactured products.
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product photography
Coffee Table This coffee table concept revolves around an exploration to understand percieved value of products. The first idea was to create an earthy wooden coffee table axed out of a log. The tool marks left by axe will add a rich humane story to the piece. After encountering the practical aspect, the idea refined into a conclusion that a piece which is 90% manufactured and a 10% handmade will still retain the distinction of a humane character, just enough to be differentiated among the rest of mass manufactured products.
design development site photos Mullapilly Illom is a 2400 sq.ft residence designed for an elderly couple. The elevation is so designed to bring down the scale of the building because the couple wanted “a small house”. It features four bedrooms, two living areas, a library, dining room and an open kitchen. The spatial requirements considers frequent visit and stay by the couple’s children and their families.
photos after completion
Mullapilly Residence
prodcut photography The clock is an exploratory design to bring out virtues of DuPont Corial as utilitarian function. The concept is to create a clock combining cosmic bodies and time. Three circular circuits of LED lights are timed to mimic seconds, minutes, and hours handle of a clock. They are mounted behind the transculscent DuPont Corian. Constellations that helped mankind to keep track of months and years are engraved as a backdrop theme.
project team
Constellation Clock
material exploration and prototyping Who’s turn is next?! Who is better than whom?! Challenges, skills, luck, competition, group activity etc., makes playground engaging. The contraption has a high basket and the ball will roll out of it randomly through one of the channel, each directed to different sides of the installation. It is upto the kids to come up with rules of the game.
product photography
Playground Installation
SketchUp, VRay, and Photoshop
Computer Generated Renders Depending up on the work at hand, Google SketchUp, Rhinocerous, or Autodesk 3Ds Max is used for creating 3D models. Luxion Keyshot and VRay is used for materials, texturing and render. Rhinocerous is utilized mostly as a CAD software, and only when dimensional accuracy of model is critical to the render. Luxion Keyshot is used for texturing & rendering. Simple models are created in SketchUp. SketchUp VRay have limitation when it comes to material development & lighting. But on a positive not, it is extremely fast and best suited for rapid visualization. For very challenging tasks requiring organic forms, and procedural materials 3Ds Max is used along with VRay.
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SketchUp and Vray Google SketchUP
Computer Generated Renders Depending up on the work at hand, Google SketchUp, Rhinocerous, or Autodesk 3Ds Max is used for creating 3D models. Luxion Keyshot and VRay is used for materials, texturing and render. Rhinocerous is utilized mostly as a CAD software, and only when dimensional accuracy of model is critical to the render. Luxion Keyshot is used for texturing & rendering. Simple models are created in SketchUp. SketchUp VRay have limitation when it comes to material development & lighting. But on a positive not, it is extremely fast and best suited for rapid visualization. For very challenging tasks requiring organic forms, and procedural materials 3Ds Max is used along with VRay.
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3Ds Max and Vray for advanced models and texturing
Computer Generated Renders Depending up on the work at hand, Google SketchUp, Rhinocerous, or Autodesk 3Ds Max is used for creating 3D models. Luxion Keyshot and VRay is used for materials, texturing and render. Rhinocerous is utilized mostly as a CAD software, and only when dimensional accuracy of model is critical to the render. Luxion Keyshot is used for texturing & rendering. Simple models are created in SketchUp. SketchUp VRay have limitation when it comes to material development & lighting. But on a positive not, it is extremely fast and best suited for rapid visualization. For very challenging tasks requiring organic forms, and procedural materials 3Ds Max is used along with VRay.
ideation mock-up
Identity Design The clients manufacture Rajasthani Blue Pottery. They started a socially concious business initiative to uplift female artisans in the industry. ‘Nabi’ means butterfly in Korean. The challenge was to create an identity and branding assets that reflect the handmade nature of the products. The solution was developed around the concept of imitating the traditional branding tools — branding iron, ink block, and wax seal. A deep brand impression can be created by ceremoniously pressing the logomark on visiting cards using a custom made ink block or seal right before handing it over to the new acquintance.
THANK YOU Ar. Kailasnath Muraleedharan Saradamadom B.Arch., M.Des. (Furniture & Interior Design, NID) +91-97126-18464 kailasnath.muraleedharan@gmail.com Iravimangalath Illam (Saradamadom), Kindagoor P.O., Angamaly, Eranakulam District, KERALA, PIN 683572