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Andaman collection / Orange Tree

Design Essentia Magazine — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:40:54 +0000

Orange Tree and MuseMART unveil their first furniture design collaboration ‘Andaman’ – A Fusion of Tropical Elegance and Unique Artisanal Design.

Lifestyle and design brand Orange Tree has collaborated with MuseMART, the product design vertical of MuseLAB, to launch a new furniture collection ‘Andaman’ that takes a renewed approach to innovative product design with a commitment to uniqueness.

The extensive 23-piece collection, born from the creative synergy between Orange Tree and MuseMART redefines the lifestyle and design ecosystem by marrying tropical aesthetics with modern nomadic themes. From a stylish bar unit to a cosy bed, and a sophisticated dining table to an elegant coffee table, the collection redefines the meaning of design.

Central to the collection are signature elements crafted exclusively from eco-friendly materials—primarily sustainable wood and cane. These elements serve as visual and tactile embodiments of responsible design, making a statement of elegance while representing a conscious approach to design.

Highlighting the use of cane, the collection features intricate cane webbing and weaving techniques, adding visual appeal and tactile richness. This reinforces the collection’s dedication to uniquely artisanal design.

Talking about this collaboration, Gaurav Jain, Founder of Orange Tree, said: “This collaboration is a unique journey and a celebration of the extraordinary design. At Orange Tree, we have always believed in innovation and giving customers designs that offer experience and are not run-of-the-mill. The Andaman collection is an ode to that commitment and a celebration of a collaborative partnership with MuseMART.”

Jasem Pirani & Huzefa Rangwala for MuseMART, emphasizes, “The collaboration showcases the transformative power of co-creation in furniture design, transcending mere aesthetics to embody a shared commitment to unique and sustainable design.”

The extensive collection invites consumers to reimagine their living spaces with furniture seamlessly blending tropical elegance with distinctive design. Orange Tree and MuseMART envision a future where this innovative and uniquely designed furniture collection becomes synonymous with modern living.

Available at Orange Tree stores/website and online at MuseMART, the collection sets a new standard—an era where co-creation and unique design converge to redefine the way individuals furnish their homes.

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Kuruka 2.0 / Beyond Dreams

Design Essentia Magazine — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:48:13 +0000

Decor with a roar: bring nature to your home with Beyond Dreams’ latest fabric collection, Kuruka 2.0.

It’s time to roll out the red carpet, or shall we say the savannah rug, because Beyond Dreams is delighted to introduce its bespoke Kuruka 2.0. fabric collection, which is designed to infuse your home with the heartbeat of the wild. The collection pays incredible homage to the untamed beauty, the vibrant culture, and the fierce wildlife of the Masai Mara.

Co-founders of Beyond Dreams, Akshay and Avani Khurana, continue to channelise their shared love for Masai Mara through the collection. Be it the patterns that mimic the authentic tribal war scene of Africa or colours that evoke the vibrant Masai people’s heritage, these fabrics serve as the perfect eye candy for your culture-enthusiast soul. Exuding an amalgamation of earthy and muted tones, their vast variety of textile goes perfectly well with Kuruka’s sculpted lounge chairs and abstract couches, emanating African wilderness with each yard while harmoniously blending contemporary design and ancient traditions of Masai Mara.

Through the authentic tribal motifs and iconic Masai spear prints adorning this collection, a compelling narrative unfolds.The intricate details of the motifs speak to the craftsmanship of those who created them, while the starkness of the spear prints reminds us of the raw, unyielding nature of life’s challenges. It weaves a tale of the eternal dance between predator and prey, life and death, beauty and brutality—a vivid portrayal of the intricate interplay within the circle of life.

At Beyond Dreams, we believe that home is where the heart roams free and the soul finds its sanctuary. The Kuruka 2.0. Fabric Collection is way more than just a testament of love for the haunter of the woods who’d like to look around and be reminded of the majestic place that Masai Mara is.

Expressing their love for the Masai Mara inspired Kuruka 2.0. collection, the founders of Beyond Dreams reveal, “This collection has been quite close to our hearts. It’s been our dream to translate our love for Masai, its people, and culture through our art. We’ve tried to push the boundaries in terms of creating prints which are bold yet soothingly sophisticated with its earthy tones.”

Photographer: Chirag Patnaik

Stylist: Sejal Kumar

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Outdoor Connections Winter Collection

Design Essentia Magazine — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 11:51:38 +0000

Embrace the Winter Charm: Explore Outdoor Connections Furniture Collection for Comfortable Open-Air Living

As the winter season approaches, Outdoor Connections is thrilled to announce the launch of its exquisite new furniture collection designed to embrace the charm of winter and elevate open-air living. This collection captures the essence of cosy outdoor living, offering a range of stylish and comfortable furnishings to transform any outdoor space into a warm and inviting haven.

