A study of tubular steel Furniture -Focused on the chair design in $1920s{\sim}1930s$-

강철관(鋼鐵管) 가구디자인에 관한 연구 -1920년대부터 1930년대 디자인을 중심으로-

  • Oh, Se-Ja (Dept. of Living Furniture Design, Seoil College)
  • 오세자 (서일대학교 생활가구디자인학과)
  • Published : 2006.08.25

Abstract

Most of all furniture had been produced from wood, because it is easy to obtain from our surroundings. As time goes by people want to decorate their house with new material furniture. Because it is outcome from development of material technology & industrialization. Furniture design trends of twenty century are not only the fruits of great talented furniture artists but also high-tech material engineers. In this study, I deal with a tubular steel, as an one of the most important material of furniture, and also tubular steel furniture manufactured by a cantilever method. This study researches what are special features of it, how can designers utilize it to furniture and how do they conquest defects of the material such as a sensation of coldness, hardness and so on. In this context, It is possible that create not only new shape of furniture but also new style of space through new technology innovation.

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