A combination of materials (wood and steel) in producing smart seater / Siti Irdawaty Ahmad

It is without doubt, in recent years Malaysia has quickly risen to the fore as a market leader for furniture product made from high quality timber. One of our best timber ( besides rubberwood ) is Sentang. Sentang which is known as " Azadirachta Excellsa" is the alternative species actually initiated in our country after it was commercially successful in Thailand. The reason why it is important because of their good physical and anatomical characteristics and enhances with their fast grow timber. The costs of Sentang are low, easily crafted, easy to find the resource and with a resistance to wear lives up to its reputation. Sentang is a widely accepted material for a myriad of industry, namely as a joinery, furniture, interior finishing, paneling, partitioning, moulding, sliced veneer, flooring, decorative engraving turneries and matches. That's why in our wood based furniture industries, Sentang is one of the good solutions. This paper describes the design of Smart Seater with beginning from the idea and design concept, selecting material, manufacturing process, hardware and jointing system, costing and pricing to achieve comfortable, satisfied and perfect. Smart Seater was construct from two different material- Sentang timber and Stainless Steel. Those materials above have a good characteristics, properties and potential in Furniture Design and Technology Industry. Namely materials which are comfortable, friendly, technologically outstanding, ergonomic, ecological, economical and aesthetically attractive. In short, this paper has been planned for achieve the target and successful of designing process through the conceptual idea, sketches, working drawing and detail drawing, manufacturing process and prototyping product to achieved the best design, quality and satisfied.