Furniture Manufacturing for Beginners: Open Source Design

Get to know a little about Denis Fujii's career so far and how he came to set up STUDIO DLUX. Hear the story behind some of his main projects and how they ended up in so many countries in such a short space of time.

Discover the principles and benefits of open source design and digital manufacture, then Denis teaches you to select a piece of furniture and the appropriate materials. He shows some examples of different projects made with a CNC router and production methods that involve fitting and assembling pieces.

Next, learn to design your piece of furniture with a CAD software such as AutoCAD or Rhinoceros, taking into account both the measurements and the commands used by the CNC router for correct manufacture. Move on to take a detailed look at cutting methods, joints, and layers.

Denis also touches on how communication between the designer and the maker works in the digital production process and how to make sure your file is easy to understand wherever it may be being used.

To wrap up the course, turn your design into pieces for CNC cutting and see how to format your file so it can be shared around the world.