Hi! I am Kaanchi Chopra,
an artist and designer exploring the potential of living and discarded plant matter.
Currently, foraging flowers and sprouting Kohinoori - a social enterprise empowering rural farmers in India to transform agricultural waste into biodesign solutions. BFA in Product Design and Sustainability Studies from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
View featured projects below ⬇
Developed during the residency at Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto in Italy, Conversation Chair One is a wool-felted dual seating rooted in local material ecologies and transcontinental felting lineages.
A wide exploration of plant compositions created with the intent to make ethnobotany and environmentalism joyful, tactile and accessible.
Botamist is an indoor herb garden that uses a self-lighting and self-watering Aeroponics system for the cultivation of fresh herbs.
The DoGreen Project is a sustainable and systematic solution to waste management in urban dog parks.
A bio-based hydrogel bandage developed in the lab for victims of acid assault. Burn Barriers provides women with an appropriate medical grade response to alleviate and care for their burns.
BRANDING ORGS
A compilation of brand design projects for clients across data tech. (Karya), energy (The Sunrise Project), philanthropy (Calcutta Foundation), sustainability etc.