Want to discover how to design modern furniture? Get started with this specialist furniture design course - in this 8 day online course, you'll learn the process of how to design and develop your own furniture designs in 3D with industry expert and award-winning furniture designer Rock Galpin.

Throughout the course, you'll produce initial drawings and sketch models, materials experiments, test designs, to produce a 3D model of your design with the help of your instructor and trained workshop technicians.

Your final design and model combined with a production drawing is the perfect way to plan out your furniture design in terms of the user experience, aesthetics, and manufacturer.

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for those interested in furniture design, students with existing interior design skills who want to expand their knowledge, or for Interior Designers and those wishing to learn how to professionally design a piece of furniture or even their own collection.

Students don't need prior experience but they're helpful to have. It is recommended that you come to the first session with ideas of furniture design(s) in sketch/note form that you would like to develop, considering factors like an idea of who the design is for, where it would be used and a loose sense of the budget.

Highlights of this Professional Furniture Design course:

• Taught by industry expert & award-winning furniture designer Rock Galpin, who has over 23 years of teaching and mentoring experience and 30 years of industry practice as a furniture designer.
• The basis for this renowned course was established in 2007 at the University of the Arts, London. It has been running for over 15 years
• Certificate of attendance will be provided upon completion

After completion of the course:

• You’ll be taught the skills to practice as a professional furniture designer as you expand your interior design portfolio
• Design and develop your own furniture, whether for yourself or for your clients. You can expand the skills for your own branded furniture collection or for designing products for a variety of global manufacturer brands or entities

What's the next step?

Students who are interested in having a prototype and a functioning piece of furniture are recommended to sign up for Develop your Furniture Design: 1-on-1 Mentoring with an Industry Expert.

Course Outline:

• Professional Furniture Design Practice
• History of The Chair
• Client Brief
• Client Decoding
• Ideation
• Concept Development in 2D drawing