furniture designer

Crafts seating professionally

A furniture designer creates designs for chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, and other functional pieces for homes and commercial spaces.

The work spans from concept sketches to detailed specifications for manufacture.

Some furniture designers focus on mass production, others on custom or artisanal pieces: She hired a furniture designer to create built-ins for the apartment.

Related

ergonomic · bespoke · sustainable materials · bamboo · limited edition · upholstery · Scandinavian · clean lines · 3D modeling · reclaimed wood · antique · metalworking · dovetail joints · handcrafted · artisanal · minimalist · traditional · mass-produced

Categories
Opposites
creative vs. functional/manual execution

furniture designerassembly line worker

Employee at conveyor stations

carpenter · factory worker · furniture mover · woodworker · upholsterer

scale of design

furniture designerarchitect

Building design professional

urban planner · city planner · landscape architect · master planner · civil engineer

creation vs. destruction of furniture

furniture designerjunk hauler

Removes large waste items

scrapper

Family

furniture, designer, furnish, furnished, furnishing, furnishings, unfurnished, refurnish, design

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G