Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
Customize the desktop
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux , Industrial Designer
Joined February 2019
Joined February 2019
About the video: Customize the desktop
Overview
“I will show you how you can customize the desktop. You will make some adjustments on paper and in pencil and then take your progress to the computer and there make the final details. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Romero / Tuux addresses the topic: Customize the desktop, 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
“Customizing Your Desk Hello. We'll customize our desk in this lesson. As I mentioned in the previous unit, I think the most important part of the conceptualization stage is to use comparative processes. Nothing surpasses the relationship between the brain and the hand. That's why I recommend it. If you want, you can make your changes in the CAD drawing, but this is the method I use, and I highly recommend it. The first thing I do is draw these variations in a front or side view before exploring them in perspective. For now, we know that the side view of our desk has four tenons for the hori...”
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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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