EDID317 History&Development/Mod.Furn 3cr

An overview of the history of furniture making in America. We survey the craft and form of furniture over the past 250 years. We examine current trends in contemporary furniture design and manufacture, the current field of furniture, and an understanding of its historical evolution. Furniture will be considered as an element of social and economic development. Exploration of the development of furniture relative to both the domestic market and public sphere will frame the social role of furniture in our culture. We cover the development of styles and their sources; the evolution and organization of furniture
manufacture, from early joinery to the emergence of cabinetmaking techniques; the development of machine technologies, and the re-emergence of craft within the studio furniture movement; the emergence of hybrid manufacturing and the impact
of the effects of globalization on the craft and industry of furniture making. Important: This class does not satisfy the History of Art requirement for the BFA degree.