Furniture Design - Beginners Summer School

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. Plus, you will be able to make extensive use of Central Saint Martins' workshops with the support of specialist skilled technicians.

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

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 perfect balance between design 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.

Follow-up courses

On completion of this course you can progress to the following more advanced programmes, all run by the same tutor, Rock Galpin:

• Furniture Design - Intermediate 1 - Design And Research
• Furniture Design - Intermediate 2 - Design Development
• Furniture Design - Intermediate 3 - Materials And Model Making

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older