SCAD > Programs > Furniture Design

SCAD furniture design students produce large- and small-scale furniture for major trade shows.
The SCAD furniture design program fosters relationships with major industry partners, developing skills and techniques to revolutionize furniture design.
SCAD partnered with the American Society of Furniture Designers to initiate the SCAD Furniture Design Summit to review the state of the industry, giving students a competitive advantage.
DesignIntelligence ranked the SCAD undergraduate and graduate interior design programs No. 1 in the U.S. for 2012.
Meet furniture design student Elizabeth Rendon-Betancur.

Offered in: Savannah

SDES	501	Visual Communication and Presentation*
SDES	502	The Human Factor, Design Thinking*
SDES	503	Fundamentals of Graduate Research*
ARTH	701	Contemporary Art
FURN	708	3-D Computer-aided Design for Furniture
FURN	710	Issues in Furniture Design
FURN	718	Furniture Studio I: Conceptual Studies
FURN	732	Evolution of Furniture Design
FURN	738	Furniture Studio II: Contextual Studies
FURN	742	Directed Research in Furniture Design
FURN	748	Furniture Studio III: Material Investigations
FURN	754	Directed Studies I
FURN	764	Directed Studies II
FURN	770	Professional Practices in Furniture Design
FURN	779F	Graduate Field Internship†
FURN	779T	Graduate Teaching Internship†
FURN	790	Furniture Design M.F.A. Thesis
INDS	706	Interior Design Theory and Criticism
	-	500- to 700-level Elective
	-	500- to 700-level Elective
	-	500- to 700-level Elective
	-	500- to 700-level Elective
Total Course of Study		90 hours*

* Intensive coursework may be assigned upon admission.
† Choose one of these two courses.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

Course numbers and titles are subject to change.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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SCAD Day - Savannah Feb 18, 2012

Signatures are for Writers: Making Your Mark Without Predicting Your Presence Feb 23, 2012

NeoCon features Gray's bike storage hybrid

M.F.A. furniture design student Matt Gray designed a innovative bench and bike storage hybrid in a sponsored class that called for the integration of DuPont™ Corian®. Bench Rack debuted at NeoCon 2011 and was named one of the show's 10 best green designs by Inhabitat.com. His work was also featured on designboom.com, a leading independent design publication. Learn more.
Matt Gray's Bench Rack debuted at NeoCon

SCAD M.F.A. furniture design student Matt Gray of Dallas, Texas, created the Bench Rack, a bench and bicycle rack in one. The innovative multi-use product, addressing the need of public transportation systems to accommodate the growing trend of bicycle commuters, debuted at NeoCon in June 2011.
Building Arts booth wins IIDA design contest

The SCAD School of Building Arts booth was named best in its category in the International Interior Design Association's competition at NeoCon, a commercial design conference. Learn more.

Furniture Design