Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Woods with White by Punam Kalra






Interiors play a major role in our lives. It entails not just furniture but the entire look and feel of one’s home. Each and every piece makes a statement about the person so it is important that furniture should be designed with utmost care keeping individual’s style quotient in mind. And this is exactly what I’M Centre for Applied Arts does. Punam Kalra has come up with her new range of Furniture which includes Dining table, Sofa, décor piece and Fusion Couch.
Dining Table - a large, expansive dining table in a black & white contrast looks great on a wooden flooring. Clean lines, a tapering central base & a stark contrast are the salient features. This table can comfortably seat 8 to 10 persons.
Luxury Sofa – This sofa is designed as per the latest trends of the market using high-grade raw material, the offered sets enhance the beauty of the interiors, owing to their elegant designs, exquisite patterns and attractive colors.
Price : Rs. 40,000 Onwards 
 
Profile- Interior Designer Punam Kalra
 


E​ngineer turned designer Ms. Punam Kalra  is the creative director of I'M Centre for Applied Arts, New Delhi. She specializes in providing customized solutions in design & is known for her bespoke furniture & accessories. She has been in the industry since 1994 - almost two decades & has to her credit several prestigious projects - residential, office spaces, commercial etc....

Punam Kalra - Creative Director, I'm Centre for Applied Arts

Punam Kalra, a renowned engineer turned designer has been in the business since 14 years.  It has been a long time since Kalra opened her first store at Lajpat Nagar. The Life journey for Kalra is a very long one with lots of revelations. Along with expertise and experience, Kalra has also gained a lot of Knowledge. Being brought up in a simple middle class family, she has all her values intact.  
Though being nurtured in a traditional society, Kalra has kept herself upbeat with the contemporary culture. As Kalra entered her adult years, she developed a strong sense of scale, balance and color, along with an appreciation for clean lines and natural materials. Today, she is known for creating outstanding interiors that are both artful and functional.
It was not that Kalra wanted to become a designer from the beginning. It was her destiny that made her so; otherwise she would have become a doctor.
This particular venture is her and her husband’s. In spirit the name, the feel, the design is her response to awakened self. 
Design took on an absolutely new meaning from then on. That day and today, she has traveled a long way, grown in experience & knowledge. She knows, the possibilities of looking at anything & everything are infinite- one just needs to be aware. She is passionate about her work and family that has contributed entirely to enable her to reach where she is today. 
Her take on life is – Do what you want but do it well, Live life as it comes but live it fully. 

“DESIGN DOES NOT STOP AT ANYTHING- IT IS HAPPENING EVERY MOMENT, IN FACT IT IS A WAY OF LIFE.” – Punam Kalra

I​'M Centre​ for Applied Arts - By Punam Kalra, Creative Director

I’m Centre for Applied Arts by Punam Kalra was started in 1994 and started with a Product Design Centre and it was first of its kind in the country.

Punam Kalra, a renowned engineer turned designer has been in the business since 14 years.  It has been a long time since Kalra opened her first store at Lajpat Nagar. 

Punam Kalra always believes in innovation and with this new collection also she proved that “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity”.

She being an engineer who with her sense of aesthetics CREATED straight on the jar and very fond of metals in their pure form like copper, brass, Stainless Steel, silver and gold. Combining these with embalming oxidation and antiquing techniques which she has able to create pieces which are really out of the world. It is far that state of being different that people come to us.




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