Fds syllabus su15 draft

Furniture Design Studio & Workshop Syllabus.................................................2
Furniture Design in Scandinavia Course Syllabus...........................................7
Calendar and Schedule.................................................................................. ....9
Syllabus • Schedule
Summer Furniture Design in Scandinavia Program

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DIS Architecture and Design Summer 2015
Furniture Design Studio & Workshop 6 Credits
DRAFT
Studio Faculty: Tina Christensen
Erling Christoffersen
Rasmus Fenhann
Workshop Assistant: Lars Hansen
Flemming Steen Jensen
Anders Engholm Kristensen
Course Assistant: TBD
Workshop meeting location: DIS Workshop Holmbladsgade 70B
Description
This intense session trains you in the full design process of a piece of
furniture, normally a chair. You will start with conceptual development
and production of working drawings, and end with the building of a full-
scale prototype, as well as the exhibition of you work.
Learning Objectives
The primary objective of this design studio is to produce a piece of
furniture which draws inspiration from its Scandinavian context and
acheives maximum utility with the minimum material.
Through this process students develop their capabilities in:
• Development and refinement of design concepts
• Production of sketches as well as working drawings
• Construction of a full-scale prototype
• Craftsmanship in different materials
• Communication through exhibition and presentation
Required & Suggested Texts
Reading material for the course will be provided or can be found on DIS
Blackboard (forum.dis.dk). The readings include, but are not limited to:
• de Grier, Nicolai. Chairs Tectonics. København: Arkitektens Forlag, 2009.
(Provided- Intro also on Blackboard)
• Krogh, Erik. The Chair in the Space - The Space in the Chair, København:
Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling, 1984 (on Blackboard)
Prerequisites
Enrolment at a professional school/department of design or architecture
at the junior, senior, or graduate level. Prior experience with furniture
design, stationary power tools and hand tools is required.

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DRAFT
Approach to Teaching
Studio instruction is a combination of one-on-one tutoring and
discussions in studio and in the workshop. The studios are organized
as vertical studios, meaning that students of different levels will be
taught within the same studio. Expectations will therefore relate to each
individual student and their respective level of experience.
The 7-week course is structured in four distinctive phases, building off of
the UK Design Council Double Diamond Design Process Model:
EXPLORATION phases in weeks 1-3
Phase 1: Discover (studio) - through lectures, field studies, studio
discussions and sketching students discover the scope of furniture design
and the first sketches of students own designs come to life and are
reviewed.
Phase 2: Define (study tour) - on the study tour further inspiration and
knowledge about Scandinavian furniture design and production is gained
and then the initial definition of the individual students design is taking
place in the journal each student is working on during the tour as well.
CREATION phases in weeks 4-7
Phase 3: Develop (studio) - after the study tour the scope of the craft
of eventually making the design in the workshop is developed in studio
discussions, 1:1 drawings, and considerations about materiality, joining,
finish, etc.
Phase 4: Deliver (workshop) - students move into the workshop to create
and deliver the actual full-scale prototype, resolving the final challenges
of the design through the process of making. Finally the prototypes
are presented to external reviewers, faculty and fellow students and
exhibited along with the creations of the other design disciplines from
the summer sessions.
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DRAFT
Expectations of the Students
Students are expected to be fully engaged in the studio discourse, be
prepared for each individual desk critique and workshop session and to
invest time outside of studio hours developing projects. Students must
check DIS Blackboard daily (forum.dis.dk). The most current schedule
including last-minute changes will be maintained here. Readings and
other relevant course material will be posted here for downloading.
Due to workshop capacity, students, when in the workshop, are divided
into a morning group and an afternoon group with workshop hours 07:00
- 14:00 and 14:00 - 21:00 respectively.
The Assignment
The assignment is the design and building of an object for sitting made
from a given amount of material provided by DIS. The finished piece
cannot exceed 80 x 80 x 80 cm. The structure of the chair will take its
cue primarily from wood but can include other materials as well. Any
additional materials are at the student’s own cost. The program for
the chair is individual and decided by the student. It is possible to work
conceptually or to re-interpret a well-known type of chair. Through its
construction, the chair must have a visual and structural clarity, and
consequently express the conceptual idea. Students are expected to
use their sketchbook / visual journal for design development in order to
ensure process documentation.
Submission of Assignments
All presentation material must be supplemented with a digital submission
of the presentation boards. This requirement is necessary for grading
and archival purposes for DIS, as well as documentation you will need for
your own portfolio. Submission guidelines will be posted on Blackboard
prior to deadline.
Field Studies and Study Tours
The study tours of the Architecture and Design Program at DIS form an
integral part of the learning process. We travel to places to learn through
experience and through analysis. We travel to places to understand and
ultimately, to become better architects and designers. In the Furniture
Design Studio & Workshop particular focus is placed on visiting furniture
production facilities to facilitate an understanding of the production and
business side of the furniture design discipline in Scandinavia.
Field Studies
Half or one day field studies to sites of design interest as well as
contemporary case studies linked to the assignment.

