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confessions of a design geek
confessions of a design geek

Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

here’s one I made earlier :: furniture design course – day 1

Katie, April 17, 2010June 16, 2020
This article was published 16 years

Furniture design at Central Saint Martin’s – a four-day course run by Rock Galpin. Apparently in four days I will go from knowing absolutely nothing about furniture design to making a scale model of an item of furniture I’ve designed. I started the course convinced I’d still be trying to decide whether to design a chair or table on day 4, but after a morning of lectures we started drawing chairs and then imagining what we might do to change their design, and by the end of the day, I’d produced these…  

drawing of robin day style chair
drawing of robin day style chair

 

(slightly wonky legs – my drawing skills would definitely benefit from more practice!)  

  

drawing of robin day style chair using contour lines and rendering techniques
drawing of robin day style chair using contour lines and rendering techniques

 

starting to 're-imagine' the chair (two backs facing each other)
starting to 're-imagine' the chair

 

second attempt at 're-imagining'
second attempt at 're-imagining'

 

My drawing isn’t great, but I can’t believe that I’ve (sort of) designed some chairs – on day one!  

Links:  

http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/  

http://www.rockgalpin.com/

This article was published 16 years
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