Design Concepts for Modern Furniture Design
Taking an age old concept and reforming it is the essence of modern design. So many ideas have been explored before and expressed in a kaleidoscope of ways, that when it comes to redesigning coffee tables, for example, fixed ideas of what they should look like are hard to break away from. A true design artist has an innate ability to recreate what we have seen so often, and feel so sure about, in a brand new and exciting way. Fashions come and go, but consumers continue to invest in products that catch their eye; that they relate to and have certain feelings for. This emotional response is the desire of any artist. The opposite of this is being overlooked, and this is to be avoided at all costs by the modern designer.
Designing interiors, and the furniture they display, requires this kind of philosophy. When designing dining room chairs, an artist has to come back to basic principles. What is a dining room chair? Who am I designing for? What other pieces am I incorporating in this design (in this case, a dining room room table)? What era or ideas do I want to invoke in the piece? All these questions, and many more, invite the designer on a journey into ages past, present and future, into different cultures and perspectives, and into the wealth of emotions, experiences and memories they themselves treasure. This process can be described as a treasure hunt, with the riches flaunted in the resulting design.
Furniture design, specifically, is battle between form and space. Space is already there, occupying the territory, while the designer works with different forms to impose on it, bringing a balance between the two. There are numerous aspects involved in furniture design, but two will be discussed here: Ergo-dynamics and Aesthetics. Ergo-dynamics are involved in every thought that goes into designing furniture. It is the study of how a human body reacts to solid objects. When designing dining room chairs, things to consider relating to the human form are: the dimensions of the chair and how they relate to the dimensions of the person, the desired posture of a person sitting in the chair, the way a person would get in and out of the chair and move it around the room, the required strength of the chair for the weight and stain it will be under, and the comfort the chair provides to a human figure.
Aesthetically pleasing design is a very broad term, but it can be judged more precisely for a target market, fashion, or client base. There is a plethora of different coffee tables available today, and one component that will make one stand out from the rest is how it looks. If you can capture someones interest through what they see, you have not only come up with a successful design, but you have been able to sell the idea to your target market.
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