Furniture Design - MA

at London Metropolitan University

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Design Project Development (core, 40 credits)
• Design Research for Practice (core, 40 credits)
• Project as Professional Practice: Furniture Design (core, 60 credits)
• Democratising Luxury (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Design for Change (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Interior Contexts (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Material Thought (alternative core, 20 credits)

You will be required to have:
 

• a first class or strong upper second class degree, or equivalent, in a related subject

Applicants will also be expected to present a portfolio and provide a statement demonstrating their ambition for the subject area and for
studying at postgraduate level.

Related employment or consultancy within the field can also be considered alongside the portfolio and statement.

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

The creative industry in the UK is huge and about half of all those involved in the design sector work in London. Located in the creative hub of the East End, the School offers excellent opportunities for students and professionals to showcase cutting-edge design within related industries and venues. Through work placement and live projects, you will create design projects that are commercially and creatively relevant to global consumer markets.

Graduates of the course often aim to work as self-employed designers and consultants in the furniture sector, but may also work for design consultancies in London, across the UK and overseas. Graduates may work as in-house designers for manufacturing companies both large and small, including for contract furniture companies and other businesses that require design input such as exhibition and event companies, cultural institutions, interior design practices. Others gain employment as independent design consultants, working as suppliers of design expertise to a variety of businesses or continue within design research. Graduates also have career paths open in design research, design journalism, cultural institutions, education and marketing.