Furniture Design

Jerzy Smardzewski

Informasi Umum

Kode

25.01.1355

Klasifikasi

620.11 - Engineering Materials

Jenis

Buku - Circulation (Dapat Dipinjam)

Subjek

Engineering Materials

No. Rak

Dilihat

145 kali

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Abstraksi

Maximizing reader insights into the principles of designing furniture as wooden structures, this book discusses issues related to the history of furniture structures, their classification and characteristics, ergonomic approaches to anthropometric requirements and safety of use. It presents key methods and highlights common errors in designing the characteristics of the materials, components, joints and structures, as well as looking at the challenges regarding developing associated design documentation. Including analysis of how designers may go about calculating the stiffness and endurance of parts, joints and whole structures, the book analyzes questions regarding the loss of furniture stability and the resulting threats to health of the user, putting forward a concept of furniture design as an engineering processes. Creating an attractive, functional, ergonomic and safe piece of furniture is not only the fruit of the work of individual architects and artists, but requires an effortof many people working in interdisciplinary teams, this book is designed to add important knowledge to the literature for engineer approaches in furniture design.