Overview
Gain inspiration and experience. Test ideas and create your niche. Opportunities are rising out of a new world marketplace. Sustainable and replaceable component parts - the innovative edge + good business.
Project
Erling Christoffersen will share his expertise and insights through a Danish perspective and introduce participants to the history and context, theories and examples of Scandinavian furniture and cabinetmaking.
A hands-on project has been designed to take participants through the design process, from initial concept to creating an actual prototype for a stool or chair suitable for manufacture encompassing innovative design, construction techniques and materials.
Participants work in a Solutions Team comprising a designer and a technical/ production person - together the team will develop a concept for a stool, table or chair, then take the idea into constructing and finishing the item – so please do not come to the workshop with preconceived ideas as the concept will be developed in collaboration with your team member.
Each Solutions Team is to produce concept roughs and working drawings, which depict the chair, stool or bench’s features, visual characteristics, physical properties and dimensions then construct the object.
Design
Create an object for ‘outdoor living’. The object may be a chair, table or stool, or one of a modular series for a domestic or commercial setting.
Participants are to produce thumbnails, roughs and working drawings, which depict in scale, the object’s visual characteristics, physical properties and dimensions and make a prototype of a free-standing outdoor living object suitable for manufacture.
For today’s market consumers are even more so looking to purchase objects which are environmentally sustainable and designed with component parts which, when they fatigue or fail, are replaceable.
Consider The object is to be designed for external environments - therein, it will have to withstand wind, rain, UV and perhaps snow and ice, life style, space in which it will reside, other surrounding organic or inorganic objects such as water features, durability, permanent, transportable, maintenance, choice of location such as ski resort or wilderness. (desert, forest, alps, seaside), cafe (city living)...
Presenter
Erling Christoffersen – Denmark
‘08 Victoria University/ISS Institute International Fellow
Format
The program comprises an illustrated lecture, demonstrations, hands-on project, group and individual discussion with Erling.
Materials Equipment
Timber will be the predominant material combined with recycled plastic. Each participant will be provided with Australian Cypress, 5 lengths of 38x100x1200mm long.
Recycled plastic in sheet or formed shapes such as squares or round will also be supplied to use as contrasting decorative or functional elements. Screws, dowels, rivets, glue and nails and finishing products include brushes, soap and oils will be available.
Who should attend?
Furniture designers and designer/makers, master and emerging cabinetmakers, manufacturers and those who wish to explore furniture design and manufacture.
Details
Two-Day Workshop 1
Fri 5 June, 9.30am to 5.00pm
Sat 6 June, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Two-Day Workshop 2
Repeat of Workshop 1
Fri 12 June, 9.30am to 5.00pm
Sat 13 June, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Venue
Victoria University, Newport Campus
80 Champion Road, Newport
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Tickets
$380 which includes tuition, materials, morning and afternoon refreshments.
Special : 50% discount tickets $190
Design Victoria is providing 50% sponsorship for each participant.
Please click here to download the registration form and return by post, email or fax to:
ISS Institute, Suite 101, 685 Burke Road, Camberwell 3124
tel 03 9882 0055 fax 03 9882 9866 email issi.ceo@pacific.net.au
Payment Methods
Cash (Pay directly at ISS office or by arrangement)
Cheque (Make payable to ‘ISS Institute’)
Postal Order (Make payable to ‘ISS Institute’)
Mastercard or Visa (Diners and American Express are not accepted)
Related links
International Specialised Skills Institute – www.issinstitute.org.au