How Ek Kalakaar Uses Scrap To Create Handcrafted & Sustainable Furniture

The spaces we occupy on a daily basis not only reflect stylistic choices and aesthetics but convey messages about our vision and ideas. Each item in our vicinity speaks to our own creative idiosyncrasies and adds more character to the room. Often, these places of comfort and play are bombarded with mass-produced furniture that lacks durability and is devoid of any unique designs. These minimal and trendy pieces might seem affordable but are made of weak materials and are soon discarded. This is where a new homegrown label is changing the landscape of modern interior design.

Ek Kalakaar is a sustainable endeavour rethinking the mundane decor occupying our spaces. The design studio loves to work with reusable and recycled materials to create harmonious products carefully aligned to fulfil the visual goals of their clients. Founder Anurag, is a connoisseur in transportation design and shares a deep connection with the idea of sustainable living. He utilises materials such as wood, acrylic, MS steel, glass, metal, and slag that would normally be thrown away as unusable materials. In the process, he's adapting new materials into his artistic fold and giving them his own vision. 

Ek Kalakaar are creating timeless furniture that reflects humanistic attributes and adds life to the spaces its pieces occupy. In addition to using scrap and waste material to innovate and craft commercial spaces with the same zeal they also strive to make a difference and ultimately make products and designs more relatable and connected to consumers. The studio offers a wide range of environmentally pleasing, contemporary and handcrafted designer furniture, sculptures, lighting, and home decor products, each holding onto a distinct identity that visually compliments their existing space. 

You can explore the collection here.

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