Furniture Design: Spatial Organization and Typological Order

 

This course addresses a range of physical and spatial characteristics in furniture. Form, spatial organization, and other typological orders are presented and discussed in this course. Form constitutes the physical and spatial structure of an entity and is not a synonym for mass or volume. Form is integral to use, material, and structure. A sub-set of form is shape – categories of descriptive arrangements of furniture organized by geometry and include: orthogonal, curvilinear, angular, and composite shapes. Spatial organization is discussed in two categories. The first addresses the spatial organization of the furniture piece itself - looking at the spatial and physical composition of the piece and its components. The second category addresses the spatial relationships between furniture and interior space. Other typological orders introduce categories of furniture types that are not necessarily descriptive in geometry, material, or use and include: flat-packed / KD (knocked down), built-in (casework), freestanding (case goods), inflatable, transformable, and movable.

 

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