Fusionér I F U S E : Homedecor Objects

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Fusionér I F U S E : SMALL STORAGE HOME DECOR OBJECTS

Project done at Shed Studio, Surat, Gujarat

ABOUT

SHED STUDIO

I Design Language & Philosophy

Shed (https://outoftheshed.in/, Shed Instagram) is a multidisciplinary design practice that thinks through making.

While function and form act as primary pillars that they design and ideate around, their true motivation derives from the pursuit of fun.

Source : outoftheshed.in , @outoftheshed_

Through its products, Shed propagates a slow and joyful living in the midst of our chaotic, fast-paced urban lifestyles. It urges one to pause and spend time to experience the stillness, to look back at the analogue and rediscover the wisdom of bygone eras by re-presenting it within our context.
The studio expects to treat each project as an experience for the curators as well as the clients, rather than treating them as just objects.

Refrain from using any external hardware such as nails and hinges, to keep the sanctity of the materials preserved. The studio pushes the idea of having sharp sense of enquiry and restless curiosity. To take it as a challenge to come up with alternatives for design details that could easily be achieved through external hardware/tools.

Picture clicked by me at the Wood Lab

at Shed Studio, Surat

I Key Points

• Design a Range of small storage boxes that should be statement pieces, acting as icebreakers and conversation starters in any environment they are placed in

• Refrain from using any external hardware such as nails, hinges, or magnets for joineries, mechanisms, or design detail, unless absolutely necessary.
• Explicitly experiment and explore the characteristics of wood with wooden joineries, jointing techniques and visual appeal.

Keywords

Statement pieces Experiment with Wood jointing techniques No external Hardware

Exploring wooden parquetry pattern with 90° angles and more

I Technical Specifications

I DETAILS

I PROCESS

I Prototyping

Testing both the sliding mechanism of the shutters in prototypes

Making the shutter mechanism (picture 1 & 2), wood jointing technique ( picture 3)

Removing material from the back of the wood jointed shutter to add a solid wooden sheet for strength

Cutting the different types of wood according to the designs and sticking them in the pattern

Drilling holes for the sliding shutter rod (picture 1), Grinding & polishing the box (picture 2 & 3)

Arranging the design puzzle of the shutters with the craftsmen at their den

The Products were exhibited in The Raw Collaborative 2022 and also pictured in the studio space for Architectural Digest India (May - June 2022 issue)