Badaan Bethak
Bench
Client:
Badaan Bethak
Year:
2024
Type:
Interventional
,
Exhibition
Project Description
Support Brackets/Badaan are frequently used as prominent features on buildings' façades, displaying extensive use of figurative iconography. Exploration of composite design and the utility of the object. The product had to be an object of utility, along with holding the tradition of Shikarpuri craft. Traditional craft re-purposed finds a new life in a utility object while retaining its beauty. Sensitive approach to the wood, texture, shape and form enables and upholds the structural integrity of the wood and helps adapt to newer forms, giving Shikarpuri craft a new dimension and enabling the craftsmen.
Design Team: Ali Reza Dossal, Claudia Walton
Artisans: Shahid Hussain, M. Ashraf, Siddique, Abdul Qadeer, M. Rashid
Organized by: Numaish Karachi & THISS Studio
Sponsored by: British Council
Catalogued in: Jhuley Laal
Exhibited at: Mohata Palace, Karachi, Pakistan
London Design Festival, United Kingdom
Credits
Location
:
Shikarpur, Pakistan
Size
:
16” x 38” x 10”
Photography
:
The Tree House
The process started as a drawing exercise exploring the form and shape of the badaan. The result is a kit of parts that assembles to form a seating device.
