What is it? Furniture Design is concerned with creating new ideas in response to continuous changes in lifestyles, work patterns and leisure pursuits, and also to changes in human, institutional, cultural and commercial needs. New technologies and materials help to blur the old divisions between 'industry' and 'craft', and give designers greater freedom to explore and experiment.
Typical Course Content
Courses are normally aimed at developing the versatile range of creative,
practical, communication and organisational skills that are necessary to succeed
within the rich mixture of career opportunities.
Year 1
Modules engage you with a succession of varied design projects, formulated to
develop your creative, practical, communication and organisational skills.
Year 2
Modules enable you to progress through a range of contexts from the 'one-off' to
volume production. Most projects will have a 'live' element using interactive
links with companies, cultural organisations and public services. Level 2 also
provides the opportunity for students to participate in the Faculty elective
programme.
Year 3
Can be taken either as conventional 'design practitioner' pathway, in which a
choice of advanced level projects can be used to explore possibilities for
future professional activity, or as a pathway concerned more with research,
organisation and management of design.
Each level consists of approximately 80% studio based study and 20% theoretical
and historical studies.
Careers
Graduates will be enabled to pursue careers in design practice, either in staff
positions or as consultants, design management, design/making, design marketing
and manufacturing. Some graduates will progress to postgraduate study in these
areas.
More information can be found from
www.biad.uce.ac.uk or talk to Mr Parry as his first degree was a BA(Hons)
Furniture Design.
