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Furniture Design 1 - BENV2713
FBE

 
Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
 
 
School:  Interior Architecture Program
 
 
Course Outline: http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: INTA2102 or equivalent Year 1 Design Studio
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course is an introduction to the discipline of furniture design and will give students the foundation necessary to become potential furniture designers . A series of lectures will give students an understanding of how design movements, trends and technological advances shaped the past 150 years of furniture design. Through challenging design projects students will learn to apply ergonomics to the design process of furniture and develop a basic understanding of structure in relation to furniture.

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