Neeti Kailas and the onion legacy...

ONION
ONION
ONION
ONION
ONION
ONION
 An onion, when left alone- does not smell.
Neither does it make you cry...

When pierced/ cut, the onion releases enzymes

that cause the reaction in the onion,
which causes it to smell, and the human eyes to water.

The layered lamp has touch

sensors on the various layers,
that cause the intensity of the bulb to
change accordingly when touched.

The intensity of the bulb varies by layer that you touch.

A representation From inside
of the onion rings the form
Circular rings construct
the form.

The Form is developed

by the surfaces of
consecutive layers.
 ½ the life
cycle the
onion grows,
and in the
other half,
the shoot
and flowers.
The farmer
makes his
Onion life cycle
harvest after
the first
½,when the
onion has
Tiny
Little white fruit
grown large,
flower and leaves
some, to
bear flower.
Plumule Falls off Ariel leaves - When
(shoot) later photosynthesis flowering
Outside scaly startes, onion
Storage leaves grows
Inside fleshy smaller and
Black onion Grows
smaller-
Radicle Falls off Future
seed (root) onion underground White bud. stored food
goes to
Root flower, thus
no longer
used as
vegetable.

Botanical name:
Allium Cepa
 Onion History
Onions have often been kept
inside mummies, while they
were made.

Onions for Your Health

Onion chemistry
 Onion tidbits
In California wild onions were eaten raw
after soaking in salt water, roasted, or
boiled, and raw onions were rubbed on
skin as an insect repellent.

"Life is like an onion; you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it."
Looking through the bent backed tulips
To see how the other half live
Looking through the glass onion.

Beatles--Glass Onion. (The White Album)

Initial concepts
 A single layer, that closes out on pulling of one edge.
Interconnected by strings from the inside, pulling of one layer, opens out the rest.
Fold into each other when opened.

Top view

View when opened. Side view - when closed

Onion domes Funnel in large- small sizes. Exploration on corrugated sheet.
Layers of muslin inside act as filter.

Russian dolls
 Collapsible lampshade

Adjust length
to adjust light

Skirt-table Maximum opened position.

 Hollow

Dead weight

Rolls around pivot

Nylon net

Container-
for liquid mosquito repellant

(the onion was rubbed on

the body as protection
from mosquitoes...) An onion is like a flame
 Play furniture for children.

Stackable sections

Arrangened into various forms, during play

Lightweight

Storage space
Rolls around on the floor
played with
 Filter tags visible- pull out the filter you need.

Filter sheets, rolled into the cylinder with sample tags visible

Vary intensity of light

according to the mesh you touch