bamboo symphony

all the waste wood, bamboo, stone boulders and debris from house construction and mud were used with bamboo as the main construction material in the most innovative manner. the office is a zero energy development, with closed loop systems for building materials, processes and technologies.

Affordable Luxury in Bath

‘Affordable Luxury’ A concept less explored.

The Tapering Edges

Stone cladding, wooden, metal & bamboo elements adds serenity to the space

A Steel And Glass Garden For Twelve AM PM

Mild Steel and Glass with Geometrical grids adds aesthetics to the abstract store design

An Exploration With Terraconcreta

The design is conceptualised as an exploratory journey through the various layers of the earth and its energy resources.

A Delightful Dream Come True

Dark wood plank, wooden rafters, Tanjore paintings and laminates added the right elegance to the space while blending well with the antique prized possession.

An Artistic Show

The earthy material palette with Kotah stone and magical metal Corten steel gave the showroom an artistic feel, increasing the brand image.

Seeds of Transformation at Salone del Mobile

Thank you Salone del Mobile Milano for the special privilege RED CARD. Private access to the VIP RED LOUNGE was amazing with great Italian food & services. Best part was to enjoy the fair minus the queues & crowd with the quickest access to the fairgrounds.

Fit-Niture

Product: Fitness Furniture Inspired by health and fitness, this one-of its-kind furnishing range includes dumbbell lamp, dip chair, pull-up table and x bench to allow the users catch hold of good health at the comfort of office or home!

Cellastic

Product: Lounge ChairIf lounging implies comfort, Cellastic has to mean ultraelastic comfort! It takes favour of the cellular elasticity and tensile stress properties of materials – giving out a structure that has perfect stretch ratio. Hence the ultra-tactile, customizable Lounge Chair. Usually set by moulding patterned fibre cords into the rubber seat, experts pour latex for some long-lastingness.

Lamp or a Musical Instrument?

Product: Range of Musical Lamps Bejewelled light with harmonious Tunes! Didj Star is a range of vivid-hues, abstract looking vertical lamps that are musical in nature! They are available in different models and installed with LEDs which allow a transition of color/ shades when lit for some more uniqueness!

Carpets & Art

Every carpet tells a story.

Craftsmanship That Glints Through the Carpets

Rashi Bajaj is the principal designer and proprietor at the Carpet Couture based in delhi. Her works reflect her penchant for nature, ancient architecture and monuments with a contemporary twist. SURFACeS RepORTeR finds out what inspires her designs and current trends in carpet.

Qaaleen in Bangalore

As a showroom which is part of 100,000 sq.ft Gle, Qaaleen is positioned to offer exclusive experience to Bangaloreans in finest hand knotted carpets.

Shri Rajeev Sethi

The Inaugural keynote during WADe Asia 2017 was delivered by Padma Bhushan awardee, renowned artist and art curator, Shri Rajeev Sethi, one of South Asia’s leading designer, a man who is often credited to bringing the art scene in the Hospitality Industry in India, credited to curate the ‘Jaye He’ Art Walk at Mumbai T2 Airport, amongst numerous other projects, someone who has devoted years to revive, restore contemporaries traditional Indian Arts, Crafts, even performance arts. He is the founder of Rajeev Sethi Scenographers as well as Asian Heritage Foundation in New Delhi.

Architecture Must Be Deeply Rooted In Humanity And In The Past Says DIDI Contractor

Didi Contractor, 88 year old self taught architect, famous for her sustainable, green buildings who still practices in the foothills of Himalayas in the Kangra Valley, a place she has fallen in love with, but now feels sad looking at the indiscriminate growth and real estate scattered where once beautiful trees grew up. “I have been fortunate to be able to live within the shadows of the Himalaya and look up to see the sunset and the sunrise on the slopes of the Himalaya so that one can liftones spirits just as the spirits of India are lifted by tradition and by the continent that we all inherited,” says Didi.

Insight Into Sri Lankan Architecture

Amongst the most liked presentations at WADe Asia was also one by Ar. Nela De Zoysa from Sri Lanka who delivered a Keynote presentation on ‘Insight into Sri Lankan Architecture’ briefly discussing its historic past, Portuguese, Dutch, British, Post Colonial, few of Goeffrey Bawa’s projects and her own projects.

