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Course Website:
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/furniture-design/

Course Profile (this page):
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/furniture-design-ind2401/

Time: W 6:00 – 9:20 PM

Room: V/0511A

Instructor:
Masato R. Nakamura (Office: V532)

Description: This course introduces to the students the art and the science used in designing furniture. Topics include: Fundamental ideas of function and social use; Form, spatial organization, and typological orders; Structural integrity and composition; The design principles and design process; Materials selection and fabrication processes; Marketing and professional practice; and an historical overview of furniture design. Students will be given various hands-on design projects to fully understand the whole process of furniture design.