Thursday, August 7, 2008

"Material"-istic

As i go on with my project, i continue to discover how one, as a designer, should be able to adapt to situations. each project, brings in a new range of possibilities, probabilities and problems. it is so essential to evaluate and understand these.

after doing a fair amount of research, when i started my ideation, i started off with form explorations. but as i went on i realized how, as a new-age designer, my thoughts are influenced by the way plastics work. minute flanges, complicated forms etc. started reflecting in my sketches. but then when i looked back at it, i understood that it was a completely different set of materials that my drawings were reflecting.

the beauty of bamboo is the intricate weaves, the varying thicknesses and colour of each strip, the beauty of the "the difference" which i didn't account for. hence, i decided to go back and look into basketry!

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