product designer (furniture)

FURNITURE DESIGNER ( ICI, ITD & ENG)MEMBERS • NATASYA • LIM PEIDI • LEE JUN YEN • AMAL SHAHID• FIRZANA • LIM XIAO SHI (MAEVE)• MELVIN TAN

Group Members

Peidi

MelvinMaeveFirzana

AmalJun Yen

FURNITURE DESIGNER

SINOPSIS

FURNITURE DESIGNER

DESIGN PHASES

PRCING & CONTRACT DRAWING

ROLES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

DESIGN PROCESS (SKETCHES)

FURNITURE DESIGNER UNDERTAKE

• Client Awareness• Competence• Pre-construction information•Avoid foreseeable risk •Red Amber Green List

Design Phases Predesign, Research &

Programming Schematic Design Design Development Fabrication drawings

Pricing & Contract Negotiation

Shop drawings, templates & prototypes

Delivery & Installation Fabrication

Predesign, Research & Programming

• Understand brief & client's requirement• Goals & Objective of the design process• Using 5W & 1H concept.

Schematic Design

• First phase of designing furniture • General decision made• Sketches made

Design Development

• Refine ideas• Formulate general dimensions & materials• Detail drawings by computer

Fabrication Drawings

• Construction drawings• Given to fabricators• Specification needed

Pricing and Contract Drawing

• Fabricator determines the cost and the time to install the work• Designers asked by fabricator to receive bids and resolve the

problems .

Shop drawings, Templates & Prototypes• Shop Drawing =indicate the need to modify the contract drawing • Templates =To build a working prototype • Working Prototype =test and solve problems .The last piror to

produce product .

Fabrications

• A designer observe the fabrication process to =monitor the process =assist in problem resolution =describe the process to client

Delivery & Installation

• Coordination with client and fabricator • need to be carefully planned and included in the overall cost

Furniture Designers’ Drawings

• Esquisse Sketch • Parti Sketch • Iterative Sketch • Fabrication Drawings

Design ProcessDesigning entails the transformation of ideas into physical form.Continual process of making informed, objective and subjective judgements.

Schematics Sketching, Drawing, Computer rendering and Model Making

Esquisse Sketch

• An expression of the basic or essential idea of design• Rough and unclear in technical detail• Best way to express general ideas

ESQUISSE SKETCH

Parti Sketch

• Basic physical and spatial components of a design• Primary use is to show the basic elements and components of a

design in simple and direct manner • Useful in developing an understanding of compositional aspects of

design• Helpful in clarifying the design

PARTI SKETCH

Iterative Sketch

• Iterative means repetition of a mathematical or computational process

• Designers evolve and refine sketches• Either by manual drafting or by using

computer software • Decisions regarding size, proportion,

material, colour selection, and visual quality will have been explored and generally made.

ITERATIVE SKETCJH

Fabrication Drawings

• Also referred to as construction drawings, working drawings, or contract documents

• Given by designers to fabricators for pricing and fabrication.

• Designers eliminate remaining designs before fabrication

• Designers are satisfied with his or her responsibility to the client for resolving the design prior to fabrication

FABRICATION DRAWINGS

Roles In Construction Industry

• Communication • Ideas• During Construction• After Construction

Communication

•Meet with clients and manufacturer•To discuss the requirements•Have meeting with architects or interior designer•Cost

Ideas•Evaluate ideas•Research•Modify•Identify the suitability and availability

During Construction

•Monitor the progress•Understand the production method•Supervise construction of models•Monitor installation

After Construction

• Review Product • Maintenance

References

• Jim P. (2012) Furniture Design Second Edition . John Wiley & sons• Job Description: Product Designer (2015). Retrieved August 18, 2015

from Creativepool creativepool.com/articles/jobdescriptions/product-designer-job-description• Furniture Designer Job Description (2014) Retrieved August 18,2015

from www.prospects.ac.uk/furniture_designer_job_description.htm