Course Name	Furniture Design
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Sun Ok Moon
	Affiliation	Department of Environmental Forest Products

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

The goal is to make the students know that creating a piece of wooden furniture is the best way to make an eco-friendly/green living like keep the people healthy. Through this course the students will also comprehend furniture theories and practices in green era based on the Korean traditional wooden furniture design and contemporary furniture design. At the end of the course, the students will have designed and produced a piece of modernized wooden/green table adapted from tradition for current life. They would also demonstrate the proper use of Auto CAD(Computer Aided Design) and other machineries such as table saws and planer saws.

Teaching methods:

1. Lecture

2. Field trips to furniture show, museums, galleries, furniture studios, etc

3. Hands-on experience on Auto CAD

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

AutoCAD2007 쉽게배우기, 영진닷컴

Allen, S.(1997). Minimalism : Architecture and sculpture. Architecture.

Betsky, A.(1997). Ornament is fine. Blueprint, December.

Dormer, P.(1987). The new furniture, trends, and tradition. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Downey, C., and Fiell, P.(1991). Modern furniture classic since 1945. Londun:hudson inc.

Lee, Jong Seak. 1993. Korean Wooden Craft. Seol Wha Dand.

Korean Folk Museum. 2004. Korean Wooden Furniture. Dea Won Sa.

Luice-Smith, E.(1993). Furniture: a concise history. New York: Thames and Hudson LTD.

Furniture Magazines and journals issued currently from Korea, US, UK, and Italy

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Two research paper assignments concerning traditional Korean and contemporary

furniture made of eco-materials, Drafts of furniture design through Auto CAD

Grading Scheme: Attendance: 20%, Mid term: 30%, Final term: 40%, Two research paper assignments: 10%

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week	Content
Week1-2	Comparing between the traditional Korean and contemporary furniture design in relation to the materials and trends, learning how to draw furniture draft through Auto CAD, Asking for a first paper assignment regarding the joints of the traditional wooden furniture
Week3-4	Focusing on the merit and demerit of green materials such as wood in adapting it for creating green furniture, Reinforcing learning how to use Auto CAD
Week5-6	A field trip to the museum and studios in terms of the traditional Korean furniture around JinJu and Tongyoung within two hours away from the school, designing a piece of green table for our modernized lives by using wood, the deadline of submitting the first paper
Week7	Mid term: A written test, Drawing a piece of furniture draft through Auto CAD
Week8-9	Drawing the piece each student will be created through Auto CAD, making the scale modeling, thelast paper regarding current furniture desing trends related to wooden table
Week10-11	: Learning and practicing how to use table saws and planer saws skillfully
Week12-13	Cutting the natural wood in detail in accordance with the design drawing through Auto CAD, making each piece cut, fabricating it with glue, and sand papering it
Week14	Coating and finishing the wooden piece with eco-friendly lacquer, the deadline of submitting the last paper
Week15	5 minutes of presentation for the green table created by each student with each own concept through the class, making critiques and discussions from the pieces

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-751-5502                e-mail: somoon@gnu.ac.kr