Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
Scale models
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux , Industrial Designer
Joined February 2019
Joined February 2019
About the video: Scale models
Overview
“I will talk about the importance of sketches, models and prototypes when designing. Remember that it is always advisable to work in an iterative, non-linear process. It is always better to go around several times, coming and going as many times as necessary will be of great help to review and correct. I will also teach you and explain to you what are the details that you should take into account.”
In this video lesson Daniel Romero / Tuux addresses the topic: Scale models, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router. Learn how to create functional, environmentally-friendly furniture that’s easy to assemble using a combination of software and machinery.
Partial transcription of the video
“Scale Models In this lesson we'll make our first quick models for testing. They'll help us explore shapes, but also test things we might have doubts on. I'll give you some advice that really helped me design furniture. The first step to making quick models is choosing the sketches we like the most. I've decided that my desk surface will have raised edges on the sides and back so things don't fall off. For example, I hate it when pens roll away and fall. Obviously, we can't have a raised edge at the front because it would hurt our hands and be uncomfortable to use, but it's very appropriate ...”
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Course summary for: Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
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Category
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Areas
Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Product Design, Woodworking
Daniel Romero / Tuux
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux
Daniel Romero is a Mexican industrial designer and one of the founding partners of Tuux, a design studio focused on sustainable and socially responsible projects that align with their work philosophy. Their work spans a range of fields including consumer products, interior design, architecture, urban intervention, and exhibitions.
In addition to his role at Tuux, he is a partner and jury member at the Abierto Mexicano de diseño competition, professor of the design, furniture, and ergonomics workshop at the CIDI (UNAM), and founder and designer of Hecho y Derecho, an online sales platform for furniture and accessories. On top of it all, he also collaborates on projects for other companies as a freelancer.
His work, both individually and through his studio, has earned numerous awards, most notably: winner of 2019 Red Dot Design Award (Germany), a spot on the list of the 100 most important Mexican creatives in the world (Forbes Magazine, Mexico), as well as winner and runner-up at three Ibero-American Design Biennials (Madrid 2014, 2016, and 2018).
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