Designing a Retro Indian Office Chair


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Creator/Artist: Arjun Abhilash

Category: Product Design

Document: P1 Project

Batch: 2018-2022

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Avinash Shende


Detailed Description

For my P1, I decided to make a chair. For this, I started out looking at a wide range of iconic chairs, and after discussing with my guide, I selected the Indian office chair by Piere Jeanneret. The project was to redesign this chair to make it modern. I researched a lot about the history and heritage of the chair. I also looked into different kinds of wood and joineries. I also did my parallel product study, which was mainly newer versions of the chair made by passionate studios. For ideating, I started out by exploring and trying a wide range of ideas. As I was exploring various concepts for the final design, I also started working with wood parallelly and made joineries and dowels so that I would have a better idea when I make the final chair. After the final concept was ready, I made a 3D model of the chair and then proceeded to make it out of wood.