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DRAFT
Long Study Tour
The week-long study tour will expand your frame of personal experience
from Copenhagen to include sites in Sweden and Finland. This is an
opportunity to compare what you have studied thus far in Denmark with
a larger Scandinavian context and in turn with your previous experiences
from your home country. Visits will be to both contemporary and
historical sites to provide background for understanding the design
context you experience today.
Students prepare for the week-long study tour by carrying out a group
assignment prior to departure. See page 8 for more on this.
Shipment Option
Students can pay $300 to DIS to arrange shipment of their chair to the
US at the end of the semester. Please note, shipment will take at least
eight weeks. In order to secure the fixed price DIS can only ship chairs to
select destinations. A list of the select destinations will be published on
Blackboard. One chair only, no molds and no mock-ups.
At each destination one of the students shipping a chair will be chosen
as the addressee on the shipment. This is purely for delivery purposes.
Those students combined in each shipment should make arrangements
for pickup thereafter. Students need to supply DIS with their contact info
(name, address, e-mail, phone number). Payments must be made to DIS
Front Desk prior to departure from DIS on Sat August 1st, 2015.
Portfolio
Students are to bring with them two previous projects of their own choice,
in any form (slides, digital, photo copies, portfolios, etc.). These must be
submitted to FDS faculty by Wednesday, June 18. They will be used by the
faculty to be acquainted with the design skills of each student.
Exhibition
An open house exhibition will be held at the end of the semester in the
2nd Floor Lounge in F24 and V23. Works from all the Architecture and
Design studios as well as from the Furniture Design in Scandinavia course
will be exhibited.

DRAFT
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DRAFT
Design Excellence Award
At the end of the program we will recognize one outstanding student
from each discipline: architecture, urban design, interior architecture,
graphic design, and furniture design.
The Kaare Klint Award was established in 2013 by the founder of
KLINTIANA, Gorm Harkær, Architect MAA. The award recognizes the
great pursuit of learning and work done by one student - selected by
Gorm Harkær. The award also recognizes the contributions by DIS faculty
in Furniture Design in Scandinavia.
Evaluation and Grading
30% Design process in studio
30% Workshop process and engagement
40% Final Presentation (chair + board)
Disability and resource statement
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of
a disability should contact Sean Green (sgr@dis.dk) to coordinate this. In
order to receive accommodations, students should inform the instructor
of approved DIS accommodations within the first two weeks of classes.
Policies
Attendance
You are expected to attend all DIS classes when scheduled. If you miss
two classes the Directorof Academic Support and Registrar, and the
Director of Student Affairs will be notified and they will follow-up with
you to make sure that all is well. Absences will jeopardize your grade and
your standing at DIS. Allowances will be made in cases of illness, but you
will need to provide a doctor’s note.
Academic Honesty
DIS expects that you abide by the highest standards of intellectual
honesty in all academic work. DIS assumes that you do your own work
and credit all work or thought taken from others. Academic dishonesty
will result in a final course grade of “F” and can result in dismissal. Your
home universities will be notified. DIS reserves the right to request that
written student assignments be turned in electronic form for submission
to plagiarism detection software.
See the Academic Handbook for more information, or ask your instructor
if you have questions.

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Furniture Design in Scandinavia 3 Credits
DRAFT
Faculty: Tina Christensen
Course includes various guest lecturers
Course Assistant: TBD
Location: please see the daily schedule at the end of this syllabus
Description
You will examine history, theory, key works, and current expressions of
Scandinavian furniture design. The lecture course will also expose you
to the history of manufacturing in post-industrial Scandinavia. Current
and historical conditions of furniture design are presented along with the
underlying design theories and methodologies. “Golden Age” designs
from the middle of the 20th century are studied alongside trendy “New
Nordic” designs of today. Fundamentals of furniture design, such as scale,
dimension and proportion, are presented, along with the fundamentals
of the production of furniture, whether it be the craft approach or the
modern business based and industrialized approach.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course students will be able to:
• Demonstrate an enhanced ability to formulate informed criticism on
furniture design based on analytical exercises, readings, in-class dis-
cussions, field trips, and case studies
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the characteristics of
Scandinavian furniture design and production
• Demonstate in-depth knowledge of selected Danish furniture
designers and their contributions to the development of the
characteristics of Scandinavian design
Required & Suggested Texts
Reading material for the course to be found on DIS Blackboard (forum.
dis.dk). The readings include, but are not limited to:
Danish Design. Henrik Steen Møller, 1975
The Chair In The Space - The Space In The Chair. Erik Krogh, 1984
Approach to Teaching
The course comprises lectures, field studies, and study tours. As an
important part of the course students will develop a Visual Journal
to record and analyze the topics presented. The course is organized
vertically, meaning that students of different levels will be taught in the
same class.

