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 to be taken 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.
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT |
| The following four courses are required: | 2.0 | |
| GDES 3B15 | Furniture Design 1 (taken with Furniture Design 1 Lab/Wood) | |
| GDES 3B25 | Furniture Design 2 (taken with Furniture Design 2 Lab/Wood) | |
| GDES 4B11 | Furniture Design 3 (taken with Furniture Design 3 Lab/Wood) | |
| VISD 3B32 | History of Furniture | |
| Choose one of the following: | 0.5 | |
| SOSC 2B04 | Social Science Methods for Designers and Artists (not offered 2011-2012) | |
| SOSC 3B02 | Material Culture and Consumer Society | |
| VISD 3B27 (SOSC 3B27) |
Human Factors for Designers | |
| Choose two: | 0.5 or 0.75 or 1.0 | |
| INDS 3B29 | Mechanical and Structural Design Principles/Digital 3D for ID | |
| GDES 3B06 | Guerrilla Entrepreneurship | |
| GDES 3B18 | Biomimicry 1: Points of Departure | |
| GDES 3B56 | Universal Design | |
| GDES 4B03 | Internship (appropriate to Postgraduate Certificate) | |
| SCTM 2B02 | Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy | |
| VISD 2B38 | Design Thinking | |
| Choose one: | 0.5 | |
| SOSC 3B02 | Material Culture and Consumer Society | |
| VISD 2B01 | History of Modern Design | |
| VISD 3B41 | Cross-Cultural Issues in Craft | |
| Total | 3.5 or 3.75 or 4.0 | |
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