SRM UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE NAD INTERIOR DESIGN
Course Code : ID0201
Course Title : FURNITURE DESIGN
Year & Semester : III semester
Course time : Odd semester (july-Nov2017)
Location : Architecture Department
Faculty Details:
Name of the Staff Sec Office Office Hours Mail ID
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Shyamala Surendran Arch Dept Shyamala101@gmail.co
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Required Text Books:
1. Interior Design, John F. Pile, Harry N.Abrams Inc Publishers, New York
2. Interior Design Course, Mary Gilliat Coyran, Octopus Ltd., London
3. The Encyclopedia of Furniture, Joseph Aronson, Crwon Publishers, New York
4. Interior Design & Decoration, Sherril Whiton, Prentice Hall
Objectives:
1.To help the students understand about the various anthropometric aspects, human factors & other
design criteria involved in the design of furniture.
2. To make the students understand about the various materials & technology involved in the making of
furniture.
Tentative test dates
Midterm : as scheduled
Model Examination : as scheduled
Test Portions
Midterm : Two units
Model Examination : All five Units
Assessment details
Midterm test & assignment : 25 marks
Model examination or seminar : 25 marks
Outcomes
Students who have been successfully completed this course
Course outcome Program outcome
To provide the students knowledge on History Gains practical knowledge on History of
of Furniture Design and various aspects Furniture Design and various aspects involved
involved in the design of furniture for various in the design of furniture for various spaces
spaces
Detailed Session plan
Session Topic to be covered Assignments/Test
1 UNIT-1 HISTORY OF FURNITURE DESIGN-
Introduction
2 Furniture designs during Egyptian,
3 Furniture designs during Greek
4 Furniture designs during Roman
5 Furniture designs during Romanesque
6 Furniture designs during Gothic
7 Furniture designs Renaissance
8 Industrial Revolution of furniture
9 Contributions in the beginning of the 20 th century by
the four pioneer architects in furniture design –
10 Bauhaus, De Stijl & other modern furniture designs.
11 UNIT-2 HUMAN FACTORS-Introduction
12 Study of Anthropometry & Design criteria involved
in the design of Sofa, settee, couch, etc.
13 Study of Anthropometry & Design criteria involved
in the design of Cot, bedside lockers, wardrobes
14 Study of Anthropometry & Design criteria involved
in the design of Cupboards, shelves
15 Study of Anthropometry & Design criteria involved
in the design of Bunk beds, study table
16 Study of Anthropometry & Design criteria involved
in the design of Display furniture
17 Furniture for the physically challenged
MIDTERM
18 UNIT-3 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN & DETAILINGS-
Introduction
19 Form of furniture
20 Colour of furniture
21 Symbols of furniture
22 Materials & finishes – Wood furniture
23 Materials & finishes – Glass furniture
24 Materials & finishes – Metal furniture
25 Materials & finishes – Plastic furniture
26 Materials & finishes –Upholstery - include various
finishes.
27 Fabrication Techniques of furniture
28 Multiple Utility Oriented Approaches to Furniture
Design
29 UNIT-4 ROOM PLANS AND FURNITURE
ARRANGEMENT-Introduction
30 Types of furniture and their uses in different areas
31 Movable furniture and their uses
32 Systems furniture and their uses
33 Specially Designed furniture
34 Readymade furniture
35 Modular, Knockdown & Economy Furniture
36 Traffic pattern for residence, commercial and office
areas
37 Furniture layout for residence, commercial and
office areas
38 UNIT-5 PROJECTS-Introduction
39 Designing & detailing of
Residential Furniture – Seating, Sleeping furniture
40 Designing & detailing of
Residential Furniture – Storage furniture
41 Designing & detailing of
Residential Furniture – Children’s furniture
42 Commercial furniture – Showcases, Counters, Assignment-I
43 Commercial furniture – Display units, Restaurant
furniture, Bar furniture
44 Office furniture – Adjustable desks & storage,
Mobile & Resilient chairs,
45 Office furniture –Portable chairs, Movable Tables, Model examination
Lounge seating.
Shyamala Surendran
Staff in charge Dean/HOD
