TEH SIN YIN

WINTER

TAN CHIN YIN

CHRISTINE

PANG KAI YUN

SAM WEI YIN

SAM

TAN JINGWEI

CLAUDIA

NG HUOY MIIN

JENNY

RANDOM

FURNITURE

DESIGNER

Design &

Develop

furniture

Demands creativity,

business awareness and

skills in marketing,

finance & manufacturing

Work alone

or with

colleagues

WHO FURNITURE

DESIGNER NEED

TO DEAL WITH?

MANUFACT

URER

CLIEN

T

SUPPL

IER

Interior

Designer

CLIENT

Employdesigner and set the brief for designer to

work to.

Decide whether the design

can go into production.

Cost Limitation

Product Outcome

Time Scale

Design Requiremen

t

Material &Weight Range

• Furniture designer cooperate with

interior designer

Supply the specific

Materials to the

manufacturer for the

product designer

Choose the method of production and the best equipment

Quality control the production process.

1.CONSULTATION

2.RESEARCH

3.ANALYSIS

4.DESIGN

5.CREATE SCALE MODEL

6.CREATE PROTOTYPE

7.TESTING

8.PRESENTATION

CONSULTATION

•Meeting with clients.

• Show client their portfolio.

• Understand their needs and requirements.

Research on solution

and problems

Price estimation

CHOOSE THE FEW

EFFICIENT SOLUTION

BRAIN-STORMING

SESSION

DESIGNING

• There are many steps in designing :

1. IDEATION SKETCH

2.CONCEPT SKETCH

3.TECHNICAL SKETCH

4.PRESENTATION

IDEATION

SKETCH

• Capture ideas into paper.

• Messy and hard to

understand by others.

IDEATION

SKETCH

IDEATION

SKETCH

CONCEPT SKETCH

Require

rough

proportio

n

Getting

perspecti

ve right

CONCEPT SKETCH

CONCEPT SKETCH

TECHNICAL

SKETCH • Specific dimensions must be

worked out and checked by the

carpenter.

TECHNICAL

SKETCH

TECHNICAL

SKETCH

TECHNICAL SKETCH

TECHNICAL SKETCH

• Included with specific

dimension, joinery

techniques, materials,

weight.

FULLY

DESIGN

• DesignCAD®

• AutoCAD LT®

• SketchList3D®

SOFTWARE

IDEATION

SKETCHConcept

sketch

Commercial

sketch

Technical

sketch

Presentation

sketch

PRESENTATION

ACCEPT

MANUFATURE

REJECT

REFINE

SCALE MODELBUILD A SMALL

SCALE MODEL OF

IDEA

UNFORSEEN

COMPLICATION WILL

BE NOTICE

HELP IDENTIFY WHICH

JOINERY TECHNIQUE

BUILD A FULL-SIZE

FURNITURE

ENSURE CONSTRUCTION

TECHNIQUES AND

MATERIALS ARE

SUITABLE

USE SAME

CONSTRUCTION

PROCESS FOR

PRODUCTS

ERROR THAT DIDN’T

SHOW UP IN SCALE

MODEL WILL BE

WORKED OUT

BUILD PROTOTYPE

Testing

Furniture will

have stress test

Several piece of

prototype will be

build to find out the

limit of the furniture

ROLE OF FURNITURE

DESIGNER DURING

CONSTRUCTION

MONITOR PROGRESS

OF PRODUCT

REFINE

THE PRODUCT

MONITOR INSTALLATION

ON PRODUCT

REVIEW

PRODUCT

AND

MEASURING

OUTCOME

ROLE OF FURNITURE

DESIGNER AFTER

CONSTRUCTION

RESPONSIBLE

FOR

MAINTAINANCE

IN CERTAIN

TIME LIMIT

REFERENCES

• BITESIZE

Design & Technology: Product Analysis & Design

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/designanalysisevaluationrev1.shtml

Retrieve date: 6th Sept 2014

• Design Processes

Ideational drawing, or sketching

http://designprocesses.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/sketching/

Retrieve date: 6th Sept 2014

• Prospects

Furniture Designer

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/furniture_designer_job_description.htm

Retrieve date: 6th Sept 2014

• AUTODESK.

Product Design Suite

http://www.autodesk.com/suites/product-design-suite/overview

Retrieve date: 6th Sept 2014

REFERENCES