RAVINA PURI
PORTFOLIO
Selected Works
EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN
NEW YORK
RAVINA PURI
Stories told in material.
ABOUT
I’m an interdisciplinary experiential designer working between architecture, landscape architecture and spatial storytelling. My practice is drawn to the ephemeral — spaces and objects that exist for a moment and stay with people long after. Every piece begins with a narrative, and the design is how that story is felt. Trained in architecture and landscape architecture, I think in materials, light, texture, scale and sequence — how a space engages all the senses, and how materials can carry meaning. I care as much about how something is made as how it is experienced.
STORY · SENSE · MATERIAL · EPHEMERA
RAVINA PURI
Selected works Set design and prop styling.
CONTENTS
01
The Bamboo Meadow
SET DESIGN · PLANTING · FABRICATION
02
Fitfull
BRAND ACTIVATION · FOOD STYLING · IDENTITY
03
A Night at Old Town Market
EVENT DESIGN · CUSTOM BUILD · BAR
04
Iridescent Pool Party
EVENT STYLING · PROPS · FOOD STYLING
05
Full Moon Party
STAGE DESIGN · FABRICATION
06
Sonic Ghats
SET DESIGN · FABRICATION · TABLESCAPE
07
A Starry Blurry Night
EVENT STYLING · LIGHTING
08
Tables
ISLAND BEGINNINGS · GOLDEN HOUR
09
Builds
THE ART CAR · FRIDAY IN BROOKLYN
10
Print + props
BOLLYWOOD RETRO · STATIONERY
11
Nomadic Escape
STAGE DESIGN · LIGHT INSTALLATION
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
01
The Bamboo Meadow
A meadow sown down the aisle, and a shell of woven bamboo to hold the vows.
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
Lived in By the ceremony the shell read as part of the field.
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
CONCEPT
An altar that grows Six forms before one was built — the chosen shell, woven flat on the ground and raised at night.
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
STRUCTURE
The woven shell Split bamboo, woven both ways into a self-bracing shell — 7.5 × 5 × 5 m.
split strips, woven both ways
doubled edge arch
where the strips cross, bound
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
PLANT PALETTE
Five layers, one meadow Low beside the aisle, tall only at the edges.
SECTION — LAYERING
Planted for the seated eye Under a meter beside the aisle, so seated guests see the couple over it.
05 PLUME
04 GRASS
03 BLOOM
03 BLOOM
03 BLOOM
02 FILLER
01 GROUND
Pampas grass
Fountain grass
Allium
Cosmos
Garden rose
Fern
Moss
to 2.0 m
to 1.0 m
to 0.9 m
to 0.8 m
to 0.6 m
to 0.45 m
to 0.12 m
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
INSPIRATION
Over the water Lotus along the stepping stones, and offcuts from the shell cut open and lit in the pond.
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
PROCESS
Painted, then planted
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
PLAN — LAWN + PERGOLA
Lawn, water, pergola
fifteen islands line the aisle
the shell, wrapped round the stage stepping stones — open to the lobby
existing trees, kept
the pergola, under the old trees
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
A vine, dressed Kept the passionfruit and the columns; painted leaf hats, heliconia and lanterns hung from the beams, and a wooden boat on ice as the bar.
01 — THE BAMBOO MEADOW
A chaadar of shells A new take on the phoolon ki chaadar — the canopy of flowers carried over the bride — remade in shells, starfish and pearl.
02 — FITFULL
02
Fitfull, a garden of rituals
A wellness brand launch, staged as a garden of small rituals beneath a banyan.
02 — FITFULL
THE IDEA
Wellness, served Every idea about wellbeing became something to eat, drink or make — five rituals guests moved through over one afternoon.
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02
03
04
05
Sip
Steep
Build
Blend
Gather
Cold-pressed juice shots on ice, named for the hour
Matcha, whisked to order at a white cart
Açaí in coconut shells — granola, cacao nibs, chia, banana, nut butter
Aromatherapy: mix an essential oil, take the bottle home
A harvest lunch of tropical fruit and flowers
PALETTE + TEXTURES
Color taken from the food and the table; dyed silk, crochet, rag-rug and cut bougainvillea as the layers underneath.
AÇAÍ
COCONUT HUSK
PALM
AMBER GLASS
BLUSH NAPKIN
WHITE BOUGAINVILLEA
02 — FITFULL
IDENTITY
One mark, four colors One wordmark and one awning stripe; four colors taken from what was served. Each ritual gets its own mark.
fitfull a garden of rituals
LEAF
MATCHA
fitfull
steeped in love
BLUSH
WHITE BOUGAINVILLEA
glow up
the harvest table
02 — FITFULL
APPLICATIONS
Menu, napkins, labels The awning stripe carried onto everything printed — sixty-milliliter shots named for the hour.
THE GARDEN MENU
Sip GLOW UP · FUEL UP · WAKE UP
Steep STEEPED IN LOVE
Build BUILD YOUR OWN BOWL
Blend BLEND YOUR OWN OIL
Gather THE HARVEST TABLE
02 — FITFULL
PLAN + FLOW
One loop, five stops
1 SIP
·
2 STEEP
·
3 BUILD
·
4 BLEND
·
5 GATHER
02 — FITFULL
Blend your own Twelve mats around one tray of oils, droppers, pressed flowers and crystals — blend a scent, take the bottle home.
