New Styles in the Design and Production of Modern Furniture in Damietta

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Summary

This thesis contain four parts its title is

_New Styles in the Design and Production of Modern Furniture in Damietta _

 

Part 1

History of the furniture industry in Damietta

Chapter I

_The Nature of the place and the human _

This chapter contains an overview about Damietta, this big industrial castle. This chapter focuses on The Nature of the place and the human. It explains the historical development of the name of this city till it reached to its current name _Damietta_, As well as its geographical in Egypt, which Located in        The North on the Mediterranean coast, as well as the total area of ​​this province, and the administrative division, where has four centers is the center of Damietta center of Damietta, and the center of Zarqa, the center of Kafr Saad, as well as an explanation of the cities in them, the human nature , and  climate and the activity of the population and then the furniture industry, which is more the activities of the city_s population.

Chapter II

_ the craft and the design _

This chapter explain the development the furniture design lines in the twentieth century in Damietta and its relationship with the international design lines started from the twenties and even the nineties, and the development of used design methods in Damietta from traditional method till the modern methods,  and to show the difference between them, the researcher mentioned  realistic samples for the design methods used in Damietta, as well as, it explains the improvement of designer idea in Damietta from master maker to creative designer. Describe some crafts like wood carving and marquetry.

Chapter III

_ The technological history of the furniture industry in Damietta  
This chapter talks about the technological developments for furniture industry in Damietta and how the craft is converted to industry, starting from how the raw material  development and independent it from local materials because of its low quality and dependence on wood that is imported from the outside, in addition to the Damietta worker who is the backbone of this industry and the primarily responsible for its development, And how he uses the available raw materials, machinery and tools  and how he developed it, as well as how to develop the furniture workshops in Damietta, which scattered throughout the city, and then turned into  huge factories that contains many of workers , as well as the development of tools and machines from Hand Tools and even modern machines.

Part 2

_ Furniture industry in Damietta between constraints and facilities _

Chapter I

_ Constraints that faces the furniture industry in Damietta _

This chapter starts with talking about the structure of the furniture industry and wood products in Damietta began to craft enterprises, and small industrial enterprises, and medium industrial enterprises, and large industrial enterprises and then talks about constraints that face the furniture industry in Damietta. Some of them related with design, other related with raw materials, the constraints related with the management and organize, constraints related with the labor, constraints related with the production technology, and finally constraints related with the quality.

Chapter II

_The role of state institutions in the promotion of the furniture industry_

 This chapter talks about the government_s role in the development of the furniture industry in Damietta by providing a governmental institutions that responsible for  developing this industry and find solutions for problems that hinder its development,  such as universities and educational centers represented in the College of Applied Arts and technical schools, and facilitating loans through the Social Development Fund, and from these institutions also IMC, and the Exporting Council for Furniture, and the Furniture Industry Technology Center, and The vocational training, As well as one of the government contributions in development of this industry is  establishing new cities and craftsmen cities such as New Damietta and its Industrial Zone , As well as the establishment of international trading  point  to support the movement of foreign trade, and also provide international and local galleries, such as International Franks gallery, which is held every year and a large number of furniture manufacturers in Damietta participate on it , as well as providing the  complete infrastructure and an integrated transport network, which play a big role in the transfer of the raw material and the final product in Egypt.

Part 3

The digital revolution in furniture designing and manufacturing_

Chapter I

_The digital revolution in furniture designing _

This chapter is talking about the fields of using the digital revolution in furniture designing including the use of computer information gathering, as well as designers use computer to marketing their works As well as  computer   programs that used in design. And this chapter explain two of this programs AutoCAD, and Archie CAD, and from this fields also use the montage software and adding effects such as the image processing program  Photoshop, and also the programs of animation and three-dimensional  film programs such as the program of creating the three-dimensional films Maya, as well as how to build a digital model, and simulation technology, and the technique of default impact , and artificial intelligence, and using the digital revolution in remotely connect and collaborate with others. 

Chapter II

_Digital technology in the furniture manufacturing_

This chapter is talking about the areas of using the digital technology in furniture manufacturing , including the manufacturing programs with computer cam, and the chapter explains one of this programs _alpha-cam_, as well as designing programs and manufacturing programs with computer ,as well as how to build a physical model by computer digital control machines.

This chapter is also talking about the  evolution that has occurred to reachto the digital control with computer , and the advantages and disadvantages of this machines , and the impact of these machines on the furniture industry and then this chapter will explain the two different types of these machines _cutting and milling and sculpture multiple axes machines_ , and _laser cutting machines_ , as well as the concept of reverse engineering like  three-dimensional scanning machines ,and three-dimensional camera, as well as three-dimensional printing machine, and also three-dimensional laser machine.

Part3

_The digital revolution and the furniture industry in Damietta_

Chapter I

The digital revolution in furniture designing _

This chapter is talking about the commonly manufacturing methods used in Damietta and the benefits that Damietta have from modern methods in manufacturing, as the manufacturing methods in Damietta are summarized into three kinds: traditional methods, mechanized methods, and the use of computer digital control technology, but the last one is very limited, as well as this chapter discusses the most important modern designing techniques commonly used in Damietta ,and the effects of the modern methods and the digital controlling technology in designers.

 

part 4

_Applied Study _

Chapter I

Survey

A study of a random sample of the views of the owners of the industrial establishments operating furniture industry in Damietta on different size of those facilities literal , small , medium and large, so as to measure the extent of the use of modern techniques and traditional in design and manufacturing in the furniture industry in Damietta

Chapter II

Applied Project

This chapter is talking about steps  of designing and manufacturing  two chairs, one has been designed and implemented by traditional methods used in Damietta, and the other designed and implemented by  modern methods.  

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