Furniture Design Option - Studio Arts BFA

Overview

The furniture design option engages students in the pursuit of their creative interests while providing a comprehensive technical background in contemporary woodworking. The option focuses on technical expertise, freeing students to investigate a full range of creative expression and professional interests. A carefully sequenced curriculum begins with a firm foundation in the use and maintenance of hand tools, proceeding on to more advanced tools and topics in construction and design. This option is part of the Studio Arts BFA program.

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Industries

Design
Performing and Fine Arts
Higher Education

Featured Work

Tables, Chairs and Wall Decor

Yichi Cheng

Seating Projects

Jared Alon

Lights

Will Barstow

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Featured Profiles

Innovative and Unique Furniture Design

Peter Harrison

Peter Harrison ’96 (Woodworking and Furniture Design) opened his own studio in 1997 just outside of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Perfect Fit

Peter Basil ’12

Peter Basil '12 is a product design engineer at handmade American furniture company Thos. Moser, where he achieves the "same quality that I learned at RIT."

Admission Requirements

This option is part of the Studio Arts BFA. Please visit the degree program page for admission requirements.

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Faculty

Andy Buck

Professor

Rolf Hoeg

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