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Pranav Jain

BD2006

Formirack - An ant inspired modular shelving system

To design a modular storage/ shelving system inspired from an ant or ant colony in terms of form and the product’s properties. It should take inspiration from certain attributes of the ant and ant colony as well as capture its essence. The material of the product should be economical and minimalist. The storage system should be dismantlable as well as easy to assemble. The user should be given certain freedom to arrange the modules according to their whims and needs. The mounting system shoud cause as less damage as possible to consumer’s wall. 


Report Content

Initial exercises

MDF Joineries and Cube making

Taking inspiration : Analysis and Explorations

Essence extraction : Abstracting the form and developing motif

Product conceptualisation

Developing a shelving system

Prototype 1

Prototype 2 - "Formirack"

Exploded views and technical drawings

Customisability options and Renders