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UG - BID - Studio - 3 | Spring 2021 | Fold to Uphold
  • Student Vidhi J Bhimani
  • Code UG191499
  • Faculty Design
  • Tutor/s Shailesh Manke
  • TA Vibhuti Shah

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From flat 2D paper to Kinetic 3D surfaces is the medium used to arrive at solutions to various design problems. Starting with basic solid forms which is cubes and cuboids to curves and hinges, House facades to Pop up story book to furniture pop up of existing designs to the final newly designed products were made using simple technique of cut and fold of a material like paper, corrugated sheet, metal sheets, mill board, etc. Kirigami, the technique of cut and fold of a 2D paper to uphold the desired 3D shape can be used to solve many design problems. 

Exploring Cubes and cuboids in their basic form using single 90 degree fold technique.
Exploring Curves using same technique and cubes and cuboids in another form like steps.
Working out hinges and different types of joineries after studying the works of various renowned paper artists.
Pop up storybook using all the techniques explored.
Furniture pop ups of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Designing an Interior element for my own room.
Process of designing a free standing room divider.
Final solutions of the problem.
5 Products for the same room using simply fold method.
Final drawings with tried and tested Prototypes.