Outdoor Connections is all set to elevate your experience of alfresco settings with its latest furniture range that exudes tropical vibes but is yet warm and comforting. Be it the Canyon Sectional Sofa that combines contemporary style with ultimate comfort and creates a serene and picturesque atmosphere or the Dahila Set featuring a sophisticated and contemporary design blending elegance and functionality the latest collection is all about a modern aesthetic of comfort and resilience, designed to elevate the outdoor lounging experience.

With its unique offerings, Outdoor Connections is tailor made to make your outdoors the perfect haven this winter season where you can host parties, spend a day in reading the sun on sitting cosy in the functional yet aesthetic chairs or take a long afternoon siesta in the unique Daybed. Balancing form and function, these functional furniture pieces feature innovative and adaptable designs, catering to contemporary aesthetics.

These outdoor furniture pieces from Outdoor Connections reflect a thoughtful approach to design, combining aesthetics, comfort, and durability for a harmonious outdoor living experience. Each piece showcases the brand’s commitment to quality craftsmanship and innovative design, making them ideal for creating inviting and stylish outdoor spaces.

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Chic Storage solutions / Savana Living

Design Essentia Magazine — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:36:13 +0000

Savana Living transforms chaos into order with their latest collection of chic storage solutions that declutter living spaces to create organised haven

Organizing your home can be quite a cathartic experience: putting everything away, exactly where it belongs, each individual item in a designated spot with no clutter in sight.

Savana Living’s latest space solutions not just help maintain a chaos free ambience but can grace any space with their soothing calm. Their core ethos of using meticulously designed products and mindful living merges with the idea of creating harmony in an ambience.

When all your prized possessions have a place to call home it paves the way for a more mindful way of living.

“A place for everything and everything in place is veracious even today. If you have been contemplating giving your home an organizational upgrade in style then our indigenous and elegant storage creations can help restore order,” says Sapna Mathur, Founder, Savana Living.

Tuck it Away

Tucking everything behind closed cupboard doors and keeping things sectioned strategically is the easiest way to have an orderly space and closet. A piece of timeless classic beauty, serene and capacious, Savana Living’s Marilyn Cupboard is perfect for facilitating organised living. Housing removable shelves and coat racks, two spacious drawers and a soothing matt finish are motivational enough to make you fold your clothes and tuck them in.

A Collected Display

Whether bought as a trophy or status symbol, comfort or escape, do not let your books languish on the shelf and collect dust. Designed to host a melange of your belongings, volumes, curios and photographs, the Crusoe Library Set can create a cosy, organised reader’s oasis, that’s personal, unique and timeless. Natural wood and rattan, in an antique white finish, complemented with a classic shuttered door, this piece elevates a room with its charming country allure.

Order in Multi-functionality

A multifunctional storage unit helps you get more out of your square footage. And a glamorous accent piece like the Dorset Display Cabinet can double as a serving station, work station and storage, taking your organisational endeavours up a notch. Beautifully balancing open and closed shelving to flaunt your collection and hide your clutter. When positioned in the sitting, dining area or kitchens this smoky dark blue, countryside rustic-chic wooden crockery cabinet creates an aesthetic statement.

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Luxury Beds / Rosabagh

Design Essentia Magazine — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:56:00 +0000

Rosabagh launches a capsule collection of luxury beds that marry modern and vintage effortlessly

Renowned design house Rosabagh’s latest capsule collection of beds is the epitome of luxury that dip into a perfect blend of regality and modern while maintaining the timelessness of classic style. The five beds seamlessly marry immaculate craftsmanship with suave finishes and harmonious colours to provide an undeniable sense of richness, flair and grandeur.

A decadent bed can have a striking stage presence in your bedroom, like an anchor to transform it from basic to boudoir. With a third of our life spent in bed, bedroom furniture should be as captivating as it is comfortable. While Rosabagh is acclaimed for its renaissance inspired bespoke interior designs, their handcrafted quintessential beds offer the perfect sensual appeal for your lavish reveries. Personifying sheer indulgence each bed in the collection can transport you into the lap of luxury.

Boasting a spectacular silver finish, juxtaposed with a tufted grey headboard, the Audrey Bed is a celebration of a luxurious lifestyle. With a maximalist design language, the royal bed in pearly cream and beige, embellished with champagne and gold leafing details reinvents what classic truly stands for. Basking in elegance and chic features, the handsome bed in blue and black showcases flamboyance in a subdued manner.

Extravagant yet distinct, reminiscent of French influences with an Indian twist, the veneer bed with beautiful brass inlay can gel with the style quotient in any space. Emulating the perfect Victorian era of subtle aristocracy, an exquisite bed befitting a young princess in powder pink upholstery and evenly padded symmetry.

“Blending diverse influences and cultures, with the passion of an artist we created these iconic beds that celebrate a zest for excellence in design, functionality and craft. Have translated our eternal love and romance with French designs into reality in this collection. The novel interpretation of vintage trends in these pieces embodies comfort, grandeur and timelessness” says Abhishek Kathuria, Founder and Creative Director Rosabagh.

