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Furniture Design

collage of cardboard stools, one with them displayed and one with children seated on the stools
Images Courtesy of Anthony Diodore (Former Student)

Survey the professional landscape of contemporary furniture design. Cultivate both conceptual and technical competencies through hands-on making and critical inquiry. Prepare for real-world opportunities by developing a full scale furniture prototype that considers brand positioning and market demand.

Learn key design principles such as form, proportion, composition, scale, ergonomics, and materiality. Complete a design process, integrating research, ideation, sketching, model making, prototyping, and final presentation. 

Finish with the design and fabrication of a full-scale seating prototype supported by a portfolio entry that includes mood boards, technical drawings, product photography, and complementary graphic materials to tell your furniture product story. 

This 12 week, online program features small, interactive classes, real-time instruction, free access to software for remote use. Students will earn a certificate upon successful completion of the certificate course. 

Approximate cost of the certificate is $3,500.
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Certificate Requirements

  • Certificate Course in Furniture Design

The Certificate Course in Furniture Design also fulfill elective requirements of the following programs:

For advisement contact:
SCPS-NonCredit@pratt.edu