Observation Journal Task 3

For this weeks task we were asked to go explore different materials then the usual standard furnitures we had in Taylors Lakeside. We would each on our own go visit different furniture stores and produce a detailed sketch on how the product' furniture is being assembled and what the specifications are.

Each person has to have at least 3 different types of furniture made from different types of material.
A chair, A table and A cabinet. All furniture to be free standing . I went to Ikea for this task as it was a whole lot easier to measure the dimensions and obtain their product information.


1. Chair with Arm wrest

2. Coffee Table

3. Shoe Cabinate

Reflection :
Based on my understanding, there was a whole lot of materials being used and the endless amount of finishes . Most of them almost similar but different. Some materials I've never even heard of before. Doing these observation sketches really made me open up my eyes and realised as a designer I need to know and understand and also update myself with all of these information. After all, materials and finishes is definitely important to understand .

Observation Journal Task 2

During this week 2, we had lessons on how to write specifications for our furniture and object sketches. Specifications in design is know to be a detailed description of the design and materials being used for the object. The function, of the specification is to make task alot easier for others to read and understand.


We were given a task to complete 3 drawings as well as their specifications.

Reflection :

During this task I had faced a few difficulties in drawing the selected subject as well as adding their specification. Even tho we had learnt it in class, a lot of practices needed to be done since I wasn't to familiarize between each material.

Subject : Detailing and Working Drawings

Back at it again in Semester 3, its been a while.

For our first class assignment we were asked to do a simple sketch of a drafting table. One placed in our very own studio. Since we haven't learnt about the proper techniques and methods to sketch a perfect detailed drawing,we we're excused to do a basic sketch without measurements. As what Ms Norji had said, this was a basic practice to see how well us upcoming designers were paying attention into detail. How ordinary everyday objects  were being put together.

Actual photo of Drafting Table is yet to be updated on the sketchbook.

Reflection :

This has got to be my second round in sketching the drafting table's mechanism as I originally made a mistake. Even though I had to sketch a couple of times in order to get the mechanism right, I found it helpful, each time I start a new sketch I would look more into detail of the subject matter. Since it was just a sketch, rulers were not being used and now a days, pens are to be practiced and implemented in everyday drawings.