Furniture makers are creatives who want to make sculptural and functional objects that last. Through Furniture courses, you’ll get hands-on in our wonderfully noisy shops, exploring carpentry, woodworking, and creative technologies like CNC (computer numerical control) machines.
Furniture Shops and Studios
Media Gallery
About the Furniture concentration
Think with your hands
🪑 About the Furniture concentration
The Furniture concentration, within the Interdisciplinary BFA program, sees making as a design process. You’ll get your hands on natural materials like wood and metal and embrace the slowness of production, focusing on care as much as craft, function as much as form. Technique- and studio-focused classes are both part of the educational experience, as well as an emphasis on sustainable production and sourcing.
Apprentice-style teaching
Our expert faculty become lifelong mentors from the first moment you step into the Bench Room to after graduation. They’re in the studio as much as you are, helping you bring your designs to life. We also welcome visiting professors twice a year, bringing some of the most forward-thinking artists, designers, and woodworking professionals—like Katie Gong and Ido Yoshimoto—to teach you the tricks of their trades.