*VenkataNandan*SivaNANDANPemmarajuisamultidisciplinary designer with a core in spatial design
1.Boisteroussketches
The images above show my project THE INDIAN FURNITURE SYSTEM, Developed and designed keeping in mind the multiple wastes produced in India- Utilizing wood, aluminium, and plastic wastes to create a modular furniture system.
My three step design process* 1.Boisterous sketches of information through modelform-making form making with a narrative
3.Final form making with a narrative
2.Translation
2.Translation of information through (model/form)-making
3.Final
A student project at ArtCenter College of Design
The Mercedes Tomorrow
Boisterous sketches made around the floor plan and the site context of the project located in Beverly Hills, LA.
Mercedes as a brand in the year 2020 is in a transition into the Electric mobility-“The ELECTRIC FUTURE RUN”. The car giant nurtures its classic Mercedes design style with the contemporary elements interpretations maintaining “sensual purity” for its new cars. This project will be a bridge of the transition between the company’s past and future design styles, telling the customers/fans/users a story.
A collage I made representing the bridge between the past and the future design of Mercedes
The ground floor introduces the Benz style boutique hotel experience with the Mercedes Experience bar. It also has a Kiosk-Cafe where the customers/guests can relax and nurture the experience. The top two floors hold all the guest rooms of the boutique hotel. The whole experience from the ground up is semi-private to private spaces.
The entrance through the Kiosk-Cafe area of the Benz style boutique hotel welcoming you into the flavor of the space- the juxtapostion of past and the future of Mercedes.
300SL has been a turning point for Mercedes Benz. Its representation in a spatial manifestation of Mercedes’ past is a given. I used SL’s trunk lid in the Experience Center located on the ground floor of the hotel. The Lid design is unique to Mercedes’ design language back in the day. It is used in the space sbove the experi ence tables as a scultpure.
Views of the guest rooms-
1.The Bedroomlounge
2. The Bedroom view looking into the Santa Monica Boulevard
Neo-Work is a co-working experience for the “now” with thegoal of learning from the success and the failure of the pre and the post-pandemic co-work spaces. Through biophilic design, biomimicry, and blending outdoors and indoors of the workspace. Neo-Work brings people back into a new working environment to work and connect with each other.
Neo-Work
The Forms of the building have combinations mimicing nature; and geometric forms TO COMPLIMENT THEM. Multiple forms of the interiors of the building are inspired from the silhouettes in the nature. For example: a centrally facing organic work space mimics a river movement/ the crowned leaf shade forming roof ON the bulding is retrofitted in order to MIMIC A SHADE FORMED BY A LEAF under the sun, extolling the indus trial facade.
Interior views
3.The cactus pods are quiet zones from where users could zoom their private meetings.
2.the private work pods overlooking stalectite natural silhouette and central atrium space
1.The waiting lounge
1.Common seating space
3.The sound balloon expands to reduce noise when the number of the people in the common space are more.
The centrally facing organic work space mimics a river movement. Frigate bird inspired sound proofing baloon is a dynamic inclusion to the space enhacing the audio-visual character of the space. The balloon reactst to the density of the foot fall of the space.
2.Frigate bird inspired sound baloon in the seatingcommonspace
Painting the floor plates
Brick texture laser engrave prototype
Initial pre-paint model fitting test
1 x 64 scaled model of Neo-Work
Model part fitting test
Value Light
A student project designed for HAY. Value is a gesture-based idea symbolizing presenting something. It is developed on the big idea of focussing attention on something.
Boisterous sketches made around the silhouette search for the VALUE light
A scaled cardboard model test for Value.
1’ x 1’5”
Color patelle and the parts
View showing Value spraying light on a sneaker collection
NIO-madic
As a spatial designer, I created an opportunity in the project to realize a lesser known precedented solution. Teaming up with product and interaction designers I had the opportunity to craft this wholesome project which fits the brief custom-made. After rigorously brand strat egising we designed a solution that would appreciate and enhance nomadic experiences through mobility marking the rising numbers of the nomads of the world - the “NIOmadic” future we as a team named it. We designed three different experiences namely- Live, Play, and Work. The image below shows you the Play pod.
Work Pod allowing the users to work in their place of choice.
Live Pod showing the users how to socialise on the go!
Allbirds
TheIndian flagship store. The store entrance welcomes with a series of Indian representations of Allbirds. One example is the floor “Muggu”, an Indian style de-cal in order to imbibe the Allbirds illustration.
Material palette of the store
The store is aimed to make their tag line - “World’s most comfortable shoe” palpable to the customers through different object like treatments of the space. The texture of the outer and inner walls representing their shoe’s knit pattern; the vase like quality of their shoes to create a cenral shoe trial and display pod; their materi al usage wool and light weightedness of the shoe through a lit cloud in the central atrium space; multiple form based designed elements like such, are utilized to created a flagship retail experience of the brand.
Selected works in the last few years ranging from Lighting fixtures, Graphic design, high budget homes, boutique hotels, vernacular-contemporary blend interiors etc. to see more visit https://www.nandandesign.com/
Selected works in the last few years ranging from Lighting fixtures, Graphic design, high budget homes, boutique hotels, vernacular-contemporary blend interiors etc. to see more visit https://www.nandandesign.com/
Emailnandanofdesign@gmail.com
Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nandan-siva/ for more info. about the projectshttps://www.nandandesign.com/
“It’s the perspective” like they say it. I could develop the best kind of perspective only because of understanding design as it is. I started developing it through the lens of architectural design, which led me to ask questions about all things in the world because we as architects craft experiences for people, unbelievably personal to them. I nurtured this perspective for a very long time now which led me to think about making a personal experience with deeper meaning and sound through very customized design solutions. This is why I call myself now a multidisciplinary designer with a core in spatial design. Hi, I am NANDAN, a small-town guy from INDIA, currently working to widen my perspectival frame in New York City.
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