SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
Lecture: THE FURNITURE DESIGN PROCESS: OVERALL CONSIDERATIONS
Furniture design in the Interior Design context. Necessary skills and resource.
Lecture: PROPORTION, COMPOSITION, FORM, AND THE GRAPHICS OF WOOD
Lecture: BEHAVIOR OF WOOD AND BASIC FURNITURE JOINERY
Lecture: PYRAMID MARKING, HINGE POSSIBILITIES, AND FINISHES
SLIDES OF PAST SCREEN AND TABLE PROJECTS
Lecture: SHOP DRAWINGS; CUT LIST, THE 2 BASIC SCREEN FORMS
Bring sketch materials and questions about your individual project.
Entire class devoted to continued development of your individual project.
Next class: Design Concept presentation due.
Presentation of your project design to the class. Treat this as a meeting to sell your project to your prospective client. (Us).
This is commonly a large drawing, and /or a mock-up in foam core of your design. Your presentation should be of sufficient
scale to display to approx. 20 people, and include color, material samples, details, and mock-up, etc. if applicable:
The object is to be illustrative and clearly representative of the project you are proposing. You will be in front of the class
for about 10 minutes, which will give you time for a short presentation and give us a chance to ask questions and/or make
comments.
Only the design presentation is due at this time. To be able begin working in the shop next week you also have to have
Full scale working drawings (hard-line shop drawings), and a cut list.