Product and Furniture Design (Hons) Bucks New University

Overview

This Product and Furniture Design (Hons) combination means you’ll develop the practical skills you need to inspire and create future developments, whilst exploring materials and key design principles informed by cultural contexts.

Taught by Bucks New University industry-professionals, you’ll be supported as you discover your unique and original vision helping your portfolio of skills stand-out in the global industry of furniture design and making. 

Why study this subject?

This course provides you with the practical and essential design skills and knowledge you’ll need to thrive in your furniture design career. Your portfolio of abilities will meet small, medium and large employer requirements and expectations, allowing you to become a confident creator within the industry.

As the consumer desire for one-off pieces or physical artefacts that can bring a space together grows, to have a skillset within furniture making is sought-after, not only by consumers looking to buy, but also businesses looking to commission medium to large scale operations.

Why study at BNU?

• With a history of delivering specialist craft, art and design education for more than 130 years, Buckinghamshire New University is the perfect place to grow into an expert pioneer and designer and start your creative career.
• Situated in High Wycombe, our town’s rich history in furniture design and making influences our tradition design methods and contemporary teaching. This interdisciplinary approach, and our university Chancellor being the renowned Furniture Designer and Restorer, Jay Blades MBE, makes this course strictly unique.

• Delivered by our experienced teaching team who boast a wealth of experience within the furniture design and making, product design, modelmaking and design visualisation industry. As industry-professionals, you’ll benefit from their industry insight and connections, gaining direct access to guest lectures, live project briefs, master classes, and plenty of networking opportunities

What are my career prospects?

Throughout your time with us we’ll support you on the route to your chosen career. We’ll help you to develop crucial skills, encouraging you to become enterprising, employable and good leaders.

As a designer-maker, you'll have excellent knowledge of recent developments in the field of furniture design and making. Our BA (Hons) Furniture Design course will help prepare you for a range of career possibilities, such as:

• Furniture Maker
• Furniture Design
• Furniture Restorationist
• Product Designer
• Interior Decorator
• Exhibition and Event Designer