Studio 1: Specialization Interior Architecture and Furniture Design

Brief course description

This is the study programme’s first specialization course in interior architecture and furniture design. It is a practical studio-based course in the student’s chosen area of specialization. The course emphasizes critically examining the broader connections and framework affecting the subject area, the consequences these can have for design practice, and the growing potential for designers to involve themselves in challenging issues in society. The students are encouraged to situate their personal approach in a wider context.

The course’s learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the students will

• have competence to think abstractly, to discuss and develop ideas, rendering them as conceptual and specific research questions.
• be able to situate their chosen area of specialization in a larger sociocultural context by using relevant design theory and methods for observation, analysis, ideation and reflection.
• be able to critically examine, reflect on and explain their own work and that of others and communicate this to specialists and the general public.

Teaching and learning methods

Group-based instruction in combination with individual guidance. Lectures, studies of literature and practical work. The course can include workshops and/or excursions.

Coursework requirements

• completion and submission of all assignments by the scheduled deadlines
• participation in instruction and activities that are defined as mandatory in the course description

Assessment

Coursework requirements must be met in order for the student to receive a final assessment in the course. The student’s work is assessed in relation to the learning outcomes and assessment criteria set for the course. The assessment is made by the teacher with course responsibility and may also be done in collaboration with internal subject teachers and / or external guest teachers.