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Modern furniture design inspired by customer

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Overview

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Create custom furniture designs on a budget, brand yourself and get clients.
  • Introduction
  • Conceptualizing the Piece
  • The Design Process
  • Building a Product and a Brand
  • Final project
Join renowned furniture designer Paul Jeffrey as he shares his expertise and insights from his award-winning firm. Immerse yourself in the world of furniture design and explore the synthesis of client ideas with the voices of their spaces, resulting in unique and never-repeated designs.

In this online course, you will delve into the mid-century modern movement, a significant source of inspiration for Paul Jeffrey, and uncover the clean and sleek aesthetic that characterizes it. You will gain valuable knowledge and skills, including conducting design consultations, sketching for inspiration, adding functionality to your designs, selecting materials, creating 3D models, and producing production drawings. Moreover, Paul will share his insights on finding qualified furniture makers and the basic principles of sales and marketing.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Process and Tools
  • On-Site Design Consultation
  • Room Dimensions and Obstacles
  • Empathic Sketching
  • Functional Sketching
  • Creating Perspective Views
  • 3D AutoCAD Sketch
  • Adding Alterations
  • 3D AutoCAD Renders
  • Developing Production Drawings
  • Outsourcing Production
  • Increasing Demand for Your Custom Work
  • Design and fabricate a piece of furniture or other object inspired by "mid-century modern" design

Taught by

Paul Jeffrey

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