Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair

Overview

“We always have furniture classics as references, but perhaps because we are a couple, we pay close attention to other designer couples. Here we are going to comment on some of our reference sources in the furniture and industrial design sector, and we are going to tell you about some Scandinavian brands that we love.”

In this video lesson Muka Design Lab addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair . Learn slow design techniques to build a wooden chair for artisanal production.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson, we will explain our influences on design. We'll start with Charles and Ray Eames, since they were a couple and we identified a lot with them. They were furniture designers. His designs marked a before and after in furniture, as they used plywood techniques. These manufacturing techniques were very novel and they innovated a lot in the world of furniture. Above all they incorporated the plywood, as it was a manufacturing technique that helped the American Navy to do splints and stretchers to the soldiers. From here they continued investigating and ended up doing ve...”

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Course summary for: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (45)
• 1317 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 57m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design