This subject -creative thinking- is test our mind and sharpen our knowledge and thinking skill.
Final project of creative thinking :
My group choose the idea of "Table" .
First of all, I done some research on "what is table? " "what is the different between table and a desk ?" and some of the example of table and the material used .
From internet :
A table is a form of furniture with a flat horizontal upper surface used to support objects of interest, for storage, show, and/or manipulation.[1] Some common types of table are the dining room table, which is used for seated persons to eat meals; the coffee table, which is a low table used in living rooms to display items or serve refreshments; and the bedside table, which is used to place an alarm clock and a lamp. The surface must be held stable. For reasons of simplicity, this is usually done by support from below by either a column , a "base", or at least three columnar "stands". In special situations, table surfaces may be supported from a nearby wall, or suspended from above.
Source from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(furniture)
Summary from the text :
1.Table is a furniture.
2.Table divided into many type and consists of different function.
3.For example , dining table,coffee table and bedside table.
Type of table :
Coffee table : A coffee table (cocktail table) , is a style of long , low table which is designed to be placed infront a sofa . This is to support beverages ,food, fruit ,magazines and decorative object. Coffee table are usually found in the living room. They are available in many different variations and the prices are different according to the style .Some of the cooffee table contain built-in drawer for storage. The most common design from the material is made by wood , but nowadays cooffee table are made by metal especially stainless stell or aluminium .
Dining table : A table which are designed to be used for formal dining or serve any meal. Usually this kind of dinning tabble is made up of wood at the past and until now . By , there are a lot of dining table which are popular now is made up of glass . They belive glass bring us the feel of royalthy and glass also inculed as a design .
Drop-leaf table : A drop-leaf table is a table that has a fixed section in the center and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folder down. If the leaf is supportedby a bracket when folder up , the table is simply a drop-leaf table . These table is made up of variety of woods from Cherry to Walnut , to Maple or Mahogany .
End table : End tables are small tables typically placed beside couches or armchairs . Often lamps will be placed on an end table.
Folding table : A folding table with legs that fold up against the table top . This is intended to make storage more convenient and to make the table more portable. Many folding tables are made of lightweight materials to further increase portability. Folding table are usually made from plastic,metal ,wood,and other materials . Folding tables are used in homes, scholls ,churchs, and other buildings that have rooms intended for various functions. Folding tables can used for sit-down activities,and then easily removed and stored out of the way when open space is needed .
Gateleg table : A gateleg table is a type of furniture first introduced in England in the 16th century . The table top has a fixed section and one or two hinged leaves , which when not in use, fold down below the fixed section to hang vertically .There are usually made from oak .
Poker table : A poker table is a table specifically designed for games especially card games such as poker . The table are covered with baize (a speed cloth that help the card slide easily across the surface) .The edge of the table is usually padded and raised slightly for the players to rest their arms, and this section is called the "rail" . There is often a section of wood between the rail and the playing surface .The center of the table often features an image , name or the logo of the casino where the game is being played .
Trestle table : A trestle table is an item of furniture comprising two or three trestle supports linked by a longitudinal cross-member over which a board or table top is placed . In the Middle Ages the trestle table was often little more than loose boards over trestle legs for ease of assembly and storage . This simple, collapsible style remained the most common Western form of table until the 16th century, when the as gateleg and reflectory tables .Ease of assembly and storage has made it the ideal occasional table,and it remains a popular form of dining table , as those seated are not so inconvenienced as they might be with the more usual arrangement of a fixed leg at each corner.
Source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trestle_table
TV tray table : TV tray table is a small and easily portable, folding table .These small tables were originally designed to be a surface from which one could having a meal while watching TV .This rack is suitable placed in a corner of the living room .
Wine table:
A Wine-table is a late 15th-century device for facilitating after-dinner drinking, the cabinetmakers called it a "Gentleman's Social Table." It was always narrow and of semicircular or horseshoe form, and the guests sat round the outer circumference. In the earlier and simpler shapes metal wells for bottles and ice were sunk in the surface of the table; they were fitted with brass lids.
In later and more elaborate examples the tables were fitted with a revolving wine-carriage, bottle-holder or tray working upon a balanced arm which enabled the bottles to be passed to any guest without shaking. The side opposite the guests was often fitted with a network bag. It has been conjectured that this bag was intended to hold biscuits, but it is much more likely that its function was to prevent glasses and bottles which might be upset from falling to the floor. That the wine-table might be drawn up to the fire in cold weather without inconvenience from the heat it was fitted with curtains hung upon a brass frame and running upon rings. Sometimes the table was accompanied by a circular bottle-stand supported on a tripod into which the bottles were deeply sunk to preserve them from the heat of the fire. Yet another form was circular with a socket in the center for the bottle. Wine-tables followed the fashion of other tables and were often inlaid with wood or brass. They are now exceedingly scarce.