Overview Of Asian Architecture & Design In Wade Asia

It was a special moment for WADe Asia to host and listen to some wonderful Women Architects across South Asia such as Ar. Dorji Yangki (Bhutan), Ar. Shamima Sharmim (Bangladesh), Ar. Patama Roonrakwit (Thailand), Ar. Anju Malla Pradhan (Nepal), Ar. Patama Roonrakwit, Ar. Anupama Kundoo (India & Spain) on a common platform ably chaired by Dr. Anuradha Chatterjee (Sydney). Diverse yet connected, how is the architectural & design scenario in these countries, are we more similar than diverse, do we have common issues and how do we innovate in our own spaces and circumstances, these and more ware the agenda of this panel. This issue of SURFACES REPORTER presents to you some of the key extracts from this discussion. Please write to us with your queries, questions and feedback regarding the subject at press@surfaces.in

Art Of Scaling-Up: What It Means For Various Firms

Starting a firm is far easier than scaling up. Unknown challenges surround a firm while it is trying to deliver on one side, retain on another side, and third, trying to scale up. This session at WADe Asia 2017 had a set of panelists from different stages of life as well as from stages, in ‘scaling up the businesses’. The discussion was moderated by Ramprasad Akkisetti, Founder Managing Director of Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Private Limited (CCBA) with other eminent panelists such as Ar. Sonali Bhagwati, Spazzio, New Delhi. Ar. Lalita Tharani, Co-founder, Collaborative Architecture, Mumbai & Ar. Rahul Subberwal, The Architectural Studio, New Delhi.

10-On-10 With Massimo Iosa Ghini Founder, Iosa Ghini Associati, Italy

Massimo Iosa Ghini is an Italian architect, designer and professor known for pioneering the Bolidist Movement in the 1980s, a style which he sums up as “a way of narrating the transition from materialety to drawing things in which the visual and media aspect prevails with respect to the object’s functional purpose”. In the year 1990, Massimo founded Iosa Ghini Associati with his Wife, Milena Mussi. He is known for his streamlined and organic designs, and is praised for his “visionary ability to blend disciplines, forms and dimensions crossing boundaries in art, design, and architecture. His work spans across product design, architectural and museum planning, public transport, as well as in the design of retail chains all over the world, developing projects for major international groups such as Ferrari, Capital Group, IBM Italia, CMC Group Miami, Seat Yellow Pages, Alitalia among many others. One of his notable projects is the Ferrari Factory Store in which his dynamic, Futurist and strikingly Italian style is transparent. He has been involved with the Memphis Group since the 1980s with some of his iconic creations. His design and architectural works have received important honorable mention including that of the Compasso D’Oro Award ADI, and various awards including the Good Design Award by the Chicago Athenaeum, the Red Dot Award and the iF Product Design Award, Germany, the Roscoe Award, USA, the IAI AWARD Green Design Global Award and the IAI Awards, Shanghai, China and many more. SURFACES REPORTER is delighted to share an interaction with the design maestro where he discusses about his dynamic style, his journey as a designer and much more.

Carrier India 'Solution' Over 'product'

It was back in the year 1936, when Carrier installed India’s first ever air-conditioning system at Rambagh Palace in Jaipur. The brand went on to establish itself as the major air-conditioning brand in 1987 in the country and then there was no looking back. In 1988 Carrier inaugurated its first state-of-the-art, manufacturing facility in Gurgaon, Haryana. The lavish premises of the unit also boast of an excellent Technology Development Centre and an advanced quality clinic. Today the company is indulged in offering cassettes, ducted splits, package units, air-cooled and water-cooled screw chillers, fan coil units, air handling units and commercial refrigeration products. With more than 550 sales and service channel partners throughout the country, the company aims to launch more advanced solutions for its customers. “At Carrier, it is always ‘solution’ over ‘product’, says FarokhMadann, Director - marketing & strategy, carrier India. In a recent conversation with surfaces reporter’s Editor-in-Chief, Vertica Dvivedi, Farokh spoke about their latest and customized offerings for India, company’s collaboration with Toshiba, and much more... Here are the excerpts.

