Furniture Design Studio and Workshop

Late Summer | 6 credits | Study Tour:

Training students in the process of furniture-making through design and building of a full-scale ‘sitting support’. Includes conceptual development, continued refinement of the concept, production of working drawings, building of a wood, laminate veneer, or steel prototype in scale 1:1, and training communication through the exhibition of their work.

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Prerequisites

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled at a professional school or department of architecture or design at the junior, senior, or graduate level. Prior experience with furniture design, stationary power tools, and hand tools is required. Previous courses in the theory and history of furniture design are recommended. Enrollment is limited due to restricted workshop space.

Instructors

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  Erling Christoffersen

  Cabinetmaker, 1974. School of Applied Art Copenhagen,1979. Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, 1982. Own office, 1979. Professor at School of Architecture 1986-1989. Professor Denmark’s Design School, Copenhagen, 1989-2005. Visiting professor University of Oregon 2005. Workshops at University of Victoria 2001, 2004, 2009. With DIS since 1998.

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  Nils-Ole Zib

  Designer and Cabinetmaker. Apprentice diploma as cabinetmaker 1986. Associate professor at Denmark’s Design School, 1996-2002. Own studio since 1986. Member of Møbelgruppen, 1985-95. Designing for Berga Form AB, IKEA, Källemo, Effect Furniture of Denmark, Mallinson Design of UK and Bethel Furniture Stock, Maine, US. With DIS since 2004.

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  Flemming Steen Jensen

  Architect, M.A.A. (Denmark’s Design School, 1979. Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1983). Associate Professor, Denmark’s Design School, since 1987. Partner, Design 134. With DIS since 1998.

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  Lars Hansen

  Cabinetmaker 1993. From 1994 to 1999, foreman at POVI furniture restoration workshop. Supervisor/teacher at Denmark’s Design School woodshop 1999-2006. From 2006 to present, consultant and test responsible at Danish Technological Institute's furniture lab. See http://www.dti.dk/services/23508 With DIS since 1999.