Over the previous two years, a brand new time period has entered my design philosophy. The time period, “dynamic design”, permits modification of a design to adapt to circumstances, for both technical concerns, or for purely aesthetic causes. It is a time period I’ve coined to explain how design doesn’t essentially have to be forged in stone and may as an alternative be modified as a mission progresses. The modifications I check with might be both refined modifications or massive scale modifications. One of many meanings for the phrase “dynamic” from the American Heritage Dictionary.
dy·nam·ic – Characterised by steady change, exercise, or progress. As my studio furnishings is being created, generally the design I initially envisioned might be improved at totally different levels, or the unique design can stay as is. Having this flexibility gives a steady pleasure for the studio furnishings maker together with the advantage of enhancing the unique design after seeing the furnishings piece at varied middleman levels. A wonderful instance is a console desk design I labored on over a yr in the past. I had chosen to invert the bottom of the desk for each aesthetic and technical causes. This isn’t to say that the unique design of the maquette wouldn’t have labored. Inverting it simplifies a design dilemma for me and introduces a brand new aesthetic to the piece.
After creating the maquette, I understand I wanted to have a reasonably secure, sturdy sub-base to have the ability to assist the V-shaped arch, whereas inverting the bottom makes use of the factors of the arches as legs. Usually, we develop into fixated on a selected design and don’t trouble searching for out options which regularly stare us proper within the face.
Working example, I’ve been creating a brand new design for a smaller piece of furnishings, and as a part of my philosophy I attempt to make use of as many supplies in my possession as attainable, with out repeatedly sourcing new materials for the elements. Working with materials at hand generally limits what I can do, however however challenges me to work inside sure constraints, on this case sure supplies. That is an occasion of what I prefer to name “dynamic design”, usually the fantastic thing about a design can also be in its simplicity. Simplicity is without doubt one of the tenets of the minimalism philosophy. I’ve to confess that I’m a fan of “minimalism”, and have learn one e-book on the topic to date. You have a tendency to achieve a special perspective on design after being uncovered to the philosophy of minimalism. Discover out extra about Dynamic Design within the WOODWORKING: DESIGN TO MAKING Class.
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