Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

Overview

“Let's talk about aesthetics. I will teach you some of the aesthetic concepts that you must take into account when designing. I'll tell you what it's like to design to build. Remember that the beautiful and the ugly is subjective, there is what we like and what we don't.”

In this video lesson Patricio Ortega (Maderística) addresses the topic: The Aesthetic Dimension, 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

“The aesthetic dimension In this lesson we will address some aesthetic aspects to consider in any project. The first piece of furniture I designed was the first furniture I built. That is, from the beginning I have designed to build, I have not designed to design, like creating a furniture collection, but always from a commission or problem. Therefore, always solve the problem. The functional and structural aspects always come first, and then I think of the aesthetic aspects. We saw it in the hall piece that I showed you. The first issue was to solve what we needed in that spot and then adde...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (3001)
• 116995 students
• 5 units
• 27 lessons (5h 18m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Areas

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