Furniture Design

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to the skills, techniques and history of furniture design. The focus will be on the process of designing and building furniture from the conceptual design, to the making of the final piece. Students will be introduced to hand tool techniques, woodworking machinery and traditional instruction in wood preparation, joinery and finishing. Sketching, model-making and various design strategies will help to develop an understanding of materials and processes, culminating in two projects. The history of modern furniture design will be explored as a means to investigate contemporary form development. Through presentations, hands-on lectures, technical demonstrations, and project assignments, students will explore the relationship between their conceptual vision, traditional furniture making techniques and the final built objects.