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To receive the credit, students must:

• submit a design of assigned furniture element (dining chair, working chair, relax armchair, conference chair etc.); and design book, and physical model 1:1 as assigned.
• active participation in all practicals in workshops and completion of further assignments.

Students must participate in the practicals in the workshops, with a possibility to compensate during the exam period. During the practicals, students are instructed in occupational safety and health protection, and work safety with technical equipment. Students are required to participate in at least two lectures/seminars on designing furniture elements (compensation is not possible).

The course expands the knowledge of interior design from theoretical rationales to specific design assignments, and their application in architectural practice. It introduces students to the topics of public interior design, furniture elements, and their typology. The main aim is to teach the students to think and design in a comprehensive context of public or apartment interior, and particular furniture elements.

• Students will expand their knowledge about hand and machine processing of joinery timber.
• Students will expand their knowledge about production and use of basic joinery connections.
• Student will learn the basic characteristics of materials used in interior and for producing furniture.
• Students will acquire the ability to develop a design of sitting furniture.
• Students will know the basic ergonomic requirements for the design of furniture elements.
• Students will acquire the knowledge related to the design and realisation of a furniture element.
• Students will be able to choose an adequate structure and materials for a furniture element.
• Students will be able to select adequate furniture element for a specific interior and purpose of use.

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FIELL Charlotte, FIELL Peter. Design of the 20th Century. Taschen GmbH, 2022. ISBN 3836541068. (EN)
FORRESTER Paul, Michelle PICKERING. The woodworker's technique bible: the essential illustrated reference. Ontario: Firefly Books, 2009. ISBN 1554074886. (EN)
KORN Peter. Woodworking basics: mastering the essentials of craftsmanship. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, c2003. ISBN 978-1561586202. (EN)
LANG Robert W. Great book of shop drawings for craftsman furniture: authentic and fully detailed plans for projects you can build. Revised & expanded second edition. East Petersburg, PA: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1565239180. (EN)
LAWSON Stuart. Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials and Manufacturing. Laurence King Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9781780671208. (EN)
PANERO Julius, ZELNIK Martin. Human dimension & interior space: a source book of design reference standards. Whitney Library of Design, 1978. ISBN 9780823072712. (EN)
PEKOVICH, Michael. Foundations of woodworking. Newtown, CT: The Taunton, Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1641551625. (EN)
RAMSTEDT Frida. The Interior Design Handbook: Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space. Particular Books, 1st edition, 2020. ISBN‎ 978-0241438114. (EN)

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