Furniture Design and Construction Flashcards
Arts & Crafts Movement Year
1880-1990
Arts & Crafts place:
England
Early 20th Century- Modern Period Artists
- Frank Lyod Wright
- Le Corbuiser/ Charles Edouard Jeanneret
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
He designed Inside out and popularized Open Plan
Frank Lyod Wright
Art Nouveau Year
1892-1905
Art Nouveau from England passed to:
Belgium (Art Nouveau), Holland (de Stijl), Germany (the Bauhaus) and finally to the U.S.
De Stijl originated in:
Holland
De Stijl Year
1917-1929
Art Deco Year aka Art Moderne
1918-1935
Art Deco classic Style developed in:
France
Bauhaus Year
1919-1933
Mid Century Designers
Arne Jacobsen
Eero Saarinen
Charles & Ray Eames
Hans Wegner
Florence Knoll
1910-1961 Finnish American architect and industrial designer noted for his neofuturistic style
Eero Saarinen
1960’s Pop-Culture & Anti-Design open to:
Examination & Reform
Pop-art stands for:
Popular
Anti-Design & High-Tech year of general energy crisis
1973
Anti-Design& Hitech Worldwide recession
1975
Post-Modernism & Electicism Mid 1980
America and most Western European
Post-Modernism & Electicism Year
1980-1990s
Arts&Crafts Movement response to:
“state of complete degradation
American architectural genius; designed inside out
Frank Lloyd Wright
this movement of design leadership was probably owing to decline of the class structure in England at first
Art Nouveau
This movement lasted longer than other movements and helped destroy the limitations imposed by tradition
De Stijl
`Should be deliberte or intentional and should involve careful, organized, and systematic logical thinking and planning
Design
Person who devises or executes designs
Designer
Primary purpose of design
Fulfillment of human satisfaction
Make something out of nothing
Creativity
Techniques for idea stimulation are generally classifies into two:
Intuitive Technique
Logical/ Sytematic Technique
Free association and gives no restriction to imagination
Intuitive Technique
Directly approaching subconscious creative part of human mind
Brainstorming
experience with brainstorming session, aimed at increasing output from brainstorming
Brainwriting
having 26 or more ideas that pertain to problem
Alphabetical Listing
Combines different, seemingly unrelated elements
Synectics
Solving problem in a riddle-like/ puzzle like
Delphi Method
Not thinking on how to improve rather than think about how you could make it worse, increase awareness
Inversion
Associate with something familiar
Description by Association
Splitting up problems ino sub problems and solving one by one
Logical / Systematic Technique
Redefines problem first and split up into elements
Morphology
Examines and analyzes objects of nature for possible adaptation
Bionics
Think about the function it will perform
Functional Visualization
Split up problem is split up into more minute sub-problem until whole problem has interrelated problems
Problem Area Analysis and Functional Analysis
Basic Criteria for Good Design
Physical and Physiological Feature
Historical and Cultural Factor
Aesthetic Consideration
Structural Form Development
Providing utilitarian requirements and bodily comfort
Physical and Physiological Feature
Designing for the present would need familiarization of the past culture and present trend
Historical and cultural Factor
Design as visually pleasing
Aesthetic Consideration
Make use of basic outline of the furniture as a grid
Structural Form Development
Makes use of previous design as basis for improvements
Morphological Form Development
Variations on geometric forms-sie, shape, and all can spark new ideas
Geometric Form Development
Nature often provides inspiration for exciting ideas
Form development based on Nature
Design ideas can be based on various sources other than nature
Form developmrent based on Various Scenes
Vernacular Term Pattern Schedule
Plantilya
Vernacular Term Wood Grain
Haspe
Vernacular Term Ceiling
Kisame
Cone Bearing Tree
Softwood
Philippine Mahogany
Tanguile
Artificial Wood defects hollows across width
Cupping
Steel with Chromium and Nickel
Stainless Steel
Alloy of Copper and Tin
Bronze
Non-Ferrous, Reddish brown, Malleable
Copper
Copper and Zinc
Brass
2 Diff Kind of Plastic
Thermoset- remains in heat
Thermoplastic- turns into diff form
Light grayish brown to reddish brown striking grain
Oak
Creamy white to light reddish brown straight grain
Maple
Light gray brown to dark purple brown
Walnut
Cream color to light reddish brown visible resin canals and growth rings
Pine
Cream white to light reddish brown extremely small pores
Birch
Light to dark reddish brown, straight grain and small individual pores
Cherry
Grayish through creamy white through to a reddish dark brown
Ash
Yellowish brown through reddish brown to dark red
Mahogany
Very light brown hardwood
Beech
Light yellow to brownish yellow with green tinge
Poplar
Tawny yellow to dark brown with frequent lighter an darker streaks
Teak (Indonesia)
Creamy white to reddish brown occasional dark brown
Pecan
Light brown to dark brown often containing shades of red
Elm
Various shades of dark brown to dark purple
Rosewood
Creamy white to yellowish with obvious differences between spring and summer growth
Fir
Dee reddish brown with obvious alternating spring and summer growth rings
Redwood
Light red with light colored streaks running throughout
Cedar
Pale reddish brown
Sycamore
Pale to dark brown with occasional red streaks running throughout
Butternut
Creamy white to creamy brown with frequent reddish markings
Basswood
