Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

Overview

“I will tell you how we approach the issue of functionality in Maderística. This is not such a complex subject but it is important that you understand it to create beautiful and functional furniture. I will show you my favorite book in which you can find a lot on the subject.”

In this video lesson Patricio Ortega (Maderística) addresses the topic: Functional Considerations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners. Learn the essential steps for designing, planning, and building wooden furniture in your own signature style.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we will review how we approach the functional theme in Maderística. Well, the first thing, and as we already saw in the previous lesson, the first function of any piece of furniture is to be structurally stable. So, once that's solved, we already have a lot of the functionality more or less solved. Well, the issue of functionality in terms of furniture is not such a complex issue and many times it simply happens to correctly define the size of the furniture. Logically, there are standards. For example, a chair will go between 45 and 50 centimeters high, a table, a desk will ...”

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Course summary for: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (3014)
• 117892 students
• 5 units
• 27 lessons (5h 18m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking