ARC30103 - Introduction to Drawing QSB30105 - Introduction to the Construction IndustryProject 1

Product Designing(Furniture)

Jason Goh Kok WeiLeong DarrenLettitia Lois HiewGillian Chong Yeong LinGoh Jia JunKok Ka Shing

Who is a Furniture Designer?

And what does he do?

Photo: Andrew Crowley, telegraph.co.uk

❖ Furniture designer can come from Architect or Interior Architect background.

❖ e.g Gerrit T. Rietveld, famous for Red & Blue Chair is actually an Architect

Tasks & Roles of a Furniture Designer

❖ Researching and planing various styles of furniture design

❖ Sketch out client’s ideas

❖ Work as a team to establish design concept

❖ Improve furniture that is already fabricated

❖ Select suitable material for furniture

❖ Meet & discuss their designs with their clients

❖ Use design software to create a complex & detailed design

❖ Communicate with craftsmen, marketing staff, production managers & design engineers

❖ Making & testing models by using computerised prototyping equipment.

❖ Making presentations to clients or senior design management

Tasks At Stages Of Construction

Idea

Core of entire process• The Design Brief

• General plan of overall project• Goals to achieve

Research

• Current market trends• Environmental considerations• Ergonomics• Anthropometrics• Gain insight on types & styles of furniture• Types of materials

Conceptual Development

Where the designer first meets with the client to define the client’s needs & expectations

• Project budget• Space allocation• Project functionality

Prototyping

• Build to scale model of actual product• Average 3 to 4 prototypes • Current technology using 3D printers• Using drafts of technical drawing• Carving using wood• Prototype has to be tested• Testing different types of material• Presenting to client

picture : Hans Wegner & papa bear prototype

Design Documentation

Documentation of 3D file

• Technical drawing of product• 3D Rendered file such as AutoCAD• Essential set of documents as a piece of communication between the designer and the

manufacturer

Production Management

• Ensuring communication between manufacturer• Quality Control • Ensuring product is manufactured according to plan

Roles of Furniture Designer during

Pre-Construction During Construction Post-Construction

Pre-Construction

Private sub-contracting

Public tender against companies

During Construction

Manufacturing processFitting of actual furniture to site

Post-Construction

Filing completed product for future reference & research purpose

DESIGNING

Steps to take in designing

• Inspiration from nature

• Materials to be used

• Modelling

• Experimenting designs

Points to consider in Furniture Designing

• Budget

• Aesthetic

• Functionality

• Client’s requirement

Designs/Drawings involved in Furniture Designing

Conceptual Design

Technical Design

Conceptual Design

• In customer’s language

• Explaining the observable external characteristics

• Contains no technical information

• Describes the functions of the system

• Independent of implementation

• Linked to the required documents

Conceptual Designs of Furnitures

Presentation Drawing

• To show the concept design to clients• To highlight key components of the product• To give the client a better understanding of

the finished product

Image : http://www.furnituredrawings.co.uk/image.php/Housley+Furniture+Drawings+-+Bureau+-+Sketched-1.jpg?width=600&height=600&image=/tables/cms_images/img_image/Housley+Furniture+Drawings+-+Bureau+-+Sketched-1.jpg

Schematic Drawings

• Research phase of the project• Requirements and restrictions are researched and addressed• Costs are then estimated.

Technical Design

❖ Describes the major hardware components and their functions

❖ Show organizations and functions of the software components

❖ Shows data structures and data flow

❖ Shows interfaces

3D Modeling

Prototype

Image : https://www.droog.com/contents/prototypes/multibox/house_of_furniture_parts_09.jpg

Technical Designs Of Furnitures

Image : http://www.turbocad.com/Portals/1/Feature_Images/FM15/furnmaker-cabinet-HD.jpg

References

• Book : Furniture Design by Jim Postell

• Book : Furniture for interior design by Sam Booth and Drew Plunkett

• Book : Designing Interiors (2nd Edition) by Rosemary Kilmer and W. Otie Kilmer

• http://www.industrial-designs.com.au/design-process/

• https://www.pinterest.com/SAMUELDESIGN/d-e-s-i-g-n-s-k-e-t-c-h/

• https://www.furnituredrawings.co.uk/working-and-technical-furniture-drawings.php

• https://blueprintfurniture.co.uk/technical-drawings.html

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/designanalysisevaluationrev1.shtml

• http://www.studiocraft-hm.com/process/