Furniture Design: Make a Wooden Lamp
Design and Context
A course by Fabien Cappello , Product and Furniture Designer
About the video: Design and Context
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce you to my theory that design is a contextual practice through an investigation I conducted on Mexican street chairs and other examples. I will also explain to you why I believe our immediate environment and vicinity provide everything we, as designers, need to use. ”
In this video lesson Fabien Cappello addresses the topic: Design and Context, which is part of the Domestika online course: Furniture Design: Make a Wooden Lamp. Light up your home by creating a versatile lighting accessory through resourceful woodworking techniques..
Partial transcription of the video
“Design and Context Now, in this lesson, I would like to tell you a little bit more about why I believe that design really is a contextual practice. Design can no longer be perceived as a shape making exercise. I believe, design develops everywhere humans interact. And therefore a designer is not someone that studied design as a formal discipline. Instead, I believe a designer is someone that finds solutions to everyday needs with whatever is at his reach. When I arrived in Mexico, I was fascinated by the richness of informal solutions everywhere. In the streets, in the markets, in the food ...”
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Course summary for: Furniture Design: Make a Wooden Lamp
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking
Fabien Cappello
A course by Fabien Cappello
Fabien Cappello is a French designer based in Guadalajara, Mexico. After studying industrial design at the University of Art and Design in Switzerland, he was awarded the IKEA Scholarship and pursued a master’s degree at the Royal College of Art in London.
After his studies, he did various design residencies around the world–in Korea, Japan, Portugal, and Italy. Throughout his career, he has developed an eclectic style inspired by the places he has lived in. His work has been exhibited in museums like Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, and Archivo Gallery in Mexico City.
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