PSCE
4024

Designing Chairs

Parsons School of Design: School of Constructed Env.

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Designing Chairs
Spring 2025
Taught By: Faculty TBA
Section: A

CRN: 13766

Credits: 3

More than any other object, chairs (a seat for a single user that supports posterior and back) connect objects, people and space. Architects, interior designers, industrial designers, craftspeople and fine artists have all designed chairs both as useful objects but also as a way to communicate their individual approach to design and its impact on users. Historically, chairs have presented designers with opportunities to address material constraints, proficiency in construction, scale and innovation in production, ergonomic research, and aesthetics and play among other themes. Chairs mirror the scale, form, gesture and structure of the human body - we see ourselves (conceptually and literally) in the chairs we design, make and use. Students in this course will investigate the history of chair design and its relationship to a variety of cultures, and propose designs for chairs that relate to their own design inclinations. Students will work in the Parsons Making Center to construct a physical representation of their chair designs in either a series of accurately scaled models, a usable mockup or a full-scale, finished prototype. Considerable time will be spent in the shops mastering techniques in woodworking, upholstery and joinery to create viable chair structures incorporating hard and soft materials.

Open to: All university undergraduate degree students with restrictions. Pre-requisite(s): PUPD 2027 Models, Mockups and Prototypes or PAID 1030 Drawing Interiors 1: 2D; others with Advanced Woodworking skills approved by Portfolio Review.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Constructed Env. (SCE)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 12

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 8:08pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 12:10pm - 2:50pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/21/2025 - 5/6/2025
Designing Chairs
Fall 2024
Taught By: Lara Knutson
Section: A

CRN: 4328

Credits: 3

More than any other object, chairs (a seat for a single user that supports posterior and back) connect objects, people and space. Architects, interior designers, industrial designers, craftspeople and fine artists have all designed chairs both as useful objects but also as a way to communicate their individual approach to design and its impact on users. Historically, chairs have presented designers with opportunities to address material constraints, proficiency in construction, scale and innovation in production, ergonomic research, and aesthetics and play among other themes. Chairs mirror the scale, form, gesture and structure of the human body - we see ourselves (conceptually and literally) in the chairs we design, make and use. Students in this course will investigate the history of chair design and its relationship to a variety of cultures, and propose designs for chairs that relate to their own design inclinations. Students will work in the Parsons Making Center to construct a physical representation of their chair designs in either a series of accurately scaled models, a usable mockup or a full-scale, finished prototype. Considerable time will be spent in the shops mastering techniques in woodworking, upholstery and joinery to create viable chair structures incorporating hard and soft materials.

Open to: All university undergraduate degree students with restrictions. Pre-requisite(s): PUPD 2027 Models, Mockups and Prototypes or PAID 1030 Drawing Interiors 1: 2D; others with Advanced Woodworking skills approved by Portfolio Review.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Constructed Env. (SCE)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 14

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 8:08pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: Parsons East 25 E13th
Room: 303
Date Range: 8/28/2024 - 12/4/2024
Designing Chairs
Fall 2024
Taught By: Gregory Beson
Section: B

CRN: 17527

Credits: 3

More than any other object, chairs (a seat for a single user that supports posterior and back) connect objects, people and space. Architects, interior designers, industrial designers, craftspeople and fine artists have all designed chairs both as useful objects but also as a way to communicate their individual approach to design and its impact on users. Historically, chairs have presented designers with opportunities to address material constraints, proficiency in construction, scale and innovation in production, ergonomic research, and aesthetics and play among other themes. Chairs mirror the scale, form, gesture and structure of the human body - we see ourselves (conceptually and literally) in the chairs we design, make and use. Students in this course will investigate the history of chair design and its relationship to a variety of cultures, and propose designs for chairs that relate to their own design inclinations. Students will work in the Parsons Making Center to construct a physical representation of their chair designs in either a series of accurately scaled models, a usable mockup or a full-scale, finished prototype. Considerable time will be spent in the shops mastering techniques in woodworking, upholstery and joinery to create viable chair structures incorporating hard and soft materials.

Open to: All university undergraduate degree students with restrictions. Pre-requisite(s): PUPD 2027 Models, Mockups and Prototypes or PAID 1030 Drawing Interiors 1: 2D; others with Advanced Woodworking skills approved by Portfolio Review.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Constructed Env. (SCE)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 8:08pm EST 11/5/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 9:00am - 11:40am
Building: Parsons East 25 E13th
Room: 206
Date Range: 8/27/2024 - 12/3/2024