Qualification: Technician of Art and Design in Furniture Design.
Level: Advanced Vocational Training in Art and Design
Through the years, furniture has always been made or designed by artists, craftsmen and architects, forming a very particular sector within the industrial arts.
Nowadays, with trade competitiveness and constant renewal of models, there is a need for professionals with extensive training in the field of furniture design, covering technical, artistic and cultural preparation, as well as specific knowledge in the management and business organization. A professional who, besides having “ideas” and offering them as projects, could also make their own prototypes and organize production within a workshop or companies, and possess criterion necessary to assess or reproduce historical patterns.
This Training Course provides the means for students to acquire a flexible and open approach in the development of their profession, so that they can adapt to the needs that may arise.
| Weekly Hours per Subject | 1º | 2º |
| Furniture History | – | 3 |
| Drawing & graphic techniques I | 4 | – |
| Drawing & graphic techniques II | – | 2 |
| Descriptive Geometry | 3 | – |
| Ergonomics and Anthropometry | 2 | – |
| Computer-aided Design I | 2 | – |
| Computer-aided Design II | – | 4 |
| Technology and Materials for Furniture | 3 | – |
| Introduction to Projects | 8 | – |
| Projects and Methodology on Furniture II | – | 10 |
| Furniture Modelling I | 8 | – |
| Furniture Modelling II | – | 8 |
| Technical Drawing | – | 2 |
| Economy and entrepreneurship | – | 2 |
| Total Hours | 30 | 31 |