02 — FITFULL
In the garden Matcha whisked at a white cart under the tree; açaí built bowl by bowl.
02 — FITFULL
The harvest table Lunch as the last ritual — fruit on dyed silk, palm on dark wood, dessert served cold on ice.
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
03
A Night at Old Town Market
A night market grown in bamboo around an old tree, lit red and thick with smoke.
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
CONCEPT
A stair poured in red Red blooms run down the lobby columns like fire, the first glow of the night market waiting beyond.
FINAL
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
CUTAWAY AXONOMETRIC
The cabana, cut open
indigo cloth from the roof rail woven lanterns, three per bay
two-layer roof, cut away
hawker carts, smoke rising
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
PLAN + MODEL
Built first in miniature
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
BUILD + DETAILS
Raised & dressed Lashed where it flexes, bolted where it holds — nothing drilled into the forecourt.
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
SOURCING
The market kit
BUILT SOURCED
made in-house bought or rented in
Every piece pulled to one palette — red, indigo, bamboo and smoke.
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SOURCED
02
SOURCED
03
BUILT
04
BUILT
05
SOURCED
06
Lobster-trap lamps
Triangle cushions
Bamboo cup bar
Market stall
Long tables
Indigo cloth
Woven bamboo lobster traps
Striped cotton
Cut bamboo, herbs, roses
Bamboo, woven baskets
Bamboo, cross-back chairs
Indigo-dyed cotton
Hung three per bay
Floor seating, lounge
Bar front
Produce + sweets
Dining under the canopy
Hung from the frame
PALETTE
Market red
Indigo
Bamboo
Smoke
SOURCED
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET
Eat low, under lanterns A bar of cut bamboo cups packed with greens and roses; carts, cushions and lobster-trap lamps.
03 — OLD TOWN MARKET MAKRUT LEAF
SIGNATURE SERVE — CONCEPT ROSELLE
The Red Lantern Served in a cup cut from the bar’s bamboo. TAMARIND
BIRD’S-EYE CHILI
BLOCK ICE
SMOKED PALM SUGAR
45 ML
30 ML
15 ML
10 ML
20 ML
Thai rum
Roselle
Tamarind
Palm sugar
Lime
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
04
Iridescent Pool Party
Pearl-light bubbles drifting across the water, and an afternoon to match.
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
By day, the ceiling over the pool and bubbles drifting beneath it.
Light on water
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
PLAN + FLOW
Day, on the deck
caps on the wall, welcome table ← stage under the ceiling the way in
bubbles on the pool ↑
ping-pong table of pastel bottles boombox bar under parasols
long white tables
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
Ping-pong A table built for the deck, its surface packed with pastel bottles.
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
Made for the day Caps embroidered with the monogram, a boombox built as the bar.
04 — IRIDESCENT POOL PARTY
Coconut, three ways Drunk on ice, set as panna cotta, scooped into its own shell — with an ice-cream cart and fruit in woven baskets.
05 — FULL MOON PARTY
05
Full Moon Party
A galaxy hung over the water, stitched from light and film.
05 — FULL MOON PARTY
CONSTRUCTION + FABRICATION
A galaxy, in section
05 — FULL MOON PARTY
FABRICATION
Tied by hand, panel by panel Every film panel cut and tied into the mesh on the ground, then lifted over the pool in one piece.
05 — FULL MOON PARTY
Under the moon Three moons as reference, one lantern on the terrace.
06 — SONIC GHATS
06
Sonic Ghats, a homegrown rave
Music made visible in string and neon — built by friends, for friends.
06 — SONIC GHATS
FABRICATION — ALL DIY
String, by hand Light moved across the strings through the night and showed new geometries.
06 — SONIC GHATS
Sails and string Red sails and string lines over the stage.
06 — SONIC GHATS
Neon everything. The cake too. UV palms and blooms in mirrored vases on holographic film — and a drip cake to match.
07 — A STARRY BLURRY NIGHT
A Starry Blurry Night A cake iced as the night sky, sunflowers on every table, the room washed blue.
07 — A STARRY BLURRY NIGHT
Lamps and sunflowers A low lamp on every table and stars across the ceiling.
Island Beginnings A welcome lunch — orchid, heliconia and marigold heaped down one long table.
Golden Hour A spicy sundowner — chilies, roses and anthurium burning red against the tulle.
MODEL
The Art Car A DJ truck for the baraat.
BUILT
RENDER BUILT
Friday in Brooklyn An afterparty room modeled first, then built in pixel strings and light tubes against mirror.
Bollywood Retro Custom records, retro posters and light-up fans for a disco night.
Invitations, as news A newspaper for an invitation, hand-painted cards, ribbon and embroidered pouches.
11 — NOMADIC ESCAPE
11
Nomadic Escape
A festival for dreamers — a sun of light rising behind the decks.
11 — NOMADIC ESCAPE
CONSTRUCTION + FABRICATION
A sun, on one hub hub plate
tube clamp
section
thirty-six tubes, one hub, one truss
truss → hub → tubes → mapped
RAVINA PURI
Thank you ravinapuri31@gmail.com
EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN
NEW YORK