FURNITURE DESIGNER

Group members :Charles Teh

JackTang Fu HongTan Vin Nie

Tay Siew WenZoe Yong

ICI & ITD Project

Name of tutors :Ms Ann See Peng

Ms Hasmanira MokhtarMs Ida Marlina MazlanMs Normah Sulaiman

Introductionto Furniture Designer

Furniture designers produce designs for items of furniture and related products. These designs may then be mass produced or made in small batches or as one-off individual pieces.

FURNITURE DESIGN TIMELINE

Scope of

Work

Scope of Work

• studying, researching and planning various styles of furniture design;

• finding ways to improve furniture items already manufactured;

• keeping informed about design trends and developments; • selecting suitable materials, which might include wood,

metal, plastic and textiles; • discussing designs with clients for custom ordering or

with manufacturers; • generating sample designs using computer-aided design

(CAD), card models, sketches or hard prototypes;

Qualities &

Skills

Qualities &

Skills • Creative and artistic skills. • Flexibility to adapt designs to suit clients'

needs. • An understanding of production

processes. • An understanding of the different materials

you might use to make furniture products. • The ability to change ideas into a three-

dimensional design. • To work to deadlines and budgets. • To keep up to date with changes in design

and furniture technology. • Knowledge of design-related software.

Working Tasks

Working Tasks

• Pricing and contract negotiation• Shop drawings, templates, and working

prototypes• Fabrication• Delivery and installation

Pricing and Contract Negotiation

• When the designer is not the fabricator, the most important thing the designer can do to promote the eventual success of the proposed work is to take an active role in determining the right fabricator for the job.

Shop drawings, Templates, and Working Prototypes

• Shop drawings might lead to a mockup of a detail or indicate the need to review and modify the contract drawings. Shop drawings should always be reviewed and approved by the designer.

• Templates and forms are often made in order to fabricate a working prototype.

• Working prototypes are useful in testing and resolving aspects of form and structure. They mark the last phase prior to producing the final work.

Fabrication

• Designers spend between 30 and 35 percent of their total time on this phase of work. The designer’s role during this phase is to observe and monitor the process, describe the process to client, and assist in problem resolution as issues arise.

Delivery and Installation

• Coordination with designer, client, and fabricator for the delivery, installation, and final approval of the completed work marks the activities in this phase of work.

• A suite of furnishings that includes case goods and casework can take several days to transport, deliver, and install.

• Delivery and installation is an important phase of work that needs to be carefully planned and included in the overall cost of fabricating the work.

Design Process

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Sketching Drawing

Computer Rendering

Presentation

Sketching

Esquisse Sketch

Parti Sketch

Iterative Sketch

Esquisse Sketch

- the first sketch of picture or model to show their initial ideas

Parti Sketch

- show basic elements and component of a design/ determining the materials

Iterative Sketch

- creating multiple iterations that involve new ideas to make improvement

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Drawing

• transfer information from the design team to the construction team and present the information in a user friendly legible format.

• ︎ability to represent your ideas by using effective visual method such as sketching opens doors for better communication between designers and clients

Function of Drawings

Computer-aided design

drawings(CADD)

Assembly Drawings

Working Drawing

Computer-aided Design Drawings (CADD) is a computer graphic language that is used to communicate ideas, furniture drawings, furniture plans and furniture blueprints from the creative design stage through production

Assembly Drawings

show how different parts go together, identify those parts by number, and have a parts list, often referred to as a bill of materials

Computer Rendering

•is the process of adding realism to a computer graphics by adding three-dimensional qualities such as shadows and variations in color and shade.

• to speed up the process of developing ideas to their customer.

Presentation Drawings

References

References

Book : • “Furniture Design” by Postell, James Christopher. Hoboken

Website : • https://cdn.fbsbx.com/hphotos-xap1/v/

t59.2708-21/11192441_870198883023244_1860109993_n.docx/Furniture-Design-Process.docx?oh=2c6d4a992298051adb92767e20841c4a&oe=553D8C44&dl=1

• http://antelopedesign.co.uk/what-we-do• http://www.whitemountdesign.com/FurnitureDesign.htm

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