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STUDENT DESIGNER
RAVI RATNAM
ARTISAN DESIGNER
SITARAM JI
DESIGN MENTORS
TADAO ARIMOTO
INDUSTRY PARTNER
SRI RAM STONE CUTTING INDUSTRIES, SIKENDRA
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER
CDOS, IICD
SELF-INTERPRETATION The brief was to design products which are lightweight, easy to transport and cost-effective. Combination of various sand stone, wood and metal could be used to create fusion products. The brief was to design a product range from sandstone for indoor as well as outdoors. After this we did the site visit at Sikandra where we observed the machine and hand processing of sandstone. This helped in giving a clear vision as in what should be our deliverables to the stone industry. The ideation was the best part where i personally did learn a lot. We did many sketches which helped me to visualise better, so it gave me a clear view of the process. Sketching helped in the sense to realise the what are the various possibilities in stone. We also explored in various materials so as to get a better vision of the prototype`s feasibility.
IDEATION AND SKETCHES
MATERIAL EXPLORATION AND MOCK UPS
FINAL CONCEPTS Concept :-
This is a garden stool is a single seater inspired by the flow of leaves. Thesurface has texture of leaves rest of the surface is polished. The form of the stool is a simple cylinder.
Making :-
The form would be made on lathe machine & the tex ture part would be done with hand tools.
Dimensions :- Outer Diameter = 14” Inner Diameter = 10” Height = 16” Its hollow from inside i.e, 13” from the ground Material :-
Red sand stone
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
PROCESS OF PROTOTYPING
FINAL PROTOTYPE
COSTING
Material :- 1100 .00 Lathe :- 500 .00(Turning) Carving :- 700 .00
EXPERIENCE Working in Sand stone was a great exrience for me. I naver had explored stone as a material so was a great learning all forgether. it was a great oppartunity to work with the artisans at sikendra. I feel myself fortunate that i got the chance of working with designer like Mr. Tadao Arimoto. In this project. I developed Garden stool and Fountain. At every step, I learned a lot.