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FURNITURE / ART / MATERIAL INTELLIGENCE

Objects should start
conversations.

Furniture, art and a little imagination.
Made around you.

What if a wing became a chair?What if furniture surprised you?Can a line change a room?What makes an object yours?Where does imagination take shape?

What if an object
changed the conversation?

A single piece. A different way to see a space.

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01 / A GESTURE, GIVEN FORM

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02 / A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

A chair can hold a gesture. A table can change the rhythm of a room. From our New Delhi studio, we create bespoke furniture for homes, furniture and fixtures for retail and hospitality, and commissioned art — each imagined around the people who live with it.

INSPIRATION / FROM NATURE TO OBJECT

A wing becomes a line.
A line becomes a possibility.

A dragonfly. A butterfly. A bird at rest.
Six small guides follow us through a story of observation, imagination and making.

Whim in the woodsFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

Winged lightsFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

Butterfly chairsFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

Humming woodFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

Perch, the seaterFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

Perch, the tableFROM THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE FINISHED FORM

EXPRESSION / OBJECTS AND THEIR DETAILS

Ideas take shape.
Details give them character.

Colour, proportion, texture and a surprising turn.
A closer look at the objects we imagine and make.

Orange / geometry — original studio photograph — 01 / Colour changes the rhythm

Soft seating / timber — original studio photograph — 02 / A softer way to sit

Beige Stacks — original studio photograph — 03 / Different forms, one composition

Taupe Drift Table — original studio photograph — 04 / A line that refuses to be straight

A considered curve — original studio photograph — 05 / A curve, carefully considered

The Perch Table — original studio photograph — 06 / A bird finds its perch

The Half Table — original studio photograph — 07 / Half a form. A whole idea.

Sculptural foundation — original studio photograph — 08 / Strength in the smallest junction

A red timber chair, its spindles and woven detail — 09 / The detail makes the difference

A continuous line — original studio photograph — 10 / One continuous gesture

Plum / gold — original studio photograph — 11 / A familiar material, reimagined

Sculptural seating — original studio photograph — 12 / An ordinary seat, made extraordinary

Sculptural petals — original studio photograph — 13 / Light takes a sculptural turn

Light / reflections — original studio photograph — 14 / Reflections become a pattern

Usher / Perch — original studio photograph — 15 / Room for an unexpected companion

Imagination begins it.
The hand completes it.

A curve must feel right. A junction must hold. A finish must invite touch.

Wood, metal, stone and fabric bring their own possibilities. Skill and patient attention bring them together as something to live with.

Stories in relief

01 / A landscape, carved into an object.

Colour, carved in

02 / Colour meets the hand.

LEGACY / THE CURIOSITY THAT STARTED IT

Before the object,
there was a line.

THE ORIGINAL IDENTITY / A STORY IN EIGHTEEN SECONDS

I’m a dot.
I’m a line.
I’m a circle.
I’m the space within.

A simple thought became a name. In 1994, Punam Kalra gave it a place to take shape: I’m — The Centre for Applied Arts.

That same curiosity lives in every curve, junction and material experiment. Art becomes an object. An object becomes part of your life.

Follow the story into our shared legacy

32+

Years of exploration / Since 1994

2,000+

Projects for private and corporate clients

10+

Countries exported to

10+

Awards

200+

Publications and articles

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PUNAM KALRA / FOUNDER

DEEPAK KALRA / ARCHITECT

Architecture, design and a lifetime of making ideas possible. Deepak brings vision and technical understanding to the studio’s shared pursuit of thoughtful, expressive objects.

A curious mind.
A shared way of making.

Punam Kalra / Founder, I’m

Punam’s engineering background and artistic curiosity shape a studio where expression and practical ingenuity belong together.

The story inside the name +

I’m a dot.
I’m a line.
I’m a circle.
I’m the space within.
I’m — The Centre for Applied Arts.

A song and a name, born amid the noise of a club, in the company of a legendary graphic designer. From the experiments of 1994 to today’s bespoke furniture, the curiosity continues.

Aarushi KalraIMAGE TO FOLLOW

Aarushi Kalra

Shifaa KalraIMAGE TO FOLLOW

Shifaa Kalra

Dhruva KalraIMAGE TO FOLLOW

Dhruva Kalra

RECOGNITION / THE STORY BEYOND THE STUDIO