06 // Thinking in Objects

Ergonomic studies, Detailing and Making processes

Professional and Academic projects

Location: Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Morbi, India

Furniture developments were a continuous process and were initiated with the remaking of a wooden and a metal chair to understand : wood and metal as primary materials, wood joineries, metal junctions, and also analyzing the ergonomics and anthropometry involved in furniture design.

The design aspect had started by developing and executing the cantilevered wooden stool. The working system aspect in the furniture was explored in the Deployable deck chair where scissor mechanism was fused with the functionality of the deck chair. To manifest the fused idea, digital fabrication techniques were explored.

Techniques like laser cutting for process models and CNC milling/cutting were integrated for the final real scale prototype. Other furniture developments were guided by private project needs such as economical constraints, on tandem with the rest of interior space, time for execution and interior space type.

The office open workstations, office desks and units were developed from planar materials like sheet metal, plywood and MDF (medium density fiber) boards for rapid execution and for ease of quantifying. Furniture design process was first explored through paper, model explorations, leading to detailed development and material procurement, sourcing of skilled carpenters and craftspersons, to actual making in the workshop for a thorough understanding of the entire process.

Duration:14 Weeks // Guide: Professor Kireet Patel

Scale working model showing the five variations of the deck chair

Exploded isometric showing the kit of parts and assembly

Isometric of the facade system and the casted shadow