Source from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_table
EXTRA INFORMATION :
Type of Desk
Davenport desk:
A Davenport desk, (sometimes originally known as a Devonport desk[1]) is a small desk with an inclined lifting desktop attached with hinges to the back of the body. Lifting the desktop accesses a large compartment with storage space for paper and other writing implements, and smaller spaces in the forms of small drawers and pigeonholes. The Davenport has drawers on one of its sides, which are sometimes concealed by a panel. This stack of side drawers holds up the back of the desk and most of its weight.
The front of the desk stands on thick legs or pillars which are often highly carved, somewhat exaggerated, thick cabriole legs, but these are not essential. 19th century Davenport desks had a variety of different leg designs.[2]
The desk shape is distinctive; its top part resembles an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a pedestal desk turned sideways. The addition of the two legs in front completes the odd effect.
This desk owes its name to a Captain Davenport who was the first to commission the design, from Gillows of Lancaster, near the end of the 18th century. In a sense then it could also be considered a Campaign desk though there are no records indicating if Captain Davenport was in the British Army or the Royal Navy.
This desk form was popular during the 19th century. There have been numerous reproductions during the 20th century, and amateur cabinetmakers sometimes consider a Davenport to be an interesting project.
Source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_desk
Drawing board:
A drawing board (also drawing table, drafting table or architect's table) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations. The drawing table used to be a frequent companion to a pedestal desk in a gentleman's study or private library , during the pre-industrial and early industrial era.
During the Industrial Revolution draftsmanship gradually became a specialized trade and drawing tables slowly moved out of the libraries and offices of most gentlemen. They became more utilitarian and were built of steel and plastic instead of fine woods and brass.
More recently engineers and draftsmen use the drawing board for making and modifying drawings on paper with ink or pencil. Different drawing instruments (set square , protractor, etc.) are used on it to draw parallel, perpendicular or oblique lines. There are instruments for drawing circles, arcs, other curves and symbols too (compass,French curve , stencil, etc.). However, with the gradual introduction of computer aided drafting and design (CADD or CAD) in the last decades of the 20th century and the first of the 21st century, the drawing board is becoming less common.
A drawing table is also sometimes called a mechanical desk because, for several centuries, most mechanical desks were drawing tables. Unlike the gadgety mechanical desks of the second part of the 18th century, however, the mechanical parts of drawing tables were usually limited to notches, ratchets, and perhaps a few simple gears, or levers or cogs to elevate and incline the working surface.
Very often a drawing table could look like a writing table or even a pedestal desk when the working surface was set at the horizontal and the height adjusted to 29 inches, in order to use it as a "normal" desk. The only giveaway was usually a lip on one of the sides of the desktop. This lip or edge stopped paper or books from sliding when the surface was given an angle. It was also sometimes used to hold writing implements. When the working surface was extended at its full height, a drawing table could be used as a standing desk.
Many reproductions have been made and are still being produced of drawing tables, copying the period styles they were originally made in during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_board
Computer desk:
The most common form of the computer desk is a variant of the ergonomic desk, which has an adjustable keyboard tray and sufficient desktop space for handwriting. Provisions for a monitor shelf and holes for routing cables are integrated in the design, making it easier to connect the computer components together. The typical armoire desk provides space for a keyboard,mouse, monitor, printer and speakers. Cubicle desk designs for business and government workplaces include a range of shelves, trays and cable-routing holes for computer systems. In some computer desks, the cabling is affixed to the modesty panel at the back of the desk, to create a neater appearance.
There are a great variety of computer desk shapes and forms. Large multiple student computer desks configured in rows are designed to house dozens of computer systems while facilitating wiring, general maintenance, theft prevention and vandalism reduction. Small rolling lectern desks or computer carts with tiny desktops provide just enough room for a laptop computer and a mouse pad. Computer desks are typically mass-produced and require some self-assembly .
The computer itself is normally separate from the desk, which is designed to hold a typically sized computer, monitor and accessories. Cabling must be routed through the channels and access openings by the user or installer. A small number of computers are built within a desk made specially for them, like the British i-desk. Various proposals for the "Office of the future" suggested other integrated designs, but these have not been taken up.
A rolling chair table configuration offers mobility and improved access in situations where a desk is not convenient. Gyratory computer tables can be used over a bed. Modular computer tables separate user interface elements from the computing and network connection, allowing more placement flexibility. The modules are connected via wireless technology.
Source from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_desk
Writing desk
A writing desk or bureau acts as a kind of compact office. Traditionally, a writing desk is for writing letters by hand. It usually has a top that closes to hide current work, which makes the room containing it look tidy, maintains privacy, and protects the work. The closing top may contain several joints so that it can roll closed, or may simply fold closed. The writing surface (or place for lap-top) typically folds down (perhaps being the lid) or slides out, to preserve the compact size when closed. They often have small drawers or "pigeon holes".
Modern writing desks are designed for laptop computerof the 21st Century. They are typically too small for most desktop computers or a printer.
Source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_desk
