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A glimpse to the belle of the
ball in the Christmas section
, the Water Closet seat. The
base was made utilising a
discarded metal drain cover
upon which a WC fitting
found on site was lodged.
Various paraphernalia
from the donation drive has
been tactfully assembled to
embellish the same. It’s the
best seat in the house in our
opinion and truly from where
we believe the best ideas are
conceived too!

The flooring is a mishmash of discarded samples that have been assem-
bled in a Tetris-like fashion, procured from ceramic, tile stores, and
active sites of fellow designers in the city — each sample measured, and
every segment ideated individually while it forms an integral part of a
larger visual tapestry.

a Tetris-inspired fashion. A patchwork collage of discarded wallpaper
swatches creates a riveting backdrop to the food counter, imbuing The focal wall behind the
it with an interplay of colour and pattern. The focal collage wall is a Christmas table is a collection
mishmash of e-waste, sanitary fixtures, and discarded furniture that of e-waste, sanitary fixtures,
discarded furniture, and
resembles a whimsically imagined jigsaw of waste. bits and bobs that have been
pieced together to reimagine
Project BigTop is the beacon of a pressing environmental message, yet it as a haptic jigsaw. The core
it garbs itself in an artistic mien, while revealing its identity to its end- intention was to ensure that
users. It is a space for misfits, where oddities belong serendipitously! the waste in its originally
dishevelled form now assumes
dw the aura of a curated artistic
Furniture ArtTechnical sheet sculpture, wherein each object
• Official Project Name: Big Top has been carefully made a
• Size: 2,134 Square Feet constituent element in the
• Location: Bangalore Creative Circus, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore, larger picture, with some ele-
ments that can be functionally
India utilised.
• Client: Bangalore Creative Circus
• Design Firm: Multitude Of Sins
• Principal Designer: Smita Thomas
• Collaborators: Metal Art: Mechanimal, Rahul KP, Light and
Tape art: Layer Tape, Nithin Sadhu, Graphic Artist: Rahul
Chacko, Wall Art and Graffiti Artist: Shunnal Ligade, Furniture
Art: Kamesh Bhagatji
• Project Completion: January 2022
• Photographer: Ishita Sitwala

www.multitudeofsins.in

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