Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
Final models
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux , Industrial Designer
Joined February 2019
About the video: Final models
Overview
“You will see how to make a final model based on what you did in the previous lesson. I will show you how to make a traditional model with cardboard, cutter and glue, working at 1:10 scale. In addition, you will learn how to use the CNC laser to obtain the same result, but at 1: 5 scale, in 3mm MDF.”
In this video lesson Daniel Romero / Tuux addresses the topic: Final 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
“Final Models In this lesson, we'll learn how to make final models that will give us more information than the quick exploration models. But first I want to go over the three axes again because we'll use them to make our final model and, later on, our desk in the workshop. If we look at this front view of a bookcase, we have X in blue, Y in green, and, so it stays stable, we can add a backing, in this case Z, shown here in pink. Here we see it in perspective. As I mentioned, it doesn't have to be a full backing. Many designs have a tension rod or some component that keep the square rigid so ...”
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Course summary for: Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
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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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