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1   CCA CAMPUS
2   THE NAVE
3   FIRST YEAR CORE STUDIOS
4   ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS
5   INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIOS
6   FASHION DESIGN STUDIOS
7   FURNITURE SHOPS AND STUDIOS
8   COMMUNICATION DESIGN STUDIOS
9   ILLUSTRATION STUDIOS
10   INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDIOS
11   INTERACTION DESIGN STUDIOS
12   ANIMATION LABS
13   CERAMICS STUDIOS
14   FILM PRODUCTION SUITES
15   GAME ARTS & DESIGN PLAY STUDIOS
16   INTERDISIPLINARY STUDIOS
17   JEWELRY & METAL ARTS STUDIOS
18   PAINTING & DRAWING STUDIOS
19   PHOTOGRAPHY FACILITIES
20   PRINTMEDIA STUDIOS
21   SCULPTURE SHOPS
22   TEXTILES STUDIOS
23   COMICS CLASSROOMS
24   HISTORY OF ART & VISUAL CULTURE SEMINAR ROOMS
25   WRITING & LITERATURE CLASSROOMS
26   FOUNDERS HALL
27   BLATTNER HALL
28   CAMPUS GALLERIES
29   NEIGHBORHOOD

Furniture Shops and Studios

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.

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Students work on a long worktable
Five people watch a woodworking demonstration
4 blue worktables in an empty shop
Two sandblaster machines; one is yellow and one is purple.
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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.

🛠️ Think with your hands

In our specialized facilities, you’ll gain experience with industrial machinery like table saws and drill presses, traditional techniques like joinery and steam bending, and even try out technological tools like CNC routers. One student made molds to form a curved plywood coffee table, and a class repurposed drought-damaged trees with chainsaws.

Rapid Prototyping Studio

The Rapid Prototyping Studio is a prototyping and fabrication space equipped with computerized machinery, including five laser cutters, over forty 3D printers, a vinyl cutter, and a three-axis CNC (computer numerically controlled) router. After a shop orientation, you’ll be able to experiment with etching, cutting, and building with a variety of materials, including acrylic, cardboard, cloth, fabric, glass, masonite, paper, plastic, plywood, rubber, stone, and wood.

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