Introduction
Welcome
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What you should know before watching this course
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Using the exercise files
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1. General Concepts About Furniture Design
What is furniture design?
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Furniture and the body
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How furniture supports different activities
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2. Physical and Spatial Characteristics of Furniture
Questions that drive form
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Form and shape
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Furniture and the design of interior space
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Furniture types
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3. Case Study #1: Cafe Chair, Model 14 (Thonet, 1859)
Background and analysis
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Defining form using the Extrude, Boolean, and Two Objects tool
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Adding details using the Sweep 1 Rail tool
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4. Case Study #2: Zig-Zag Chair (Gerrit Rietveld, 1934)
Background and analysis
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Defining form using the Tween Curve tool
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Creating surfaces and thicknesses using the Planar Curves and Extrude tool
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5. Case Study #3: DCM chair (Charles and Ray Eames, 1946)
Background and analysis
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Defining the form and creating the frame
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Building the shells and mounts
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6. Case Study #4: Wiggle Side Chair (Frank Gehry, 1972)
Background and analysis
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Defining form using profile curves
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Creating contours
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7. Design Process (Define the Problem, Research, and Schematic Design)
The design process
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Define the problem, research, and schematic design
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Finishing schematic design
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8. Design Process (Design Development and Documentation)
Design development: Refining the chair legs
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Design development: Determining a material and fabrication strategy
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Design development: Finishing the chair
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Documentation
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9. Translating to Other Software
Exporting your model: Unity assets
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Exporting your model: Rendering
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Exporting your model: Printing
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Ex_Files_Rhino_Furniture.zip
(108.0 MB)