design project at nid

week 5-6  26 april 2017 Me and Anurag are working together in a group to make a table and bench for BMW canteen ( so our blogs for the day are also some what similar ) but we have worked out 5 options for the table and bench till date and derived a final form that uses all the learning from the discussion with Pravin sir over the first four failed concepts .........the time is running out and we will start making the furniture as soon as we have figured out the few minor set backs.......... below are the sheets from all the explorations till date............  first concept first concept on voronoi pattern first concept on voronoi pattern first concept on voronoi pattern first concept on voronoi pattern first concept on voronoi pattern first concept on voronoi pattern second concept  second concept on modular furniture that uses a stack of concrete blocks to make table and bench ...

Week 4 Day 4                            13-04-2017                           Thursday was the submission of design project. Design brief issues and design factors material analysis material analysis dimension analysis  references for design solution

Week 4 Day 3                  12-04-2017                  the day before the submission of furniture design, the furniture chosen is table for the BMW canteen. its going to be group work for me and Anurag.... to come up with a design solution, that solves the issues and is in terms with the design philosophy of NID..... reo chair designed by Fifth column  a design firm based in vadodara  run by nidians,   Jaymin Panchasara  vivek prakash a table based on voronoi pattern stool by konstantin grcic

Week 4 Day 2            11-04-2017             Today it all has come down to the final exercise of furniture design, of course with the duly fulfilled process  of understanding the reason behind creating something and why and how it needs to be made.......  there was a good discussion on how to come up with a solution that is derived out of a thought process and actually helps tackle down the issues, rather than just another piece  of furniture....               for BMW canteen the issues were :                                                               so i looked at the possible material that could be viable in such a scenario and concrete seems a good solution to that......  a concrete table w...

Week 4 day 1                       the first day of  4th week of DP was half day scoldings by Pravin sir ( with guidance of course  ).... and half day trips to showrooms in Ahmadabad,  the first visit was Herman miller at thaltej....... what i felt was that the furniture there was quite complex in construction and felt  like works of engineering and a lot of complexity in terms of  ergonomics that went in there....very different from what we do here at NID......   beware....... of fake products............look for "the mark" entrance to the showroom some interesting quotes .... harsh figuring out if he can fit in ....... also the back of the chair is perfectly designed as per ergonomics of the human back  some more images metal bar stools some curious minds........ and some pics from steel case ...