India accounts for more than two-thirds of the world's production of coir and coir products. Kerala is the home of the Indian coir industry, accounting for 61 percent of coconut production and over 85 per cent of coir products.

Not more than 28% of the coconut husks are utilised in the coir industry, the remaining being used as fuel or as waste material in rural areas. Since the development of the coir sector contributes towards the sustainable development agenda in terms of the creation of environment friendly products, its application for domestic use along with the usage in housing, building, agriculture, horticulture, and infrastructure production are significant.

The world population is becoming more and more conscious about the need of preserving nature with an increasing number of people opting for environment friendly products. This is the opportune time to promote the case of coir to replace synthetic furnishings and certain wooden building materials.

The present utilization of coconut husks for the coir industry is at a low level. There is a need to raise the level. Exploring coir in product design for enhancing the Art of Coir craft and elevating the livelihood of craftsmen.

Design Objective
• To create value added products using Coir in its true form or in an enhanced exploratory form.
• The product should be mass-producible.
• Traditional coir making crafts could be incorporated so as to provide ease of manufacturing and production by the local craftsmen.

User Group
• Residential users, who could range from Middle or Upper classes.
• For Commercial areas and spaces that would want the cultural identity of Coir and its craft to be displayed, such as Airports, Cultural centers, Exhibition spaces, etc.

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