Siment

Tiipoi

Siment is a collection of planters and vases inspired by urban infrastructure in present-day India.  It’s also about how, in India, concrete is often transformed from a purely functional material into an opportunity for decoration.

We created typologies of the Brutalist water-towers and flyover infrastructure pillars we found, which had all taken on a secondary or unofficial use over time.  They were painted or used as surfaces for expression, and had become ornaments in the neighbourhood.

Siment celebrates this blurring of decoration and function and the creation of secondary uses that is omnipresent in Indian living. To bring our vision to life we worked closely with a Mumbai-based architectural practice that has a specialist focus on concrete casting and they became our manufacturer for this collection.

Each design was 3D-printed, a mould made out of silicone and the pieces cast in concrete. Due to the level of detail, each piece is poured by hand on a vibrating table so as to ensure that the concrete flows into every corner of the mould.

Submitted here, is a picture of our entire collection, and our 2 most popular vases – Water tower 3, and Flyover Vase. Our Flyover vase was inspired by one of the many flyover pillars and other pieces of concrete infrastructure in Bangalore that have dominated the city’s landscape since the late 90s.

We miniaturised the functional and architectural features of these structures, in this case the geometric ridges found on its sides, rendering them as decorative patterns and tactile elements.

Each design was 3D-printed, moulds were then made out of silicone and the pieces were cast in concrete. Our Flyover Vase won a Wallpaper Design Award in 2019.

Tiipoi a product design studio based between Bangalore and London that launched it’s first collection of products during London Design Festival ’14. India fascinates and inspires us.

We think that there is more to Indian design than just sticking an elephant on it, and that Indian craft has more to offer than simply repeating the past. India can seem a pretty chaotic place.

But sitting there, quietly are some really incredible, super functional designs. The…

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