Interior design is more than the general notion of selecting furniture and finishes. Space planning is an essential step in the interior design process and organizing the living or work space, furniture and functionality of the space enables better use of the space. Space has a greater impact on our mood and physical wellness.
Air pollution is a major environmental risk factor and responsible for scads of diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, ventricular hypertrophy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, psychological complications, autism, retinopathy, fetal growth, and low birth weight. Environmental air pollution has been talked about in length where lobbyist bat for more machines and environmentalist fight for efficient systems. But less is spoken about the air inside our homes, in our public spaces, at our workspaces. It’s time we think about them. This post was written a few years back. We are reposting them with updated data.
Lever, Pulley & Screw! The idea of a machine was developed back in 3 B.C.E with simple machines. Today, we live in a world where there are zillions of machines around us, working tirelessly, communicating with each other relentlessly, building for us, cooking for us, chauffeuring us, guarding us and helping us. Congratulations! We have successfully created the third sex: Machines (μηχανη).
Interior design is more than the general notion of selecting furniture and finishes. Space planning is an essential step in the interior design process and organizing the living or work space, furniture and functionality of the space enables better use of the space. Space has a greater impact on our mood and physical wellness.
Air pollution is a major environmental risk factor and responsible for scads of diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, ventricular hypertrophy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, psychological complications, autism, retinopathy, fetal growth, and low birth weight. Environmental air pollution has been talked about in length where lobbyist bat for more machines and environmentalist fight for efficient systems. But less is spoken about the air inside our homes, in our public spaces, at our workspaces. It’s time we think about them. This post was written a few years back. We are reposting them with updated data.
Photo taken from the State Cruise Ferry
It was the summer of 2011 and as my flight was approaching New York, an announcement came from the pilot cabin "Ladies and gentleman, we are now flying over Statue of Liberty". I quickly pulled up the window shutter and I got a bird's-eye view of Statue of Liberty, it looked splendid and breathtaking.
On July 2nd, we decided to take a trip to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Parked our car at Liberty central park and bought the tickets at the CRR of NJ (jersey central) and boarded the State cruise ferry and it took us 30 minutes to reach Statue of Liberty.
Access to crown was limited (aftermath of September 11), you need to purchase the tickets for entering the crown six months prior so we purchased tickets for pedestal access. The Liberty Island museum is located in the lobby of the pedestal. They have chronicled the Statue of Liberty development by presenting early models of the statue, armature bars and recreated parts of the statue like the face and foot of the French lady! Little did I know that Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel (designer of Eiffel tower) was the designer for the internal support element of Statue of Liberty.
Armature bars-statue of liberty
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
After we climbed the stone pedestal and we were treated with the panoramic view of Ellis Island, New York, New Jersey and New York Harbor. You could see Brooklyn Bridge and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. It was so beautiful view up there and we took some photos of us and trudged back to the ferry (last ferry) with no mind to leave. It is truly an architectural masterpiece and longing to visit back again and this time we'll visit the crown :).
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Lever, Pulley & Screw! The idea of a machine was developed back in 3 B.C.E with simple machines. Today, we live in a world where there are zillions of machines around us, working tirelessly, communicating with each other relentlessly, building for us, cooking for us, chauffeuring us, guarding us and helping us. Congratulations! We have successfully created the third sex: Machines (μηχανη).
Dear All!
We are happy to announce that we opened our Design office in Attickal, Ponkunnam, Kerala. We are right on side of the Pala-ponkunnam highway. Our office has been open for business from 14 April 2017.
Please feel free to visit us when you are in the area.
Lad and Lass! We are pleased to announce the completion of our commercial project "Lake & Mountains", a Ayurveda resort located by the side of Malankara Lake in Kudayathoor, Kerala.
Experiene the power of yoga at the serene landscape at Kudayathoor, Kerala, India
Take a look at the photos below and discover the charm of "Lake and Mountains" and let us know what you think.
The resort has three treatment rooms and eight cottages and Yoga hall with a breathtaking view of the malankara lake.
Consultation room
Treatment room
What would you say if someone asked you to built their house in 87 days. We got a call from our client Madukkakuzhy Ayurveda for remodeling the residence of Dr. Jobin J Madukkuzhy. The catch was though, the project has a small window, 87 days for completion. The client had a tight schedule since the residence was located at the heart of their Ayurveda Resort in Kanjirappally, Kottayam.