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Maati Collection / This & That studio + Cube Inc

Design Essentia Magazine — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:47:32 +0000

These handcrafted terracotta products contextualise traditional craftsmanship into the contemporary scenario.

Project Name : Maati Collection
Project Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Architects/Designer : This and That Studio + Cube Inc.
Project Status : Built

Maati collection has been co – conceptualised by two Ahmedabad based studios;

This and That studio by Ariane Thakore and Cube Inc by brothers Anand and Anuj Ambalal.

“Our emphasis is to design sustainable, hand-crafted products with sensitivity and to contextualise traditional craftsmanship into the contemporary scenario” says the designers.

DE’s this month theme is Lets Go RAW (the resurgence of terracotta today) How would you share your idea of working with terracotta and the idea of embracing the “raw” aesthetic in design with this collection?

“Maati or earth, is one of the five elements or panchamahabhuta, that make up a human body. The five elements of nature according to hindu mythology, earth, water, fire, space and air are essential in our formation. Maati one of the fundamental building blocks life is what has inspires us to design products that can take us back to our roots. Design that have a visceral quality to connect everyone of us and to restore santulan or balance with nature. Wood steel and terracotta bases, exclusively handcrafted by master potters, forms our inaugural range of tables – designed for outdoors as well as indoors. Designs are available in varying forms and finishes to cater to the functional requirements of contemporary living.” says Ariane Thakore – principal designer at This and That Studio.

Photo courtesy: This and That studio.

//from left Anand and Anuj Ambalal (Cube Inc) and Ariane Thakore (This and That Studio).

Check out the above full story in our DE SEP-OCT 2020 Edition – for the love of terracotta and the raw concrete charm.

#LetsGoRAW #LetsTalkDesign

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Betula Chair / Apical Reform

Design Essentia Magazine — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:34:26 +0000

Apical Reform’s Betula Chair is a sheer example of fluid de-contructivism pleasing aesthetics and comfort.

Project Name : Betula Chair
Architects/Designer : Apical Reform
Project Status : Built
Website : www.apicalreform.com

Designer Description: The chair, a sinuous structure made entirely out of birch ply, is an example of fluid de-contructivism that is pleasing aesthetically and comforting ergonomically. The fluid form of the Betula was derived from a functional posture and the idea of continuity of the lines. The technique of layering is one of the key factors that adds to the aura of the chair and further beautifies the the form. Smooth flowing lines run along the form to give the impression of giving rise to a cantilevered, sculptured structure that is also pleasing to the eyes.

Concealed within the simple form of the chair is the meticulously resolved stability and comfort. The technique and the assembly involves an understanding of the overall form and the material used. Precision in alignment was one of the most crucial factors involved in the entire process. Birch Ply was used as a material as it was part of an exploration that were carried out with this material. The ideation for this project remains ongoing with further resolved prototypes under development.

Betula Chair : The chair, a sinuous structure made entirely out of birch ply, is an example of fluid de-contructivism that is pleasing aesthetically and comforting ergonomically. Concealed within the simple form of the chair is the meticulously resolved stability and comfort.
The ideation for this project remains ongoing with further resolved prototypes under development.

Photographer: Anil Patel.

PROJECT CREDITS

Designer: Apical Reform
Team: Amrish Patel, Darshan Soni, Maharshi Bhattacharya
CG: Manoj Patel

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Vulture Chair / Newborn Series

Design Essentia Magazine — Sat, 18 May 2019 09:21:54 +0000

“Furniture meets Art”

Project Name : The Vulture Chair – Newborn Series
Designer : Shitij Dogra Architects

Ever wondered furniture could be something more than it should be?

New Delhi based architect Shitij Dogra creates a new perception towards art and furniture through his Newborn series launched this year. The “Vulture Chair” is one in the series that blurs the thin line between furniture and sculpture.

The pieces perfectly blend art and furniture design to create a typology of functional sculptures.

One major thing that a sculpture provides and a furniture piece fails to is a discussion. However, a sculpture being a forerunner in the realm of aesthetics falls short in providing functionality to the end user.

Newborn series aims to blur the line between a furniture piece and a sculpture. With its inspiration taken from movements like surrealism, expressionism and modernism, it aims to open new domains in terms of how furniture is perceived. The pieces aspire to open novel avenues, combining art and functionality to give form to a new typology called ‘functional sculptures’. This exercise not only aims to find a middle ground between a sculpture and a furniture piece but also critiques the notions and norms in which furniture and sculptures have dwelled in the past.

With a total of eight pieces, Newborn series has been thoughtfully conceived and carefully crafted with a strong material sensibility. The pieces do not conform to clean lines and straight edges of the modernist belief; rather, they aim to find beauty in the imperfection of the materials used. Also, the materials of these furniture pieces have been kept in their natural state. This approach not only aims at creating pieces that are modest and soulful, but evokes a certain bond with the body which is timeless and ageless.

Photographer: Nivedita Gupta

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