The Avant-Gardists: Studio Nishita Kamdar
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Studio Nishita Kamdar, headed by architect Nishita Kamdar, reflects a smart and innovative approach towards interior design. In just a few years, the studio has been able to juggle varied projects and establish its own individualistic style. Here, we take a look at what sets this design practice apart from the rest.
Studio Nishita Kamdar, headed by architect Nishita Kamdar, reflects a smart and innovative approach towards interior design. In just a few years, the studio has been able to juggle varied projects and establish its own individualistic style. Here, we take a look at what sets this design practice apart from the rest.
Nishita Kamdar established the studio in 2014. She had previously worked with MO-OF in Mumbai, Rast Architekten, Switzerland, and was a junior architect at Architecture Brio and LAB Architects in Mumbai.
Portfolio
In just a few years, the studio has completed a wide variety of projects in Mumbai and Bangalore, such as offices, residences (from studios to city bungalows to farmhouses) and products. All interiors projects show experiments with different design themes – be it contemporary, quirky or laid-back luxury. “In terms of our aesthetic and style, we lean more towards modern minimalism. We like to use few materials and explore them in various forms,” Kamdar says.
Take a look at more of the firm’s work
In just a few years, the studio has completed a wide variety of projects in Mumbai and Bangalore, such as offices, residences (from studios to city bungalows to farmhouses) and products. All interiors projects show experiments with different design themes – be it contemporary, quirky or laid-back luxury. “In terms of our aesthetic and style, we lean more towards modern minimalism. We like to use few materials and explore them in various forms,” Kamdar says.
Take a look at more of the firm’s work
One of her prominent projects is the Open House, which was recently featured on Houzz India. The 4,200-square-foot minimalist Mumbai home uses wood, metal and concrete to achieve an understated luxe vibe, instead of the usual stone and imported Italian marble finishes topped by chandeliers. Also, the home has an open plan, where areas extend out to each other but can also be closed off when required. This project was nominated in the Best Residential Interiors Category at the FOAID Awards 2016 and IIID Anchor Awards 2015.
Take a tour of this Mumbai home
Take a tour of this Mumbai home
Centipede Table
Experiments with design
The studio works towards transforming the atmosphere of a space in its very essence. It also aims for ingenuity in product design. Amongst the many products she’s designed, these are some of the key ones: a centipede table with a wooden body and numerous thin insect-like brass legs, made for an office, a beaten brass table cantilevered from a minuscule base that looks like an upended skewed pyramid, a breakfast table in granite, marble and brushed brass, a powder-coated metal office table and “a simple wood log swing side table and a chalkboard wall that we recently created for a project. It automatically added a more playful vibe to the space,” Kamdar says.
The studio works towards transforming the atmosphere of a space in its very essence. It also aims for ingenuity in product design. Amongst the many products she’s designed, these are some of the key ones: a centipede table with a wooden body and numerous thin insect-like brass legs, made for an office, a beaten brass table cantilevered from a minuscule base that looks like an upended skewed pyramid, a breakfast table in granite, marble and brushed brass, a powder-coated metal office table and “a simple wood log swing side table and a chalkboard wall that we recently created for a project. It automatically added a more playful vibe to the space,” Kamdar says.
Designer quote
What kind of projects do you like doing?
NK: We like to constantly push ourselves and we truly believe that less is more. We love doing projects that cause one to pause, feel and sense the space around, for example, in residences, offices and farmhouses. It is in such spaces that people spend the most time and immediately emote to the surroundings.
What sets you apart from your contemporaries?
NK: We specialise in spaces that are multi-functional, high on utility and sensitive to the requirements of the end user.
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Tell us:
What kind of aesthetics do you like? Tell us about it in Comments below.
What kind of projects do you like doing?
NK: We like to constantly push ourselves and we truly believe that less is more. We love doing projects that cause one to pause, feel and sense the space around, for example, in residences, offices and farmhouses. It is in such spaces that people spend the most time and immediately emote to the surroundings.
What sets you apart from your contemporaries?
NK: We specialise in spaces that are multi-functional, high on utility and sensitive to the requirements of the end user.
Read more:
My Life in Design: Arjun Rathi
Tell us:
What kind of aesthetics do you like? Tell us about it in Comments below.