Located in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as international locations in France and Hong Kong, the Savannah College of Art and Design offers a furniture design program that promotes sustainability. The program offers students opportunities to exhibit their creations or ideas in public furniture trade shows and fairs. The college includes a plastics laboratory, woodworking studio, and metal and welding facility. Bachelor's and master's degrees, scholarships and financial aid are available.
Established in San Francisco in 1929, the Academy of Art University offers majors in architecture, photography, and fine arts. The industrial design program offers both bachelor's and master's degrees and leads to a career in product design. The university also offers online design courses for those who do not wish to enroll in classes full time. Course offerings include industrial design as well as furniture design. Grants, loans, and scholarships are available to those who qualify.
David Savage, a master woodworker and furniture designer who resides in Devon, England offers specialty courses in furniture making. Whether you have an interest in becoming a furniture maker, or simply woodworking as a hobby, this course focuses on the skills needed to design and create your own pieces of furniture. The course takes 50 weeks and you can usually complete it within one calendar year. Start dates are in September, November, February, and June. Class size is small and there are usually no more than four students starting the course at any particular time. No prior woodworking experience is necessary.
Penn Foster Career School located in Scranton, Pennsylvania provides students with training for a career in cabinet and furniture design and production. Education takes place between correspondence- and text-based lessons. In a few months students will learn about wood processing, setting up a workplace, education on specific tools used, refinishing, and marketing your creations. After enrollment in the program, you will receive a series of eight instructions sets that you can follow to learn the techniques and tricks needed to start your career in furniture design. Financing options are available and course fees include all textbooks, study materials and course supplies.