Furniture design | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Furniture design (17.AE04)

Native organizations units: Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	5

Mastering of the furniture design basics, learning the manufacturing processes and technologies, as well as gaining knowledge about the relevant formal, technological, constructive and ergonomic parameters for the process of designing the furniture.

Introduction to contemporary design, production and technological processes of making the furniture. Students gain necessary knowledge for designing mobile elements of the interior.

The history of furniture design; furniture design and contemporary culture; contemporary production; the furniture and the market; anthropological measures; ergonomy and furniture design; technology, processes and the furniture design; artistic and stylistic issues.

Lectures; Practice; Project design; Final exam.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Design Museum	How to Design a Chair	2010	Conran Octopuss	English
Barlex, David, ed.	Design and Technology for the Next Generation	2007	Cliffe&Co, Shropshire	English
Fiell, Charlotte	1000 Chairs	2005	Taschen, Cologne	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Project	Yes	Yes	50.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	3.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	2.00
Project task	Yes	Yes	15.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00

Asst. Prof. Radomir Kojić

Assistant Professor

Lectures

Assistant - Master Albert Topić

Assistant - Master

Practical classes

Faculty of Technical Sciences

University of Novi Sad

Contact:

Address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21102 Novi Sad

Phone: (+381) 21 450 810
(+381) 21 6350 413

Fax : (+381) 21 458 133
Emejl: ftndean@uns.ac.rs