Balance Exhibition

Negotiations between the maker, form and materials

Negotiations between the maker, form and materials

Specifications

project details

ROLE

Project Lead, Architectural Designer

NATURE OF WORK

Commissioned

YEAR

2024

TYPOLOGY

Exhibition Design

SCOPE

Exhibition Design + Scenography + Furniture Design + Designed objects

AREA

8500 sq. ft.

LOCATION

Mumbai, India

WORKING WITH

PUBLISHED IN

PUBLISHED IN

Roles & Responsibilities:

Project lead for a team of 4, Furniture design, prototyping, fabrication, coordination with craftsmen, technical drawings, Material sourcing, scenography design for Exhibition, budget and costing, packaging.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Project lead for a team of 4, Furniture design, prototyping, fabrication, coordination with craftsmen, technical drawings, Material sourcing, scenography design for Exhibition, budget and costing, packaging.

The private collection, titled Balance, is an exploration in structure through natural forms. The collection positions asymmetry with poise, stone with metal and inspirations born of nature with exquisite workmanship, resulting in a testament to enduring contradictions in form. With a dominant curvilinear theme presiding over cantilevered structure, the collection downplays surface intricacies in favour of form, and incorporates various new luxurious mediums. White, green and pink onyx dominate accents of semi-precious red jasper, lapiz lazuli and mookaite, their deep richness of palette seeking to elevate base tones. Metal makes its debut; using the casting process, we have designed several key components using premium white bronze, which patinates over time. Juxtaposing against the enduring qualities of stone, its steady, graceful wane reflects the duality of aging.

.Set against the backdrop of an old Ice Factory, hand-embroidered sheer curtains divided the spaces while casting the silhouette of a forest. There are materials that do not typically exist together, like metal and stone and upholstery. The collection is an exploration on how the handmade and fabrication machines can come together. An homage to the skills of our diligent craftsmen across Jaipur and Mumbai, Balance is, quite simply, a symphony of paradox, an amalgamation of seemingly gravity-defying displays that render the laws of physics inconsequential, while in reality it relies solely on the uncompromising principles of structure.

Scenography

Customizations in Side Tables

White, green onyx , pink onyx,semi-precious red jasper

lapiz lazuli, mookaite, White Bronze

Coffee Table

hand-carved, piece of white onyx

White bronze

Scenography

Pebble Garden

Customizations in Side Tables

White, green onyx , pink onyx,semi-precious red jasper

lapiz lazuli, mookaite, White Bronze

Coffee Table

hand-carved, piece of white onyx

White bronze

Scenography

Pebble Garden

Isolated Image Title Text

The pieces rested on a bed of waste marble offcuts from the very carvings on display, turning remnants into designed objects, and absence into meaning. A forest was woven around the objects against the industrial space, The handmade and machinic intelligences do not replace each other, they negotiate with each other.

Casted White Bronze, Lapis Lazuli

A large looking glass features two alabaster lights ensconced between concatenated pieces.

Mirror, Alabaster Carved marble lights, White bronze frame

Cashmere Upholstery, Casted White Bronze

Chord Embroidery, Hand embroidered Carpets

Casted White Bronze, Lapis Lazuli

A large looking glass features two alabaster lights ensconced between concatenated pieces.

Mirror, Alabaster Carved marble lights, White bronze frame

Cashmere Upholstery, Casted White Bronze

Chord Embroidery, Hand embroidered Carpets

The
Process

The
Process

PROJECT CREDITS:

Krishna Vakharia, Harsita Pantpratinidhi, Rashmila Kotcheru, Production- 70EMG ,2M Atelier DeMuro Das Frozen Music Photography- Shine Bhola Studio, Photo Couture Vinay Pajwani Special thanks to the atrisans, Abdul, Khaliq, Afroz, Aftab, Amirul, Amit, Bablu, Balikarna, Bashir, Bharti, Chaman, Guddu, Gufran, Haider, Hanif, Imran, Iqbaal, Jani, Alam, Jayshree, Julfakkar, Mushtaq, Naeem, Niranjan, Noor, Ram, Vilas, Rashid, Riyaz, Ul Malik, Saeed, Shabbir, Shahid, Sirajul, Tabrez, Tanveer, Wajid, Wasm, Zakir,

PROJECT CREDITS:

Krishna Vakharia, Harsita Pantpratinidhi, Rashmila Kotcheru, Production- 70EMG ,2M Atelier DeMuro Das Frozen Music Photography- Shine Bhola Studio, Photo Couture Vinay Pajwani Special thanks to the atrisans, Abdul, Khaliq, Afroz, Aftab, Amirul, Amit, Bablu, Balikarna, Bashir, Bharti, Chaman, Guddu, Gufran, Haider, Hanif, Imran, Iqbaal, Jani, Alam, Jayshree, Julfakkar, Mushtaq, Naeem, Niranjan, Noor, Ram, Vilas, Rashid, Riyaz, Ul Malik, Saeed, Shabbir, Shahid, Sirajul, Tabrez, Tanveer, Wajid, Wasm, Zakir,

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