Furniture design

Well-designed furniture can be good for business, good for your body and for your budget. This overview of the furniture design industry is aimed at designers and anyone interested in buying or commissioning furniture design.

Find out more about furniture design by watching filmed interviews with leading furniture designers BarberOsgerby and PearsonLloyd and browse through articles and case studies sharing examples of successful furniture design, whether that’s shelves we stack our books on or seats that support us through a day at work.

     
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mydeco CAD drawing

An introduction

Furniture is essential to our every-day lives. We use it at home, while we’re working and when we’re out shopping, at the cinema or travelling. Well-designed and researched furniture can improve our quality of life.

Ercol nest of table

Making a difference

Five pieces of furniture that have made a difference - from designers Robin Day, Matthew Hilton, Eileen Gray and British manufacturers Bisley and Ercol.

Aeron chair

Form and function

The best designers create pieces of furniture that functional beautifully and appeal aesthetically. But sometimes the functionality determines the form the furniture takes.

Ron Arad furniture designer

Design-led

A focus on furniture designed by high profile designers such as Ron Arad, Philippe Starck and Barber Osgerby.

London Design Festival 2010

LDF 2010

A selection of some of furniture design highlights we saw at this year’s London Design Festival

Flow cabinet

John Makepeace

A profile of furniture designer John Makepeace, who founded Parnham College to provide education in design, craftsmanship and business