Furniture Design. Self Initiated. 2022.
Designed and executed to be placed within a corner of my own apartment, the ISST (Indian Standard Side Table) is named as such for the construction-warom.
Occupying a corner by the window, the design integrates a lamp and side-table into one unifying form while simultaneously serving as a shelf to place my tea and ashtray while seated on my beanbag looking outside.
The design drew from elements and surfaces that one would typically find dotting an urban street and charging it with activity and interaction.
The language for the two different finishes also echoed the Mumbai streets. An epoxy primer coat known locally as “astar” was used to grant a subtler blue-grey finish seen commonly on the telephone and electrical boxes through the city.
Aluminum based paint that the street lights of Mumbai are coated with was used for the base and the post of the lamp.
1. An L-angle welded to the top ensured that it sat snugly in place while still being easily removable.
2. The top was carved to include a holder for a removable ashtray fashioned out of a steel cup often used by roadside-vendors. The hanging detail is reminiscent of water buckets that are hung outside cigarette shops known as paan-pattis.
3. The fixing detail for the hollow section with a hollow stud allowing for the wiring to pass through.
4. The lamp shade was simply rest upon two Saddle clamps typically used for plumbing work.
5. Stickers made by local artists as well as my own were added to reference the advertisements and posters stuck on that are vital to the character of the object
