SCHEDULE

 

WEEK 1

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Lecture: THE FURNITURE DESIGN PROCESS: OVERALL CONSIDERATIONS

Furniture design in the Interior Design context. Necessary skills and resource.

 

Lecture: THE FURNITURE DESIGN PROCESS: THE SPECIFIC PIECE

Lecture: PROPORTION, COMPOSITION, FORM, AND THE GRAPHICS OF WOOD

 

 

WEEK 2

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

 

 

WEEK 3

Lecture and Demo: BENCHROOM TOOLS AND JOINERY

 

Lecture and Demo: THE MACHINE ROOM

Bring sketch materials and questions about your individual project.

 

 

WEEK 4

DESIGN STUDIO

Entire class devoted to continued development of your individual project.

Next class: Design Concept presentation due.

 

 

PRESENTATION OF PROJECT DESIGN

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.