I am sure each one of you have a cherishing memory of
relaxing in a chair with your eyes closed wandering in your own world! This
favourite chair of yours could be in your home terrace, at your loving granny’s
place or in one of your frequently visited resort. Chair, such a simple
product, but not all of them give you the experience that I mentioned in the
beginning. What is it that makes that chair special for you? By now you must
have guessed it! Bravo, Correct! The ‘Design’. Design of that chair plays an
important role in making you feel relaxed and calm. It need not be a rocking or
relaxing chair to make you at comfort; it could be a cushioned sofa or a bamboo
chair too. It’s the way it has been designed gives you that feeling when you
use it; it’s touch, its visual appearance, your posture when you sit in it. |
By Marcel Breuer, Year: 1928
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I have observed people taking design of furniture for
granted; may be because we have been using furniture in our day to day lives
and it just goes unnoticed. But as I mentioned earlier simple furniture like
chair could be taken to an object of desire through design. Almost every master
architect and designer has his/her own famous design of chair.
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| Details by Team7 design Image Source https://www.team7-design.com/en/ |
Though all chairs serve the purpose of a seat, chairs used in different environment have different requirements from each other. A chair used in an office by a person who is working on desktop machine for almost 6 to 8 hours has different demands than a chair used in a restaurant or in a waiting area of a railway station. Designer takes into consideration all these aspects. Furniture designer focuses on how to make it as per human measurements, what materials to be used, what kind of joineries can be worked out, how to assemble etc. Since furniture pieces are not very complex in terms of technological functions like electronic gadgets, the challenge lies in material exploration and the detailing. As perceived by many people good design need not be only about ornamentation; a simple piece of furniture can look beautiful through it’s proportions and detailing.https://www.team7-design.com/en/
Traditionally heavy ornamentation was integral part of furniture in
Considering the global scenario, wooden furniture used by
common people was less ornamented to save time, efforts and money as it used to
be hand crafted. Post industrialisation furniture was mass produced and
traditional material wood was replaced by new materials like steel and plastic.
The style also became simple with almost no ornamentation. Designers explored
new materials and manufacturing technology.
Today, some designers use traditional craft processes in
contemporary ways in their furniture to revive the forgotten local heritage.
In today’s context space saving, multifunctional furniture
is need of the hour. Designers creatively come up with innovative furniture
solutions to maximise space usage.
Furniture design is a specialized design course offered in
many design universities, sometimes under a branch of industrial design
discipline. I feel the challenge for designers today is to design furniture to
aid our earlier ‘frugal’ Indian lifestyle to make it more sustainable!
Some links which you may find intersting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFo7fqkLt7M
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