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See How Upholstered Furniture Comes Together: Bed, Sofa, Chaise

By Rain Noe - June 18, 2014

in Materials | Furniture Design

When studying industrial design, you'll find most programs will have you build at least a couple of pieces of furniture, whether you're a Furniture Design major or not. But the main output always seems to be in wood or metal, with most programs simply too short on time to teach the art of upholstery.

So it's helpful, we think, for the aspiring but inexperienced furniture designer to see how upholstered furniture comes together. Your program has undoubtedly taught you rudimentary wood-joining, and maybe you've learned to weld and finish with an angle grinder, but there's an entire science of straps, webbing, springs, nails, tacks, foam, glue, fabric, buttons and thread you may have never seen. Here are three different pieces being assembled by Shanghai-based Novaz Furniture.

First up, a bed frame with an upholstered headboard and footboard. It starts off with the woodwork and glue-ups you're probably already familiar with, but the second half covers the upholstery:

Then we see a chaise longue come together, this one a bit more multimedia (metal, wood, fabric) than the bed:

The most labor-intensive has got to be their sofa. Look at the sheer amount, and disparity, of materials, fasteners and processes that go into this thing:

Novaz Furniture's website was inexplicably down at press time, so there's no link-back-ability to the original products, sorry.

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Hackett

10 years ago

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It almost makes me think I can build these pieces. then the videos ends and reality smacks me in the brain. However, I do own a nail gun... hmm... SMACK!
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Ben

10 years ago

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These are great videos. Kind of amazed that this manufacturing facility would put the time into making these. And while this does look pretty appealing, these are definitely made in the sample shop room, not on the production floor. Not my style, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship.
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