Furniture as tool, furniture as icon
This Postgraduate Certificate will focus on the cultural, physical and psychological relationships between ourselves and furniture through conceptual engagement, material investigation, and academic contextualization. The course will be production-oriented, with a strong emphasis on hands-on experimentation and lab work.
The course will be based around three core furniture design studios, running sequentially:
The Postgraduate Certificate in Furniture Design will provide students with a cultural, conceptual and practical understanding of the area of furniture, allowing students to focus on and specialize in project work.
* indicates courses under development
COURSE COURSE NAME CREDIT
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The following five courses are required: | 2.5 |
GDES 3B15 Furniture Design 1 (taken with Furniture Design 1 Lab/Wood) |
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GDES 3B25 Furniture Design 2 (taken with Furniture Design 2 Lab/Wood) |
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GDES 4B11 Furniture Design 3 (taken with Furniture Design 3 Lab/Wood)* |
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VISC 3B32 History of Furniture (LST) | |
VISC 3B27 Human Factors for Designers (LST) (SOSC 3B27) |
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Choose two: 0.75 or 1.0 | |
INDS 3A04 Advanced Drawing for 3D Design* | |
INDS 3A02 Mechanical & Structural Design Principles (SEM) | |
GDES 4B03 Internship (appropriate to Postgraduate Certificate) | |
VISC 2B38 Design Methodologies: Theories & Concepts (LST) | |
SCTM 2B02 Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy (LST) | |
VISC 2B12 History of Design: Indigenous & Vernacular (LST) | |
Choose one: | 0.5 |
VISC 2B01 History of Modern Design (LST) | |
VISC 3B41 Cross-Cultural Issues in Craft (LST) | |
SOSC 3B02 Material Culture and Consumer Society (LST) | |
TOTAL 3.75 or 4.0 |
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