MUKUND MUNDHADA, final year Master of Design, IIT Kanpur

1. Mukund Mundhada
product design portfolio

2. CONTENT
1 Interior Design / Furniture
2 Household Appliances
3 Accessories / Sport Equipment
4 Concept Art

3. As a motivated and innovative individual, I am
always looking to create new and unique designs.
I focus on product design, furniture, interior design
and retail design.
The designs in my portfolio are modeled and
rendered in 3D Studio Max.

4. baithak
A POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
• Inspired from the Indian Chaarpai, its
materials and functionality.
• A modular furniture solution for compact
spaces.
• Can cater requirements of diffrent spaces
like roadside Dhabas, etc.
• Units can be taken anywhere as per the
nature of use.

5. Need Statement :- To design a postmodern furniture for modular space. ( Inspiration - Indian Khatiya / Chaarpai)
Moodboard
After going to some rural places, an idea about the traditional chaarpai got clear. The way people weave the chaarpai shows how
complex yet simple is the process. There are some typical knots which are being used for the production.
Market survey and some interviews, gave an insight about the materials being used in the production of a Chaarpai. The strength
eventually depends upon the basic structure and the materials used. Colors are also playing a vital role in the desirability factor.

6. Objectives of the Study :-
• To deal with post modernist theory and hence, how does it work in the context of Furniture Design as well as
space management.
• To apply the post modernist theories to design a modular furniture meant for sitting and resting.
NEED STATEMENT Cost and Material
Design Brief Market Study User Target
User survey Market Survey Understanding Trends and abnormalities in the data
Ideation Selection of Final Design
Revisions/ Alterations Prototype development
Ideation :-
Mockup of the design
Materials Used:-
Woolen Threads,
Medium density fibre 6mm
High density polyethelene
Chloroform

7. BENCHMARK
A LAPTOP PODIUM
• A workstation for Designers.
• Caters requirements of both a space to work
and to discuss.
• A modular furniture solution for compact
spaces.
• Can be used at different spaces like Design
studios and IT workspaces.

8. • Stable enough for Three Laptops to be
placed at once.
• Perforated metal sheets provide ventilation
to exhaust fans of the laptops.
• Rubber washers provided for a frictionless
rotation of the plates.
• Central axis provides a route to the wires to
remain fixed at one place.

9. Ideation process proves to be an important stage where a designer comes to know about the real status of the product.
As far as this Laptop podium is concerned, the stability of the unit has its importance. Hence, the accessories and the parts which are
going to be provided in this unit have to be thought upon.
The beams beneath the plate which are supposed to be a supporting part, should have to be strengthened . This will ensure secured
placement of laptops on the plates. To cut short weight and material as well, some circular punctures are provided on the sides of beams.
Laptops are going to be placed on the metallic sheets. Laptops have their exhaust fans at the bottom. Hence, the sheets are perforated
so that a good ventilation can be provided to the laptops.
The cirular disc at the bottom will hold the whole unit. Hence, for sure, it will have to be stronger and thicker.

10. perch
A GARDEN CHAIR FOR 2020
• Concept generation for Garden Chairs in 2020.
• Continuous form, suitable for fast production.
• Hollow section provides space for stuffs like
baggages and eatables, etc.
• Ergonomically designed so as to provide a
comfortable sitting units in the gardens where
people come to relax and have some leisure.

11. Exploring form while keeping in mind the material to be used and the type of usage.

12. CHAIR FOR RAILROAD TERMINALS
‘Share the Bench’ Concept
• Furniture solution for Railway stations.
• A continuous metal sheet moulded into one
chair and in a grouped format it gives a
comact cluster for people.
• Open slot beneath the seat provides space
for baggages and other things.
• Ease of stacking six chairs in one set
maintaining space management as well.

13. Da Bin
REDESIGNING A TRASH CAN
• A refreshing form welcomes users to dump
garbage into it.
• Cutout integrated at the top provides space
for handles.
• Small Anchors at the bottom will help to
keep this can steady.
• Handles on top provide a grip to move this
can to diffrent places.

14. • This is a straight comparison between the existing trash cans available in the market and
my new concept of user freindly trash can.
• As the existing trash cans provide very less opportunity of handling them with minimum
contact of hand to the dustbin, there is a need of some innovative solution.
• Some grooved sections at the bottom will solve the problem.
• The user is supposed to put his/her leg in the slot at bottom and then user will surely be
able to remove the trash bag filled up with garbage, without spreading it out of can.

15. AU R A
A ROOM FRESHENER
• Four diffrent fragrances in one unit.
• Fragrance will be set by the users themselves
as per their mood and the place where this
unit is going to be placed.
• Ease of operation with suitable set of parts.
• Refillable with the set of new fragrances
which will be available in the market.

16. Available room fresheners
in the market provide one
fragrance in on e pack.
What if one pack gives
more choices to the
users….?
Package design for 3 cubes
Form generation following the data analysis of Existing and the New one….

17. Lanterne’
A PORTABLE LIGHTING ACCESSORY
• An accessory which helps to minimise the
intensity of light in tents and such places.
• A compact unit which can be placed in the
regular luggage consuming less space.
• The existing bulb can be covered or the
torch can be placed in the unit.
• The clip provided can also be used as a
hanger, which helps to hang the unit.

18. GROOVED
A BUTTER APPLIER
• This is a daily used application in most of the
kitchens in India.
• As per the season, status of butter changes.
• This plastic unit provides a soft surface
which can be squizzed.
• Refillable from the top.
• The steel base helps to heat the the butter
applier to melt frozen butter in it.

19. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
Concept generation of a sport cycle…. A Cockroach being my inspiration.

20. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
The expectation is to derive a form out of anatomy of the Cockroach….

21. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
The expectation is to derive a form out of anatomy of the Cockroach….

22. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
Extractation of some line drawings from its anatomy….

23. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
Few lines seemed interesting and were selected for the final form generation….

24. SPORT CYCLE
CONCEPT GENERATION
Some of the forms generated at the end. Process to be continued….

25. Product Sketching

27. Line drawings of old computer mice
( An exercise to study its History and Anatomy)
Product Design - VASE
( An exercise of form generation, with nature
being an Inspiration)

28. B. Arch. M. Des. Second Year
Mukund E-mail - mukundm@iitk.ac.in
Mundhada LinkedIn - http://in.linkedin.com/in/mukundm
Phone - 09532094946
‘Excitement, Adventure and Mystery’ of imaginations give a new direction to design elements.
Thank you for giving your precious time.