
Product & Furniture Design MA
Kingston UniversityKnights Park, United Kingdom
Course overview
Create positive change for people, communities and places Collaborate with industry professionals to expand your design practice The Product and Furniture Design MA course at Kingston School of Art welcomes designers from varied disciplines who want to redefine the making of products and furniture. We see conventional notions of product and furniture design as a starting point – not a limit – to our individual and collective output. We are about the real and the imagined design, creating positive change for people, communities and places.
We are interested in the making of design and who does it, the economies of design and who can access it, and how design responds to current and emerging needs and behaviours. We ‘make’ and ‘do’ through a studio and workshop culture that is experimental and evolves both the theoretical and practical. We collaborate with students from other courses in the Design School, brands, organisations, and manufacturers to address design challenges beyond the university.
Previous project partners have included: IKEA, Camden Town Brewery, Magis, The Leathersellers Foundation, Travel Things Museum and Herman Miller. You will build a portfolio that positions you for future design practice. The course concludes with an external London exhibition – attended by design professionals and the press.
See what we are up to on the Product & Furniture Design MA Instagram. Join a creative and collaborative environment that challenges conventional thinking: Redefine your design practice with this globally respected course, situated at Knights Park campus: This course is open to designers from varied backgrounds who want to challenge, expand, and progress product and furniture design definitions. You can benefit from expert tutors, professional designers, and specialist practitioners, as well as field trips, workshops and talks, and opportunities for external collaboration.
You can focus on product or furniture design for the real and the imagined, creating
Key highlights
- Live projects with partners including IKEA, Magis and Herman Miller
- Experimental studio and workshop culture blending theory and practice
- Collaboration with other Design School students, brands and manufacturers
- Concludes with an external London exhibition attended by press
- Field trips, workshops and talks with professional designers
- Build a portfolio positioning you for future design practice
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include related art, design or craft subject; or above
- Additional condition: portfolio — Please submit a portfolio in digital format, 15-20 pages in length.
Scholarships
Alumni Discount
Award: 10% discount on tuition fees.
Up to 10% of feesChelsea Arts Club Trust MA Award
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award is a £2,500 bursary, awarded each year to an MA Fashion or MA Sustainable Fashion student.
Up to £2,500Chevening Scholarships
Award: Tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance subsidised.
International Merit-Based scholarships
The scholarships are worth £5,000 towards your first year tuition fees.
Up to £5,000Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship
The scholarship will cover a portion of tuition fees for the applicant, up to the value of £1,000.
Postgraduate Progression Scholarship
The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees.
The Kingston Impact Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee contribution to two MBA students.
Up to £5,000The Kingston MBA Scholarship
Kingston University Business School is proud to offer a tuition fee scholarship of £5,000 to self-funded candidates.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Product designer
- Furniture designer
- Design consultant
- Design studio founder
- Design researcher
- Exhibition designer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £12,900 per year | International: £23,700 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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