Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing
Furniture Design is a comprehensive guide and resource for students and furniture designers. As well as discussing pioneering contemporary and historical designs, it also provides substantive answers to designers’ questions about function, materials, manufacture and sustainability, integrating guidance on all of these subjects – particularly material and manufacturing properties, in one accessible and structured volume. Many leading contemporary furniture designers from around the world are included, with case studies carefully selected to highlight the importance of both material and manufacture-led design processes. The book is also intended to provide an insight into furniture design for those considering a university education in product and industrial design.
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Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing
Furniture Design is a comprehensive guide and resource for students and furniture designers. As well as discussing pioneering contemporary and historical designs, it also provides substantive answers to designers’ questions about function, materials, manufacture and sustainability, integrating guidance on all of these subjects – particularly material and manufacturing properties, in one accessible and structured volume. Many leading contemporary furniture designers from around the world are included, with case studies carefully selected to highlight the importance of both material and manufacture-led design processes. The book is also intended to provide an insight into furniture design for those considering a university education in product and industrial design.
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Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing

Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing

by Stuart Lawson
Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing

Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials, Manufacturing

by Stuart Lawson

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Furniture Design is a comprehensive guide and resource for students and furniture designers. As well as discussing pioneering contemporary and historical designs, it also provides substantive answers to designers’ questions about function, materials, manufacture and sustainability, integrating guidance on all of these subjects – particularly material and manufacturing properties, in one accessible and structured volume. Many leading contemporary furniture designers from around the world are included, with case studies carefully selected to highlight the importance of both material and manufacture-led design processes. The book is also intended to provide an insight into furniture design for those considering a university education in product and industrial design.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780675190
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Publication date: 09/23/2013
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 22 MB
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About the Author

Stuart Lawson is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Design & Architecture at De Montfort University.
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