‘CHAIR’ MAN OF DESIGN

Photography by Udita Chaturvedi; kind permission requested. Asad Firdosy did not stumble into the field of furniture design by accident; rather, he worked his way up through the ranks. Asad spent his infancy fashioning wooden toys for himself, following in the footsteps of his illustrious furniture-making forefathers. His idea chair designs, which are a mix of creative thinking and everyday routine, earned him the nickname ‘the chairman ‘ in 2012 from a prominent English daily newspaper. Firdosy, who has a degree in architecture and established his design studio in 1994, has garnered a great deal of praise over the years for the quality of his work in terms of design, finish, comfort, aesthetics, and longevity. One of his most captivating and thought-provoking works of art is a chair he calls the ‘Bharatnatyam Chair. ‘ The chair ‘depicts the beauty of the outfit and the expressive postures ‘ of an Indian classical dancer. It is fashioned out of solid wood and covered with a lovely silk garment. His interest is mostly focused on leaves. Asad’s ‘leaf chair’ is a concept chair that was designed to seem like two intersecting leaves serving as the seat and back of the chair. This chair was inspired by the ashoka tree. He utilized local teak wood and colored it green to give it a more natural appearance by giving it a more natural feel. ‘the autumn leaf ‘ is yet another item that has been created with great care and attention to detail, and it ensures the wearer’s comfort. The sitting sculpture takes its cue from the withered and discarded leaves that fall throughout autumn, as the name of the piece indicates. Asad’s designs have brought the teak heritage back to life, and they are a testament of his innate skill, originality of thinking, and ingenuity. These designs also maintain the traditional ancestral values, quality, and purity of the style. It as shown in the asymmetric chair, which is a stunning example of an effort to bring together art and craft with a colonial aesthetic. ‘but provides it a feeling of wholeness and comfort, ‘ despite the fact that the chair’s form is nontraditional, abstract, and defies symmetry. Asad, a man who thinks outside of the box, has expanded his repertoire by designing the ‘mi-cycle, ‘ an eco-friendly mode of transportation. His goal was to attract the attention of young people in this age of motorization and modernization by creating a mode of transportation that was more environmentally friendly. Please visit www.indiaartndesign.com in order to see the photographs.

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