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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Wood Oriented Furniture Design
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Summary The bachelor’s program in Wood-Oriented Furniture Design offers you the chance to gain deep knowledge of material, techniques, and design methodology. As a student of the program, you will build a foundation for developing your personal approach and process for your future work. Engaging in an exploratory approach to materials, innovation, and sustainable development, you will explore wood as a material and its part and interaction with furniture, spaces, and our senses. About Sweden has a rich tradition of furniture design and craft. The bachelor’s program in Wood-Oriented Furniture Design is conducted at Steneby, an international meeting place for culture and education in Dals Långed, 170 km north of Gothenburg. Immersed in this unique and creative academic environment and surrounded by scenic Swedish landscape, you will work with an exploratory and investigative approach to materials, innovation, and sustainable development in local and global contexts. You will be trained to solve artistic and material-related problems with respect to the surrounding world and human needs. Because of our location, you can work with design in a very hands-on manner, making this a unique program with close dialogue between you, your work, and fellow students. Engaging with the surrounding community We emphasize the relationship between the designer and the surrounding world, working with historical, contemporary, and future contexts in thematic design projects. Field trips and visits to trade fairs, companies in the industry, and design studios take place continually throughout the program. Workshops and guest lecturers offer additional inspiration and deeper perspectives. You will have opportunities to network within the furniture design industry and train to effectively communicate your work in public exhibition projects and furniture fairs, preparing you for a successful future in furniture design. A collaborative and inclusive learning environment Courses in visualization and communication, and theory and history are given together with students from the other bachelor programs in Metal Art and Textile-Body-Space. Though projects are completed within your own program, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow students and be inspired by their work in shared workshops. You will have access to local timber (kiln-dried on location), well-equipped workshops with all of the necessary machinery for contemporary furniture production (including laser engraving and a five-axis CNC machine), and additional workshops for other materials. Preparing you to respond to sustainability challenges You will be trained to take a designerly approach to sustainability and contribute to discussions about this throughout the whole program, becoming familiarized with concepts of social, environmental, and economic sustainability. We use a definition based on “Our Common Future”, where sustainable development is defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Bruntland, 1987). Through thematic design projects, you will get the chance to work together with industrial or societal stakeholders to meet challenges related to social and environmental sustainability. Past projects have dealt with issues related to an aging population, accessibility in public spaces, and circular flows of materials in an industrial production context. After graduation Graduates of the program will receive the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in Wood-Oriented Furniture Design. In addition to preparing you for master level studies, you will be equipped to work at a design studio or in your own business after finishing your studies. Past students have formed independent design studios or are working together in design collectives. The program also provides a good foundation for working with design in organizational contexts where many individuals with different competencies need to collaborate.
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About the School
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design is a department at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design is a department at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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