FURNITURE DESIGN: BRICK CHAIR

FURNITURE DESIGN: BRICK CHAIR

MUHAMAD SALIMI BIN KHAIRUDIN

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Hons.) FURNITURE TECHNOLOGY FACULTV OF APPLIED SCIENCES

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

JANUARY 2012

FURNITURE DESIGN: BRICK CHAIR

ABSTRACT

This project was conducted by fifth semester students of Degree in Furniture Technology. The objectives of this study are to solve the problem that usually happened in limited space of living room. Inspired by that, the Brick Chair designed to save space and then to fulfill the demand which come with attractive characteristic such as modem, simple, and multi function. Currently people more interest to simple and multi function furniture in their home so that it looks practically and modem. So the Brick Chair was created based on the survey that already taken. Many factors that influent to the demand included the color which is one of the important factors to attract people to buy the furniture and also the design for the furniture. So this project has been done follow on what the design that people are looking for today especially in Malaysia.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENT

APPROVAL SHEET

CANDIDATE'S DECLARATION DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT

ABSTRAK

LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF PLATES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Problem Statement 2

1.3 Justification 3

1.4 Objectives 4

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Furniture 5

2.1.1 Furniture Style 5

2.2 Furniture Design 10

2.3 Design Process 12

2.4 Raw Materials 15

2.4.1 Plywood 15

2.4.2 Paint 17

2.5 Ergonomics 18

2.6 Anthropometry 20

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3.1 Brick Chair 22

3.1.1 Sketch Drawing 23

3.2 Design Process 24

3.3 Technical Drawing 25

3.3.1 View of Component for Brick Chair 25

3.3.2 Technical Drawing (Chair) 26

3.3.3 Technical Drawing (Chair with Back Rest) 27

3.3.4 Technical Drawing (Japanese Table) 28

3.4 Mock-up Preparation 29

3.5 Prototype Preparation 30

3.5.1 Raw Material Preparation 31

3.5.2 Machining 31

3.5.3 Assembly 31

3.5.4 Finishing 32

3.6 Bill of Material 33

3.7 Route Sheet 34

3.8 Tools and Machines 37

3.8.1 Measuring Tools 37

3.8.2 Marking Tools 38

3.8.3 Cutting Tools 39

3.8.4 Portable Power Tools 40

4 RESULTSAND DISCUSSIONS

4.1 Visual Appearances 41

4.1.1 Color 41

4.1.2 Design 41

4.2 Practically Aspects 42

4.2.1 Material 42

4.2.2 Ergonomic and Anthropometry 42

4.3 Market Demand for Product 43

4.3.1 Design 44

4.3.2 Color 46

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4.3.3 Size

4.3.5 Raw Material

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