Indian architecture firm Studio Mumbai will exhibit 14 furniture and homeware items crafted from a mix of "universal" and more unusual materials, at Maniera gallery in Brussels.

Described as the "result of an ongoing process of refinement and study in material, form and function", the new collection of handmade furniture and homeware features a daybed, a lamp, a console table, a bench, a folding screen and a selection of chairs.
Made from "universal" materials such as stone, textiles, glass and brick, the pieces take inspiration from traditional craftsmanship found across the world.

The studio has also used unusual materials like Japanese washi paper, cow dung and lime in the collection.
"The materials are very much a part of our immediate landscape," Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai, told Dezeen. "These objects are universal in their relation to water, air and light ? they are free from origin or place," he explained.

In keeping with the idea of traditional crafts, the pieces in the collection do not require expensive power tools or adhesives to be built.
"The pieces emerge from a directness of approach between material and man, enabled by simple tools and manipulated with gestures of the hand," said Jain.

One piece in the series, a console, has a plywood structure with Japanese washi paper panelling, while a chair is made from recycled teak wood and tied together using silk rope.
Elsewhere, an armchair is...