Furniture Design

Awards and Recognition
Undergraduate furniture design student Aaron Asedo and graduate painting student Mitchell Coffman displayed work by several students at the Philadelphia Buyers Market Feb. 16-18. The display included accessory design work by undergraduate furniture design students Sean Hackett, Jason Thackery and Colin Kelly; graduate furniture design students Chuck Heydinger and Joel Smith; and alumnus Wyatt Graff (B.F.A., illustration, 2001).
Events
SCAD Style Event: "From 15 Minutes into the Future" Exhibition by Karim Rashid
March 14-May 18, ACA Gallery, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga. USA

SCAD Style
April 10-May 17, SCAD-Savannah and SCAD-Atlanta, (various locations) Savannah/Atlanta, Ga. USA


Furniture Design program

Furniture Design



 
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  • B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. in furniture design
The SCAD furniture design department prepares students to reflect and debate about trends and issues, develop and process creative ideas, and manage design projects from concept to execution.

National and International Trade Shows
Including the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, the NeoCon World Trade Fair and Salon Satellite

Extraordinary Facilities
  • The Gulfstream Center for Furniture and Industrial Design is a 43,000-square-foot facility with extensive woodworking and metal fabrication studios, bench rooms, a plastic working laboratory, welding facility and painting booth.
  • The advanced technology lab includes Computer Numeric Controlled equipment for rapid prototyping and production.
  • Computer resources including AutoCAD, Autodesk Studio, SolidWorks and Rhino 3-D complement computer-aided fabrication equipment and 3-D printers, offering vital training in industry-standard technology.
 
News
 
Press Releases New Campus Chronicle article

05/05/08 -- André Leon Talley to address SCAD graduates: Vogue’s editor-at-large will speak at Savannah and Atlanta ceremonies
04/25/08 -- Nearly 48 percent of employers at SCAD Job and Internship Fair plan to offer positions to students
04/08/08 -- SCAD to host SCAD Style, April 10-May 17: Month-long series has become a signature style and design event
03/04/08 -- SCAD-Atlanta to exhibit the modern designs of Karim Rashid
02/11/08 -- SCAD to host MUSE conference: Groundbreaking conference is first of its kind in art and design education assessment
 

Careers in Furniture Design
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Careers
• contract or residential furniture designer
• design manager or consultant
• designer — environmental, exhibition, product
• limited production furniture designer or fabrication artist
• designer/producer for gallery sales or private commissions
• project director or engineer
• staff designer or studio artist

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni
• ADD Inc.
• Bernhardt
• Corporate Interiors of Delaware
• Dakota Jackson
• David Edward
• Illuminations
• MOEN
• Montalto Massa Architecture Firm
• Palmer Johnson
• Paoli Furniture
• Pennsylvania State University
• Prop Art Inc.
• Scott Snyder Inc.
• Steelcase
• Sterling Architectural Millwork
• Studio Z Designs
• Target
• Tellus Furniture
• University of Florida
• University Malaysia Sarawak
• Wendell Castle Studio
 
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