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Furniture Design in Scandinavia 3 Credits
DRAFT
Visual Journal
The sketchbook is the tool to facilitate understanding and memory.
Designers (both professionals and students) have always carried
sketchbooks on their travels to analyze and document designs and places
which make an impression on them and, in turn, influence their design
work. Students are expected to independently visit, describe and analyze
objects from the study tours, showrooms, museums etc. Entries are to be
entered in the Visual Journal and evaluated as part of the course.
Study Tour Assignment
The study tours of the Architecture and Design Program at DIS form
an integral part of the learning process. We visit sites to experience
and analyze design, and to ultimately become better architects and
designers. Assignment 1 is an integral part of this endeavor. The
assignment is carried out in groups of 4-5 students. The assignment
consists of an in-depth research and analysis of a select piece of furniture
and a digital presentation of the analysis to fellow students in the
respective study tour group prior to travelling.
The framework for the research and analysis is a model developed by
Danish architect, Erik Nygaard, in his book, Architecture Understood. The
model and the specifics of the assignment are presented seperately.
Mid Term Exam
The mid term exam is an essay type two-hour exam which encourage
students to elaborate on their understanding of Scandinavian Furniture
Design through simple sketches and critical essays.
Expectations of the Students
Students are expected to be fully engaged in lectures, participate
actively in any discussions and actively maintain a visual journal as
prescribed. Required readings should be read before the applicable
lecture. Students must check DIS Blackboard daily (forum.dis.dk). The
most current schedule including last-minute changes will be maintained
here. Readings and other relevant course material will be posted here
for downloading.
Evaluation & Grading
The final grade is determined as follows:
20% Study Tour Assignment (group assignment)
20% Mid Term Exam
40% Visual Journal
10% Participation and performance in class
To be eligible for a passing grade you must complete all of the assigned
work

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Furniture Design in Scandinavia + Studio & Workshop Schedule
Day Date Session Time Topic
DRAFT
Tu Jun 16 09:00 - 13:00 Opening Ceremony + Amazing Race
01 13:15 - 14:35 AD Intro + Intro to Study Tour Assignment
Location: TBD

02 14.50 - 16.10 Furniture Design in Scandinavia Intro
Lecturer: Tina Christensen + Erling Christoffersen
Location: TBD
16.25 - 17.00 Studio Set-Up
Finding your desk and settling in

We Jun 17 03+04 08:30 - 11:25 Tradition, Transformation, Testing
Lecturer: Courtney Coyne-Jensen
A introduction to Danish furniture design’s so-called ‘Golden Age’, with a
focus on historical continuity, precedent transformations, and material
innovations
Location: TBD
Required readings (all on DIS Forum):
• Krogh, Erik Space – in and around the chair (2007)
• Mollerup, Per. Collapsibles.
• Mollerup, Per. Offspring, Danish Chairs with Foreign Ancestors In
Mobilia 315/316 1984 pp. 7-9, 21-40, 63-70.
•Møller, Henrik Steen. Danish Design. Rhodos, 1975.
05 13:15 - 14:35 Introduction to Visual Journaling
Lecturer: Courtney Coyne-Jensen
Phenomenological aspects of studying the built environment first-hand –
drawing and experiencing architecture – and how this can translate into an
invaluable form of design-research praxis.
• Quick sketching, note-taking and sketch-measuring.
• Bring sketchbook, paper (A4 format) and pencils.
Location: TBD
Required readings:
Crowe and Laseau. Visual Notes for Architects and Designers, New York
1983, pp. 1-13, 35-49 (on DIS Forum)
14.50 - 17:00 Studio
Faculty: Tina Christensen + Erling Christoffersen
Th Jun 18 06 08:30 - 09:50 Storytelling - Developing Design Concepts
Lecturer: Tina Christensen
Location: TBD
Required reading:
TBD
10:05 - 11:25 Studio (Team Wegner)
Location: TBD
Independent Field Study (Team Kjærholm)
To Design Museum Denmark, Bredgade 68
13:15 - 14:35 Studio (Team Kjærholm)
Location: TBD
Independent Field Study (Team Wegner)
To Design Museum Denmark, Bredgade 68
07 14:50 - 16:10 New Nordic Design - Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian Furniture
Lecturer: Birgitte Borup
Location: TBD
Required reading: TBA