Rising Stars: AR Arun Shekar & AR Mohammed Afnan

Humming Tree is a creative studio based in Calicut, Kerala, for art, architecture and urbanism. Ar Mohammed Afnan & Ar Arun Shekar founded it in 2015. Humming Tree believes that ‘Relationship’ is a guiding force and the best domino effect trunk from a constant dialogue with stakeholders. “With clients as our allies, we loom each project as a distinctive confront,” they confirm.Their work is branded by its versatility in solving intricate programmes. Understanding user needs, context and materiality get the foremost significance. The practice provides a full range of design services including architectural design, interior design, and spatial planning.

10-on-10

Rajesh Uttamchandani, Director of SSK Group (Syska) is a first generation entrepreneur and also the visionary in the true sense. With an enriching experience of over 3 decades, Rajesh Uttamchandani holds a strong lineage of the diversified conglomerate SSK Group, 10,000 crore business conglomerate, before creating and building his own brand – Syska.Under his leadership, Syska’s innovative product and marketing strategy has revolutionized the LED market in India. With more than 40 patent products and 20 International JVs, the phenomenal growth of Syska can be attributed to Rajesh’s dynamism. The driving force behind the brand, he is responsible for formulating the company’s overall strategy, vision and focus, necessary for Syska to continue its pace of rapid growth and expansion. #SURFACESREPORTER spoke to Rajesh Uttamchandani on his vision for the company, the journey, advice for young entrepreneurs and much more...

A Chic Lighting Showroom

This 2200 sft electrical showroom is divided in two parts, ground floor, which is retail segment where wires, switches etc. are displayed and first floor that has various designer lights like chandeliers, pendant lights, pedestal lights and more.

Modernization Brings In Exceptional Results

Of all the benefits of a green building, the one that usually lays the biggest impact on the bottom line is energy savings. But what about elevators? Eco-friendly inventions today, help in enabling elevators to operate with much less energy, use less building square footage by eliminating traditional elevator utility rooms, and incorporate eco-sensitive finish materials. Likewise, green procedures for eco-modernizations are additionally accessible to revamp customary lifts. However, beyond new green advancements and remodels, an elevator itself is a critical green instrument. Eco-frindly choices for new development go up against various structures and advances, for example, imaginative crane machines. machine-room-less (MRL) designs, destination software, and sustainable materials.

Surfaces Reporter In Conversation With Pankaj Chandak

There is a very fine line between quality and class. With so many players in the current board and panel industry, it is tough to differentiate between their products. Praveedh Décor, previously known as Prestige Interio Concepts, has been operating as one of the leading manufacturers of premium prelaminated boards. Known for their quality and durability, their products like OpuLux, Nivesa and Zooper this company have been making waves since the day they launched.#SURFACESREPORTER spoke to, Pankaj Chandak MD & CEO of Praveedh Decor about their journey, milestones, products and more. Sharing excerpts from the chat.

A Quick-Peep Into The Works Of Sebastian Herkner

Named as “Designer of the Year” by Maison & Objet, Sebastian Herkner is known for the flawless shapes, artistic compositions and subtle surfaces in his designs. SURFACES REPORTER magazine India takes a closer look at his works, innovative ways of using materials and ideas. As one of the most famous contemporary German designers in the world, his love for traditional craftmanship is believed to be responsible behind some of the ground breaking designs.

The Open House: Modern, Transparent & Opulent

The house has a simple form with straight lines and earthy colors, main elements being silver travertine stone, the white mural on top, and the designer grill covering the big windows in front elevation.

Material Poetries

SR MATERIAL POETRIES is a section that highlights those small but significant stories behind a design that often gets crushed & forgotten behind the main idea/ theme. Share your projects & the unpublished stories behind them on Materials, Innovations, new Learnings; how you stumbled upon ‘that’ unique idea, and more at press@surfaces.in

“You Can Only Sustain If You Have Substance!”

Says the ace, world-renowned designer, Pallavi Dean on her fluctuant approach and whimsical thought process while at it – that is, designing.