An Escapade with Nature: Intent Made’s latest collection translates forest, foliage, and form into sculptural utility

Nature’s influence on design often lingers on the surface — a leaf pattern here, a wood grain there. Hyderabad-based Intent Made Studio’s new collection, An Escapade with Nature, chooses a different route. It doesn’t borrow nature’s motifs as decorative accents; instead, it studies the structure, rhythm, and quiet resilience of the natural world, and builds them into the very form and function of its pieces.

“We looked closely at everything, from the lofty folds of a mountain peak to the delicate textures on a fox-nut leaf,” says Swetha Raju, founder and principal designer. “This collection is our way of translating those elements — their forms, patterns, and quiet rhythms — into pieces that belong in everyday life.”

The result is a line that moves fluidly across living, lounge, and dining spaces. Seating, tables, lighting, mirrors, partitions — each piece shaped in dialogue with artisans, ensuring that craft remains as integral as concept. The Sierra Sofa and Sierra Swivel Chair take their cues from mountain landscapes: the sofa’s twin curves, created through wood bending, flow into soft upholstery that encourages an unhurried posture; the swivel chair’s cocoon-like seat rests on a hand-carved wooden base, its rounded form inviting you in.

Water surfaces in the Teratai Centre and Side Tables, inspired by clusters of fox-nut leaves adrift on still ponds. Stainless steel trestle bases hold organically shaped tops, engraved with the fine vein-like tracery of the leaves themselves. The varying heights and scales create a subtle topography, shifting as you move around them.

The Vana series brings the forest indoors — the lounge chair’s forked metal frame suggests a pause among trees, while the Vana Side Table and Console extend this branching language into functional surfaces. The Vana Dining Table swaps airiness for a sense of rootedness, its tree-trunk-like base supporting a marble top with brass inlay, paired with dining chairs from the same line. The Teratai Bar Unit merges wood, stone, and malachite inlay, tracing the outline of a lotus afloat on water.

Lighting continues the narrative. The Vana Chandelier’s branching form and petal-shaped shades turn the ceiling into a gentle canopy. The Teratai Ceiling Lamp carves the lotus form in wood, suspending it in bloom; its floor lamp counterpart rises in hammered brass, echoing the lotus’s upward strength. The Sierra Wall Light blurs art and function, scattering points of light across a surface that also offers pedestal-like spaces for plants or small objects.

Accents carry the same language. The Ari Mirror’s chiselled wood frame ripples like water, while the brass-cast Ari Partition’s patina finish and wave silhouette create a subtle shift in space. On the floor, the Teratai Carpet’s warm tones and fluid geometry echo the movement found throughout the collection.

The unifying thread is not ornamentation, but mood. An Escapade with Nature distils the forms, materials, and tactile qualities of the wild into furniture that feels both sculptural and utilitarian. As Swetha explains, “We weren’t shaping objects here. We were setting the mood.” The collection takes the permanence of craft and marries it to nature’s transience — the moment light filters through leaves, the curve of a petal, the ripple of water — and brings it into the spaces we inhabit every day.

Designer: Swetha Vegesana

Brand: Intent MadeI

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Website: intentmade.in