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FURNT-3160-1: Production Furniture

Spring 2020

Subject: Furniture
Type: Studio
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 21, 2020 — May 08, 2020
Meetings: Tue 9:00AM-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - Furniture Wood Shop
Instructor: Katherine Lam

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 4/12

Description:

This studio will entail a thorough exploration of the wide range of manufacturing processes available to studio-based production. It will include but not be limited to metal fabrication, metal casting, metal spinning, CNC milling, laser cutting, water-jet cutting, fiberglass, vacuum forming, plywood molding, powder-coating, enameling, concrete casting, and ceramic and glass production. Students will design and implement small-scale product runs of furniture or functional objects using a variety of these techniques. Sponsorship from local manufacturers will allow an in depth exploration of a particular material and its associated manufacturing processes for the final project. Sustainable practices and "smart design" will underpin all of the work completed in the studio.

Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:

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