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DRAFT
Fr Jun 19 9:00 - 13:00 Studio
Location: TBD
08+09 13:15 - 16:10 Study Tour Assignment Presentations
Location: TBD
10 16:25 - 17:45 Study Tour Info Session + Pizzas and Beverage

Sa-Su Jun 20-21 Independent Field Studies
Destinations and relevant info published on Blackboard.
Mo Jun 22 08:30 - 12:00 Design concept review #1 in studio
Faculty: Tina Christensen + Erling Christoffersen + Rasmus Fenhann
Location: TBD
11 13:15-14:35 Scale, Dimensions, Proportion - Understanding the fundamentals
Lecturer: Erling Christoffersen
Location: TBD
12 14:50-16:10 Materiality - Understanding the fundamentals
Lecturer: TBD
Location: TBD
Tu Jun 23 14-16 07:45 - 18:00 All Day Field Study to Fritz Hansen, PP Møbler, Grundtvigs Church
Tour leaders: Tina Christensen + Erling Christoffersen
Departure from Frue Plads
Bring sketchbooks, cameras and lunch packs
Required Readings:
www.pp.dk
www.grundtvigskirke.dk
www.fritzhansen.com/en/fritz-hansen
Tuesday night is Sankt Hans Eve with bonfires on the beach. Find
information in local news about this event.
We Jun 24 17 08:30 - 09:50 IKEA - understanding the flat pack concept
Location: TBD
Required Reading:
TBD
18 10:05 - 11:25 TBD Lecture
Location: TBD
Required Reading:
TBA
11:40 - 16:10 Studio
Th Jun 25 08:30 - 16:10 Design concept review #2
Tina Christensen + Erling Christoffersen + Rasmus Fenhann + guests
Students must present 2 developed design concepts. Each individual
review will last 10-15 minutes. Reviews run in two parallel sessions.
Location: TBD
Fr Jun 26 - Th Jul 02 Sweden/Finland Study Tour
Two buses with a faculty and an assistant on each
Tour leaders: Tina Christensen & Erling Christoffersen
Fr Jul 03 No class - Day off

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DRAFT
Mo Jul 06 19 08:30-09:50 1:1 Drawing
Lecturer: Erling Christoffersen
Location: TBD
10:05 - 17:00 Studio with Faculty and assistants
Tu Jul 07 20 08:30-09:50 Furniture production: the shop approach
Lecturer: Rasmus Fenhann
Location: TBD
We Jul 08 21 08:30-09:50 Furniture production: the big business approach
Lecturer: Muuto/Hay/?
Location: TBD
Th Jul 09 22 08:30-09:50 The UN Chair - a case study in developing design responses
Lecturer: Thomas Sigsgaard
Location: TBD
Fr Jul 10 23 08:30 - 09:50 Mid Term Exam

Mo-Su Jul 13 - 19 07:00 - 14:00 Workshop Team Wegner
14:00 - 21:00 Workshop Team Kjærholm
Location: DIS Workshop, Holmbladsgade 70B

Mo-Su Jul 20 - 26 07:00 - 14:00 Workshop Team Kjærholm
14:00 - 21:00 Workshop Team Wegner
Location: DIS Workshop, Holmbladsgade 70B
Su Jul 26 15:00 Submission of finished chair
On Sunday, tidy and clean workshop.
Bring chairs to Vestergade 23, 2nd floor (with name tag on)
Mo July 27 08.30 - 09.50 Presentation practices
Location: TBD
Required Reading:
TBA
10:05-17:45 Studio without Faculty
Finalizing Presentation Boards
Tu Jul 28 09:00 Plot Submission Deadline
see instructions from AD intern on Blackboard/DIS forum
09:00 - 18:00 Photographing students with their chairs
Photographer: TBD
Location: Vestergade 23, 2nd floor
Details to be announced on Blackboard/DIS forum
22:00 Final Presentation Board deadline - no work to be done after this

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DRAFT
We Jul 29 09:00 - 16:30 Final Presentations
Location: at DIS
Th Jul 30 09:00 - 16:30 Final Presentations
Location: at DIS
Fr Jul 31 08:30 Submission of Visual Journals to AD office
11:00 - 13:00 Clean studios for Exhibition
16:00 - 18:00 Opening of Exhibition of Student Works
by invitation only
Location: Vestergade 23, Frederiksbrogade 24
18:00 - 22:00 Social for Students and Faculty
Location: Professor Courtyard, Skindergade 12

Sat Aug 01 Last Day of DIS Housing

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