Hospitality Furniture: Restaurants, Lobbies, and Reception Areas
Hospitality furniture is designed and fabricated for public and social interchange and includes lounge seating, restaurant chairs and tables, lobby seating, and reception desks. Hospitality furniture accommodates a broad range …
Health-care Furniture: For Those Who Need Assistance
Several large furniture companies produce furnishings and equipment specifically for those who need assistance. Healthcare equipment includes wheelchairs, rollaway carts, lift chairs, and adjustable tables to help people with disabilities …
AND PARTITIONING
Partitioning space is another determinant of function. Space can be subdivided or unified through the location and use of built-in furnishings, privacy screens, and shelving systems. Consider how built-in and …
CONTAINING: STORING, DISPLAYING
and Organizing Storing, displaying, and organizing items are determinants of function. Storing and displaying are separate functions that can occur simultaneously, as in a jeweler's display case. Boxlike furniture such …
ACTIVITIES: EATING, READING, TYPING
and Writing People depend on furniture to perform a variety of activities. Furniture influences how one experiences a meal, reads a book, types a report, works at a computer, or …
Squatting and Sitting
Squatting is considered by many to be the first and most natural means of sitting and is especially prevalent in nomadic, African, and Eastern societies. Squatting works a variety of …
Function and Social Use
The best of today's furniture provides for many human needs and desires, revealing the latest conceptions of function and social use. In this chapter, function and social use are interpreted …
Charts, Two — or Four-Axis Models, and Matrixes
A chart, two - or four-axis model, or matrix can indicate quantitative and qualitative relationships within a general or specific framework. An example of a two - or four-axis model …
Data Visualization: Mapping Data from Research
Maps, line graphs, Venn diagrams, matrixes, and charts are common methods used to graphically visualize research-based data. Recently, data visualization has developed in several directions: ■ Theoretical ■ Methodological ■ …
FURNITURE + DESIGN + (X) = FURNITURE DESIGN
The primary intention of combining the terms furniture and design together is to articulate an emerging discipline in the combined synthesis of the two terms. The phrase furniture design establishes …
FURNITURE
furniture • noun 1. the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks. 2. the …
Introduction to Furniture Design
Dictionary and encyclopedic sources use words like accessories, equipment, and movable objects to define furniture.1 Words can describe the performance and physical characteristics of furniture, but those who design, make, …
Foreword to the First Edition
The field of furniture design is strangely diverse. It does not have a well-established definition and is not regularly studied in colleges or universities. It is also odd to remember …
Foreword
Few objects carry with them the historical and technical heritage of furniture. A chair is not only an object for seating but also a flag-bearer for the cultural specificities of …
Acknowledgments
Many individuals contributed to the first edition of this book. To those who took time to discuss and comment on the manuscript drafts, contribute drawings or photographs, provide information, resources, …
Furniture Design
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) were architects who integrated custom furnishings into their buildings and interior spaces (Figure P-1). Interior designers such as …
