RedVector
RV-10502
Furniture Design: Principles, Thinking, Ethos, Processes, and Phases
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define the principles of design, which provide the criteria that describe the intended purpose of furniture, such as balance, continuity, unity, and variety, dynamism and stasis, hierarchy and emphasis, juxtaposition, rhythm and pattern, and scale and proportion
- Discuss “design thinking” and identify the working methods and processes used when designing furniture, including empirical knowledge, intuition, judgment based on assessment, deductive and inductive reasoning, and creative and improvisational methods of working
- Explain the ethos of design, which includes designing for accessibility, and designing according to codes, guidelines and standards for the health, safety, and welfare of individual users
- Discuss the design process and identify different components of the design process, including sketching, drawing, computer rendering and model making
- List the phases of design, including predesign, research, and programming, schematic design, design development, fabrication drawings, pricing and contract negotiation, shop drawings, templates, and working prototypes, fabrication, delivery and installation