TEH SIN YINWINTER

TAN CHIN YINCHRISTINE

PANG KAI YUN

SAM WEI YINSAM

TAN JINGWEICLAUDIA

NG HUOY MIINJENNY

RANDOM

FURNITUREDESIGNER

Design & Develop furniture

Demands creativity, business awareness

and skills in marketing, finance & manufacturing

Work alone or

with colleagues

WHO FURNITUREDESIGNER NEEDTO DEAL WITH?

MANUFACTURER

CLIENT

SUPPLIER

Interior Designer

CLIENTEmploy

designer and set the brief for designer to

work to.

Decide whether the design

can go into production.

Cost Limitation

Product Outcome

Time Scal

e

Design Requireme

nt

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

proportion

Getting perspective 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-SIZEFURNITURE

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 willhave stress test

Several piece of prototype will be

build to find out thelimit 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

MAINTAINANCEIN 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