David Manning / Furniture Designer

Design Portfolio

This lavish Cocktail Cabinet I designed for the Couture Collection has several details while remaining elegant and functional. The exterior frame is walnut veneered with a gloss finish and leads you into the leather panelled push to open doors. The solid walnut legs tapper

down to the polished metal capped feet. The internal cabinet has been flocked lined throughout the cabinet and has two LED lights at the top. Inside also includes glass shelves,

mirrored back and a push to open flocked drawer with a white Corian lift flap cutting board on top with a walnut dividers tray inside.

Maison & Ojbet: Cocktail Cabinet

Elevation without doorsElevation Section AA

Plan

1000

700

814

6mm Glass shelf

Mirrored back

12mm Shadow gap

Walnut Frame

Shallow Internal drawer with removable corian top

814

450

366

Thibaut faux skin doors

Polished metal feet

12

Black cocktail cabinet with grey smoked bevelled mirrored doors

657

655

Fixed glass shelf 50

Thibaut faux skin

AA

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 20.02.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Cocktail Cabinetcontact: David Manningscale: 1.20

project: 52 Carlton Hill

date: 16.10.14

Completed home office installation of a desk, shelving, and drawer cabinet that I designed and produced manufacturing drawings. The desk has green Forbo top with solid Walnut lipping and an

aluminium cable slot at the back of the main section. Underneath the desk is a removable cover panel to access sockets. The drawer

cabinet includes filing storage across the bottom row, solid walnut handle detail and sprayed white satin lacquer fronts. The shelving is

adjustable and sprayed white satin lacquer.

Home Office

While working with Couture Furniture I designed and produced manufacturing drawings for these matching window chest and coffee table. The exterior has stained oak veneered frame with

inserted charcoal leather top, sides and drawer fronts.

335 285

50

1500

1600 1000

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 20.02.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Coffee tablecontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.20

project: 127 Crouch Hill

date: 21.02.15

Maison & Ojbet: Cocktail Cabinet

This installation of a under stair storage cabinet that I designed and produced shop drawings for intended to maximise an awkward space.

The exterior panelled doors are push to open and have been finished with sprayed satin lacquer to match the walls. The cabinet has a walnut veneered wine rack and overhead storage above. The interior has been

finished in a walnut HPL and includes adjustable shelves throughout.

ELEVATION SIDE

PLAN

50mm scribed frame all sides

Storage cabinets with with adjustable shelves4 push to open doors sprayed satin lacquer.

Open shelf

Wine rack, holds 136 standard wine bottles,

80

798

82

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 20.02.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Understairs Storagecontact: David Manningscale: 1.20

project: Hampstead Grove

date: 01.04.15

Under Stair Storage

I designed and produced manufacturing drawings for a home office with solid walnut cladded desk and yellow glass back. The exterior doors are push to open and have been finished with

sprayed satin lacquer to match the walls. The cabinet over the desk has an LED track underneath to provide extra light. The exterior has been finished in an Olive colour HPL and includes adjustable shelves throughout. The drawers are soft close and have a walnut side handle. The desk is made

from solid walnut and has a cover panel underneath to provide easy access to electrics.

Home Office

3925

1187590

TV cabinet

400 434 5

16 670

400 536

713

Storage cabinet with push to open doors and adjustable shelves

Removable cover panel for socket access4 x Push to open soft close drawers

Walnut desk

606

50mm scribed frame

50mm side panel

50mm side panel

4 x Push to open soft close drawers

453

50mm scribed frame

Back painted glass with inset socket

LED light with rocker switch

579

1072

131

527

TV cabinet

DVD player etc

40" TV

ELEVATION

ELEVATION

CABINET INTERIOR TV SECTION

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 20.02.12

drawing: Master Bedroomcontact: Rupert Kingstonscale: 1.25

project: 6 Theatre View

date: 12.01.12

drawing: Ofcecontact: David Manningscale: 1.20

project: 152 Highbury Hill

date: 29.01.15

Wall Storage

On SketchUp and Vectorworks I designed and produced

manufacturing drawings for a modular shelving unit that expands

across the wall. Each unique box will be made from MDF with a split

baton on the back. The design also includes 4 flexible partition boxes

and 3 walnut boxes.

Your Position is an inclusive design product that focuses on improving physical and mental wellbeing in the office environment. The workspace system is completely adjustable depending on the users preference or individual needs. The design seeks to blur the

division between commercial and domestic environments in a bid to create a product inspired by home/office.

Desk

OCee Design, created a live design competition to design for their Bistro range. My design of the Lily Coffee Table

was awarded 1st prize and an opportunity to further develop to hopefully get onto market.

Coffee Table

Badger & Kingdom is a high quality-clothing brand that I started with 3 other business partners. I was in charge of design, international

manufacturing and sales. This allowed me to show off my creativity while pursuing business experience.

Clothing Company

Three Flow is a modern lightweight barstool made from stainless steal tube. Elegantly three legged flowing design works in

contemporary environments.

Stool

Sketching

While at university I was selected to work with VitrA, Lab4Living, British Council, Sheffield Hallam University and Istanbul Technical University. I undertook research into the challenges of an ageing

population in the bathroom environment and created the graphical side of the research exhibition in Istanbul. This required IT proficiency,

communication skills, knowledge of future design trends as well as dealing with language barriers.

Research & Design