Dotan Appelbaum
Courses
Spring 2025 Courses
FD 2502-01
SOPHOMORE DESIGN/PRACTICE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This sophomore studio expands basic principles of furniture design and material skills, exploring how the made objects interact with the human body. Intermediate skills will be demonstrated and practiced as students further explore materials and their applications in design.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Furniture Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Furniture Design
FD 2502-02
SOPHOMORE DESIGN/PRACTICE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This sophomore studio expands basic principles of furniture design and material skills, exploring how the made objects interact with the human body. Intermediate skills will be demonstrated and practiced as students further explore materials and their applications in design.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Furniture Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Furniture Design
LAEL 1026-01
HISTORY OF FURNITURE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course is an introductory survey of the history of furniture. An emphasis is placed on developing a methodology for understanding historical context and transferable critical thinking through furniture. The fundamental methodology presents furniture design as an expression of interdependent relationships involving technology, identity and culture. The course will include lectures, sketching, writing, discussion and exams as well as learning from direct observation of objects including many in the RISD Museum.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Furniture Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Furniture Design