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.
COURSE COURSE NAME CREDIT
CODE
The following four 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) | |
Choose one: | 0.5 |
VISC 3B27 Human Factors for Designers (LST) (SOSC 3B27) |
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SOSC 2B04 Social Science Methods for Designers and Artists (LST) | |
SOSC 3B02 Material Culture and Consumer Society (LST) | |
Choose two: 0.5 or 0.75 or 1.0 | |
INDS 3A02 Mechanical & Structural Design Principles (SEM) | |
INDS 3A04 Advanced Drawing for 3D Design | |
GDES 3B06 Guerrilla Entrepreneurship | |
GDES 3B18 Biomimicry 1: Points of Departure | |
GDES 3B56 Universal Design | |
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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