September 25, 2011

Furniture Design: narrowing down my design

Narrowing down which designs I like best... This one would be made up of pieces of wood that would come together and make a curved implied line through the top of the table. I'm not sure how functional this table would be but I didn't find it interesting enough to pursue further.
This table would have a glass top and the straight boards would create a curved X lines in plan view. I decided not to go with this design because I want to primarily work in wood & the glass would be the only way to see the curved line. On to the next...
This was my S table. From one side it would look like the top shelf is floating/suspended. There would be space for storage and shelving. I really like this table for its graphic nature but think it would be difficult, with only a beginner's knowledge, to engineer the table so that it could support things inside of the cubbies.

I really really really LOVE this table! It is this angular table, not functional at all but very sculptural. I was advised that it would be very difficult to join these complex angles together. It would need to be made from one piece of wood, like plywood, and bent. Out of my range of skills but one day... I am going to have this made...

Low coffee table. I think it is a classic silhouette that has been done before so I wasn't too jazzed. I also feel it would be very simple to fabricate and I want to challenge myself in this course more.

This is an angular side table with metal rails. More functional than some of my other sketches/ideas. I like that the it seems to be balancing on the small back panel. Below I started trying to find other iterations of this table. How would it look if I applied curved edges? Closed the shape in different ways?....
This angled table reminds me of an arcade character. It has this very striking quality to it from the side but head on, not as interesting. I started to think of different angles that could be incorporated into the design...

I decided I like it better when there is more open space and the shape is not complete. Now the task of trying to make the front view more interesting. I want to some how emphasis the side so that one would know that the side is the quasi-front.
 
Front view studies


 Next I started to make models to see what the front view looks like and how to make it more visually stimulating











My next step will be figuring out the jointery for the table, materiality, and ways to emphasize the side.

1 comments:

Function First Design said...

Getting there.

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