How did we do it? Planning and Execution. That was our mantra. We meticulously planned each work & detailed them. We had a checklist of work that has to be done for each week and each day. At the end of each day we would review the progress and update our schedules.
We didn't waste even a single day daydreaming about what can be done. Wood works and prefabrication work started immediately after the project commenced. We are glad (by gods grace) that each & every work were completed as scheduled including landscaping.
then and after (exterior)
backyard
then and after (interior)
inside view
That was a hectic 85 days of my life! We were like this train engine, huffing, puffing and chugging at the end (remember the Puffing Billy?). But the journey was worth it.
On the final note I would like to thank Dr. Jobin J Madukkakuzhy for entrusting us with this project and most importantly the freedom he gave us which was instrumental in the no lag nature of the project.
We thank almighty for holding the monsoon rains for us :-).
We thank our supervisor Saju who was at the site for 85 days, all the teams: construction, electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting, tiling, carpentering, masons, helpers and all our vendors who matched with best price, quality and promptness.
Will post the detailed pictures soon...
Creativity! The buzz word we often hear in media and conferences and at schools and at training rooms in offices. We are taught to be creative at home, office and at personal level and we are preached about the value of right brain thinking.
I wonder, why a basic human trait had to be taught! You don't teach a grown adult, how to walk, then why with creative thinking! We were creative when we were young. We found new use for anything and everything. We created our own song and sang them like no one listens. We found elephants and camels in the clouds. We drew. we painted. We didn't care for the quality of paper or pencil, all we cared was how to get our ideas on to that paper, a little piece of paper.
“All Children Are Born Artists, The Problem Is To Remain An Artist As We Grow Up.” – Pablo Picasso”
To me creativity is not being repetitive and finding a new and better way of doing something! Don't ask me to repeat my work, I'll cry, cringe and feel bored. When we design our project we sit down and create a blueprint of our design and the most important thing we consider, "Never repeat the design", even though it was successful. It's always "Is there a better way to do this!". When you find a successful design or method, your mind looks for the safer route, which is, why not use the one which was successful. It might look right, easy and the logical way in but in the long run it'll kill your creative ability. You would then scourge online for inspiration instead of searching inside you for inspirations. That to me is scary! It's like you no longer exists!
Creativity is a gift but it can be taken away too. Education system is the main culprit which kills the creativity and we parents parade it. The current education system around the world was developed during the industrial revolution which were meant to create resources for industries, some one who can do math, who can do science, who can stick with schedules.
When kids are in kindergarten, kids are often asked 'A' question, "what do you want to become?" Kids reply "Hmmm, I want to be a doctor, I want to be a engineer, I want to be a lawyer" and people smile and say "wow! just like your dad/mom" and there are other kids who say these "I like to draw, so painter", "I love to dance, so dancer", "I love to sing, so singer". The strange thing that happens is that we put the kids who wanted to be a painter, dancer, singer in the same group of kids who wanted to become a doctor, engineer and lawyer and ask them to become a doctor, engineer or lawyer, in very rare case let them pursue their passion but only after the "formal" education! And we tell the creative kids to paint, dance and sing "ONLY" after they finish their homework or probably during summer holidays with a sub-clause "if time permits"! That's cruelty, it's like chaining our kids with a invisible vibranium chain!
Aesthetics of space planning and interior design is governed by Principles and Elements. These element contribute to the success of the overall design. In this post we are going to talk about the seven elements of Interior design such as Space, Form, Line, Texture, Pattern, Light and Color.
I bet you love the colors and would wanted to have it in your personal lounge right away. But to do that you have to live in Germany because this colorful vintage wooden chair is entirely made in Germany and is handmade (MYK-Berlin). This furniture is designed by Myra Klose.
The old vintage wooden chair weighs around 22 kg and with a seating height - 45-48 cm, seating depth - 45 cm, height of backrest - 75 to 85 cm. Backrest and seating are formed out of 350 handmade pompon! Yes! 350 handmade pompon, which are made from merino wool and merino wool mixture.
The chair above has over 260 pompons in pastel rose design. This chair weighs 22 kg and measures as: seating height: 42 to 43cm , seating depth: 45 cm, height of backrest: 82 cm, width 64 cm.
Other than the furniture the designer also has Pompon Rugs, Pompon Pouf, Pompon Puff roses, Pompon Cushions, Pompon Isle, Pompon Poodle, Pompon Snow leopard and Pompon Beaskin.
Pompon pouf
Pompon_Cushion
Pompon pouf roses
Pompon Isle
