Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair

Overview

“Now we are going to see how to build a full-scale model of some of the parts about which we have the most doubts in our design. We will see how doing this will help us solve them and test our design to see the sensations we have when sitting. Thus, guided by intuition, we can correct what we believe is necessary to polish the design before taking it to manufacture.”

In this video lesson Muka Design Lab addresses the topic: 1: 1 Full Scale Model (Part 1), 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

“1: 1 full scale mockup In this lesson, we will learn how to make a full-scale prototype. Sometimes it is necessary to go 1: 1 scale to solve certain doubts about your design. As you can see, in the model that Laxmi made looks good how the hood on the concept we designed is lifted. We do not know if it will stay like that, because sometimes on a small scale materials work with different stiffness and, on the other hand, they behave differently. To start with the prototype, we will start with the seat. In the same way as Laxmi, we will do it with extruded polystyrene. For this part what we ha...”

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Course summary for: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (45)
• 1318 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 57m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Areas

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