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Bamboo Blossom

blossom mirror

Blossom mirror frame by Prachi Mahapatra

A very clever and simple use of bamboo stripes; reminds me of Yulia Brodskaya‘s paper illustrations, with equally stunning effect.

The “Blossom” mirror frame by NID student Prachi Mahapatra again throws a challenge of ‘why didn’t I think of this before?’

You can see Prachi’s portfolio here.

Truss Me!

Trust Me With This Truss-Me!

chair-sofa

Truss Me Collection

Designer: Sandeep Sangaru @ Sangaru Design Studio

Here bamboo has been manipulated with using its inherent tensile strength and mechanical properties in such a way that load-bearing but light-weight engineered craft solutions emerge.

Truss-Me collection by Sangaru Design Studio is a unique, innovative approach to bamboo craft. It is hand-crafted and sustainable.

seat

Truss-Me collection is based on a system where split and laminated bamboo module which acts like truss; is used. And it is Best of Best award winner @ Red Dot Awards : Concept 2009 too.

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this Earth Day … bamboo architecture

Kisama heritage village, Nagaland, India

Via: NMBA

I have been to NMBA’s gallery again and again and have downloaded few bamboo structures, pre-fabs etc. I just needed an excuse to showcase these images!

And I am particularly enamoured with this bamboo structure!

Kisama Heritage Village

 

Kisama Heritage village

The National Mission on Bamboo Applications (NMBA) is a multi-disciplinary Technology Mission. It has been tasked with creating the basis for enlarging the bamboo sector, and with supporting the efforts of the Government of India towards augmenting economic opportunity, income and employment.