Lane Myer is an artist/designer who currently lives in Providence. He was raised on the East Coast and studied Graphic Design at RISD. After graduating with a BFA in 1980, he went on to work for over 10 years with various artists on site-specific installation projects and place making. He currently provides a wide range of services for residential design, hard goods detailing and custom furniture and finishes. He has contributed to the RISD community and taught in the departments of Industrial Design, Sculpture and Furniture Design.
Myer received the RISD Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. Experiential learning and conditional site-specific assessments guide or inform his teaching, professional pursuits and imagination.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
FD 2510-01 - DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FD 2510-01
DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lane Myer, Megan CallahanLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 237A; Washington Place, Room 202Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Drawing for Furniture 2D will focus on the ways in which drawing can help generate, evaluate and communicate design concepts. Students will be introduced to the conventions and techniques of technical drawing for Furniture Design while pursuing experiments that supplement and challenge established practices. Focus will be on two drawing systems, orthographic and paraline projection, working by hand and with computers.
Open to Sophomore Furniture Design Students only.
Registration by the Furniture Design Department; this course is not available via web registration.
FD 2510-02 - DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FD 2510-02
DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lane Myer, Megan CallahanLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 237A; Washington Place, Room 202Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Drawing for Furniture 2D will focus on the ways in which drawing can help generate, evaluate and communicate design concepts. Students will be introduced to the conventions and techniques of technical drawing for Furniture Design while pursuing experiments that supplement and challenge established practices. Focus will be on two drawing systems, orthographic and paraline projection, working by hand and with computers.
Open to Sophomore Furniture Design Students only.
Registration by the Furniture Design Department; this course is not available via web registration.
