PARAMETRIC FURNITURE/STRUCTURE SCALE MODEL: CONCEPTS AND PRELIMINARY DEFINITION]

For this week, we are starting to making the furniture design, so I got some inspiration from lotus and water. I admire the soft and water-flow curve for both lotus and water. Therefore, I sketched some design. 

Here is my final sketches. I think this lotus chair should be as large as a sofa. It is made by two part, the frame and cushion. The frame is made by wood and cushion should be a dark red cushion.

But I am still not really settle for the design of the objects inhere. Here are some research about what kind of art style will influence me for the art design inhere. 

Art deco as an attractive and influential art style for me, I admired a lot the decoration and enjoyment for this era. Here is some specific introduction about art deco.

• Mirrored Furniture

  Art Deco style was at its height during the Roaring Twenties.  The economy was flourishing and society started taking an interest in luxury goods.  One of the most luxurious and glamorous investment would be mirrored furniture.

  Coffee tables, dressing and vanity tables, dressers and all types of other furniture were being manufactured out of mirrors.  If that isn't glamour, I don't know what is!

 

• Lacquer

  And for added glamour, the woods would be treated with a high-gloss lacquer finish.  This gave the pieces a very rich and sleek look.  This is typical of Art Deco style.

  Less expensive woods were used as well - maple, oak and ash for example.  To give the woods that rich, slick look, several coats of lacquer would be slathered on top. 

 

• Wood Inlay

  Wood inlay was a very popular furniture style during the Art Deco era.  This style can be seen in classic Art Deco sofas and armchairs.

 

• Marquetry

  Another popular style was marquetry, "the craft of covering a structural carcass with pieces of veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or pictures." (Wikipedia).  Dressers, armoires and dining tables would be embellished with this type of craft.

  Typical Art Deco marquetry patterns were very geometric in shape - for example, zig-zags, sunbursts and chevrons.

 

• Metal

  The 1920's are commonly referred to as the Machine Age. This is when industry and manufacturing saw a huge boom.

  Factories started pumping out products at lightning speed.  The rise of sophisticated machinery allowed for mass manufacturing of all types of goods...planes, trains, automobiles and a multitude of other common every-day products like radios, refrigerators, lamps, etc.

  So it's only natural that furniture would also have a 'futuristic-machine' aesthetic. This was most easily achieved by using metal accents and finishes. 

There are more specific characteristics for  this era and I hope I have more detailed design for following the style in this era.

Reference: http://artdecostyle.ca/art-deco-style-blog/art-deco-furniture