Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair
1: 1 Full Scale Model (Part 2)
A course by Muka Design Lab , Industrial design studio
About the video: 1: 1 Full Scale Model (Part 2)
Overview
“We continue to develop our life-size model until it is finished.”
In this video lesson Muka Design Lab addresses the topic: 1: 1 Full Scale Model (Part 2), 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 Now that we have everything done, remember that in our design there was a great doubt about the hood, if it would hold or not, it would go down or not. It is time to try it. For this part, we will use the typical upholstery foams, like the one I have here. As you can see, it remains rigid when we give it the volume of the chair. Just like we did with foam board We will get closer to the shape we want from this hood. Many this point is a very beautiful moment for a designer because that's when you see that your design works in reality. Something you drew comes to reali...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Prototyping Your First Chair
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design

Muka Design Lab
A course by Muka Design Lab
Founded by Lucas and Laxmi, Muka Design Lab is an award-winning industrial design studio specializing in furniture and consumer product design. Under the premise of slow design, the studio creates furniture and spaces with unique identity and character, working with local workshops and artisans to design everyday objects that reach people.
Their work has been featured in AD Architectural Design, Fast Company, Archi Expo, Dezeen, and El País. The studio’s projects have won international awards at exhibitions in Milan and Los Angeles, as well as a German Design Award and a RedDot Award for Design Concept.
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