Furniture Design

What it covers

This unit explores the principles of furniture design and associated furniture manufacture. The unit will focus on the development of conceptual furniture for specific target markets and/or environments and will involve creative thinking, design for production, human factors and aesthetic design. It will provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills required for the communication of furniture proposals as well as developing their project management skills. Students will gain an introductory knowledge in many of the following areas: • the furniture design process • ergonomics • component manufacture • furniture construction techniques • material and process specification • prototyping • supplier interaction and project planning.

Assessment

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