Furniture design
Furniture designers navigate form, function, and fantasy to elevate the everyday to the extraordinary. Creative careers. Contract/residential furniture designer Creative design manager Custom production furniture designer Design consultant Designer for gallery private commissions Environmental, exhibition, and product designer Fixture and display designer Hospitality furniture designer Lighting/accessories designer Studio furniture artist
Walky 2020 NYCxDESIGN award winner Armando Mora Medina Zapopan, Mexico
At SCAD, furniture design students master the medium and build their own stylish collections with advanced resources, professionalgrade software, and a comprehensive approach to the design-build process. The university’s 45,000-square-foot Gulfstream Center for Design ofers students cutting-edge software and equipment to take their designs from concept to production line. Through coursework, they conduct research, synthesize fndings, and devise solutions that advance product strategy. Legendary furniture designers including Dakota Jackson and David Rockwell have lent their expertise to student endeavors. Select students also travel to High Point Market each fall, connecting with designers, retailers, and clientele at one of the largest home furnishings trade shows in the world. Through SCADpro, modern furniture manufacturer Design Within Reach chose SCAD student designs for inclusion in its celebrated catalog of retail oferings, while trendsetter Crate & Barrel tapped students to create a new line of furniture for business and hospitality needs.
Combined with instruction by accomplished faculty, this hands-on experience positions SCAD furniture design alumni for postgraduate success. Students and alumni have won NYCxDESIGN Awards, International Society of Furniture Designers Pinnacle Awards, and Best in Show at the ISFD Innovation + Design contest; received the Richard Frinier Design Scholarship; have been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Vogue, and more; have launched their own businesses and lines; and work for top designers and companies like Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, Anthropologie, Brown Jordan, Mohawk Industries, and more.
Tooling around. Five-axis CNC router Laser cutters and scanners 10 rapid prototypers Adobe Creative Cloud AutoCAD Autodesk 3ds Max KeyShot Rhino 3D SketchUp SolidWorks
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