
'animal farm' by nishi chauhan
'animal farm' all started when glass bottles - mason and preserve jars, wine and sauce, beer bottles - slowly began accumulating in the
bangalore household of nishi chauhan. these vessels began piling up and became difficult to ignore and soon the indian designer began
seeing shapes emerge in the form of animals. chuahan paid a casual visit to channapatna, the craft district located just outside the city.
there a sizable community of craftsmen were churning out playful animal toys by the hundreds. before she knew it, she was collaborating with them,
exchanging ideas, sketches, mock-ups and study models of what she had in mind.
the real challenge was to achieve a fusing of attitude and approach between designer and craftsmen - how do you get them to look at objects
from a wider world view when their entire existence has always been their community? from the partnership,'animal farm' was born -
a collection of creatures which also function as lighting objects, giving their upcycled glass forms a new life.

peeves, the penguin, and porky, the pig

gerry, the giraffe, and flo, the fish

humf, the hippopotamus, and ellie, the elephant

saved from an unimaginative end

the craftsman at work, in channapatna

applying lac to turned wood

post process work

post process work

assembly and finishing of prototypes

mock-up and study model





concept sketch
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Brilliant Work!!!
wow ma’am! so proud of you.
Sketch capability confirm admirable, a lot of creative design also good! But study design and design must not be misled, blindly to emphasize his sketch how, sketch the main role is to express your ideas
Nice work! Very refreshing
Very like this design, it is feeling
Very interesting, give a person find everything fresh and new feeling.
superb!
Like this design, it is feeling,let me feel life is very interesting
Awesome work
Awesome work Nishi..
It is reusable, eco-friend and good quality stuff…! Kudo’s!!!
Awesome Work!!! Simply superb
Simple And Creative… \m/ its Awsm Mam..
Very sensitive detaills, keep it up Nishi
Good work, Keep it up…. i want on lamp….:)
Very inspiring.
hey Nishi gr8 wrk …
gud job… I luv d playfulness and the color… all d best
Amazed by the simplicity in design and its appeal
This design will waste bottles, old re-transformation processing.The transformation of the old things became very good.Very good design
Nice to see the form and material explorations…Keep it up!
hey nishi
very playful attitude towards the waste materials… keep playing..
I appreciate your work, reuse is the solution to many problems that the earth is going through.
Very Good Designs…..gr8 work… amazing creativity…