Intro to Sustainable Product Design with Wood
Marking and Making Joints 1
A course by Thomas Schnur , Industrial and Product Designer
About the video: Marking and Making Joints 1
Overview
“Once the connections are made on all the vertical pieces, they can be attached to the shelves. ”
In this video lesson Thomas Schnur addresses the topic: Marking and Making Joints 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Sustainable Product Design with Wood. Discover a holistic approach to product design and learn to make furniture that meets your design, sustainability, and functional needs.
Partial transcription of the video
“Mark and make connections In this lesson I want to show you how to connect the vertical parts to the shelves. Yes, we did in the previous lesson made these dovetail joints and now it will be about connect these elements to the shelves. To do this, it is important to get your bearings again. That means still let's attach these three pieces to the back and these two right here in front at the points already marked. I'm going to put two boards aside now and just take the top board to mark and make a first connection there. At the carpenter's triangle we see that this is supposed to be the top ...”
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Thomas Schnur
A course by Thomas Schnur
Thomas Schnur is a product designer and has been living and working in Cologne, Germany, for more than ten years. He trained as a carpenter and later studied product design at the FH Aachen. His educational background allowed him to develop the awareness that people design their environment on a daily basis and to realize that he was also part of this group of designers. His projects, which often surprise people with their simplicity and originality, open up new perspectives on the concept of everyday objects.
In 2014 he started to mass-produce his first designs and in 2016 they were part of an exhibition entitled Funktionsraum at the PASSAGEN design festival. Over the next few years, he started teaching at ECOSIGN in Cologne, as well as at HBK Saar, UdK Berlin, and Kunsthochschule Kassel. Thomas designs products for the craft and industrial sectors as well as for exhibitions, books, and spaces. This wide range of activities gives him a comprehensive overview of product design at each moment. In his book Common Things he shares his experiences, reflections, and thoughts on some objects from everyday culture. In Chairman, published in 2021, he offers insight into his collaboration with craft professionals and clients for whom he has created designs.
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