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Furniture Design Beginners Summer School Short Course

Course description

This is an intensive 3 week complete Design Theory and making Furniture Design course in the Studio and Workshops at Central Saint Martins. From the taught Design Process, shared knowledge, insights, and teaching skills you will learn conceptual and practical, problem solving and making skills, using different materials and processes to develop your own unique furniture. On this course you will learn how to establish a solid foundation for your project, pin down a client brief, develop your inspiration and ideas in 2D sketching and 3D sketch modelmaking, learn about materials, craft, sustainability and production processes. You will also learn to work in scale, learn the technical aspects of furniture design including developing your design with 1:1 testing and user experimentation where possible.

The course will also give you a comprehensive overview of current industry professional furniture design practice, taught by an established and practicing Furniture Design expert. You will gain useful insights into some practical aspects of design such as batch production, costings, technical restraint, standards, environmental impact and ergonomics. Plus, you will be able to make extensive use of Central Saint Martins' workshops with the support of specialist skilled technicians.

Who should take this course?

  • Those with an interest in furniture design who wish to explore the subject for the first time.
  • Graduate and practicing designers wishing to focus on this area in more depth.
  • Students wishing to start building a portfolio for future study in product design.

This course offers you a complete and perfect balance between design theory, conceptualisation and practical skills that will transform your ideas and concepts into three dimensional reality.

Level: All levels of experience are welcome, although it is better suited to the beginner rather than the practicing product/furniture designer.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

  • Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
  • New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that is crystal clear and easy to understand.
  • Experience life on campus
  • Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
  • Access the technology and materials library relevant to your discipline
  • Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
  • Ask questions of your tutor in real time
  • Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
  • Experience the many sights of London on your down time

A Certificate of Completion:

  • You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
  • As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a Certificate of Attendance.
  • We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
  • Certificates are great to compliment your cv.

Available dates

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Make an enquiry or call us on 0207 514 7015.

Details

Topics covered:

  • originating new ideas and developing concepts in 2D and 3D
  • model making, drawing and sketching
  • experimenting with wood, wire, metal and plastics
  • creating mock ups
  • testing your ideas in scale and 1:1
  • producing scaled models

Materials

Please bring with you to the first session:

  • Range of pencils (minimum 2H,HB,2B,6/8B)
  • A3 layout/marker pad
  • Notebook/sketchbook (A4/A5)
  • Protractor (to measure angles, or adjustable set square)
  • Laptop (if you have one)
  • Camera
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The course will also give you a comprehensive overview of current professional furniture design practices. You will also get a useful insight into some practical aspects of design such as batch production, technical restraint and ergonomics.

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