Admissions Open for 2019
Certificate in Furniture Design
Mode of study: Part time
Mode of delivery: 20hrs per week with additional 4 hours independent study.
Course Overview:
This is a 4 week design course based at the prestigious Rycotewood Furniture Centre. The course explores the teaching of British design principles which will develop technical, academic, personal style, problem solving processes with design attributes.
The teachers involved in the delivery of this course all have extensive experience in the design industry in a range of British companies.
Gaining competence in the technical language and thinking of the design cycle will enable students to progress to through a project activity that will strengthen a design portfolio.
This could be used for progressing to higher levels of education or employment. Preparing students for working in a design sector where research and development skills are crucial for their future progression and economic success.
The aim of this course is to equip students with effective and impactful knowledge and skills for designing in the specialist field of Furniture and interior design.
It will also specifically raise awareness and equip teachers with a sense of intercultural communication issues so that they can start to prepare their learners for the cultural challenges of work in the global market.
Course Outline: Certificate in Furniture Design
| Module | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | • Course introduction • Induction activity – design cycle • Summary of Furniture design and making an Interior design and product design in Britain Project • The Brief - identify needs • Analysis – brainstorm, mind map, planning, key technical words • Team building • How to think and make ideas • Sketchbooks • Visit to London and Oxford |
| Week 2 | Project • Research - imagery, designer, existing products, primary sketches / photos audience • Design development – refine ideas, further development, marquettes, sampling materials, experimentation • Critique 1 • Sketchbooks • Visit to London and Oxford |
| Week 3 | Project • Design development and select final designs. • Make final prototype • Project Brief • Critique 2 • Sketchbooks • Models • Visit to London and Oxford |
| Week 4 | Project • Evaluate – critique, suitability, further development • Final presentations • Final critique • Sketchbooks • Industry specialist • Visit to London and Oxford |
Visits
The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world’s first university museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.
Modern Art Oxford is an art gallery established in 1965 in Oxford, England. From 1965 to 2002, it was called The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. The gallery presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It has a national and international reputation for quality of exhibitions, projects and commissions
The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London. It is Britain’s national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group. It is based in the former Bankside Power Station, in the Bankside area of the London Borough of Southwark. Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1900 to the present day.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
The Fashion and Textile Museum, based in Bermondsey, London, is the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to showcasing developments in contemporary fashion, as well as providing inspiration to students.
The Design Museum is a museum in Kensington, London, which covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design. The museum operates as a registered charity, and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions. Entrance is free to the museum’s permanent collection display, “Designer Maker User”.