The objective of this project was to promote bamboo through a project which includes setting up a bamboo processing facility for bamboo furniture, training of workers and creating new products.
This project has been done in collaboration with South Asia Bamboo Foundation (SABF) and Unati where a master craftsman and I were sent to Punjab as a part of SABF.
The training was carried out for two months where ten ITI graduates were trained with the basic bamboo processing methods for making bamboo furniture. After the training the company wanted to have some office furniture designs which they would later use in their offices and eventually sell to government offices as a part of promoting their industry. The main factors that influenced my design were the raw material, skill of the workers and the workshop limitations.
The designs made as a result were simple, giving them the opportunity to be mass produced and by adding attributes of office or working chairs.
