Apply for BA programme in Wood Oriented Furniture Design

Entry requirements

General entrance requirements for university studies and approved work sample. Exceptions may be made for Swedish when the language of instruction is English.

Prior Learning

If you do not meet the formal general entry requirements, you may apply for an assessment of prior learning. This means that your knowledge and experience may be considered as an alternative way of demonstrating that you meet the requirements for the programme.

When applying, upload documented qualifications, certificates, and other supporting documents that demonstrate knowledge and experience equivalent to the formal entry requirements. You should also include a brief statement explaining that you are applying for an assessment of prior learning and specify which documents you are submitting as supporting evidence.

Submit official, certified documentation of your qualifications or experience through University Admissions by the application deadline: 15 January 2027.

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Ansökan ska ha kommit in senast sista anmälningsdag, 15 januari 2027.

Portfolio instructions

• Your application must be written in English.  
• Your application must be anonymous. Do not include your name or contact details in your portfolio or texts.  
• If you include projects or work in your portfolio created in collaboration with others, briefly describe the nature of the collaboration and your individual contribution.  
• If you have used generative AI to create or process images, sound, or text we ask that you describe how you used it.  

Your portfolio should include:   

1 - Design assignment - “Furniture as Inspiration”: In this design assignment, you will explore a piece of furniture from the past and use it as a starting point for creating a design in wood.

Choose a piece of furniture that sparks your curiosity. It could be an everyday object, a historical piece, a piece of furniture from a particular geographical area, or something you have encountered in a museum, book, archive, or online. You may also choose an anonymous or traditional piece of furniture whose designer or maker is unknown.

The furniture can be from the recent or distant past – perhaps 10, 50, 200, or even 1,000 years ago. What matters is not where or when it comes from, but what you discover in it that can inspire new ideas.

Investigate the piece of furniture you have chosen and try to understand what makes it interesting. This could be its form, construction, materials, function, proportions, details, manufacturing techniques, or its relationship to the time and place in which it was created.

You can use literature, museum collections, archives, or online sources to support you. Document your findings and identify aspects that you would like to explore further in your own design.

You will then create a new piece of furniture in wood, using the historical or existing piece as a source of inspiration. Your design does not need to resemble the original. The aim is to explore how ideas from an existing piece of furniture can be interpreted, transformed, and developed into something new.

The question is not: “How can I reproduce this piece of furniture?” but rather: “What can I learn from it, and what can I do with that knowledge?”

Your work must include the following:

• A sketch/illustration of your chosen piece of furniture as you have found it.
• A written description of your chosen piece of furniture, in three sentences.
• Process sketches and images. These can be photos, sketches and/or mood boards. It is important that you show how you reached the result through the presentation.
• Visualisations of your result. You are free to choose any technique such as renderings, sketches, images of a model, etc., but the result should be presented in an image that describes the user situation. 3–4 pages.

A written conclusion in which you motivate your result: How did you develop your proposal? Describe and explain your final design in relation to its context. Maximum 1 page.

2 - Background and Experience. Maximum 1500 characters. Briefly list education and describe past experiences that you believe are important for your application.

3 - Portfolio. Minimum 3 pages, maximum. 10 pages. You may include several images on the same page. In this part you should show images of your own work that you feel represent your creative experience. This could, for example, include sketches, drawings, models, sculptures, projects, material studies, etc. If you wish, you can include short explanatory texts alongside your images. 

4 - Letter of Intent. Maximum 3000 characters. Describe why you are applying to the BFA Wood Oriented Furniture Design. Describe what you would like to develop in your practice, and where you think it could lead. 

Submit your portfolio

Submit your portfolio through SlideRoom

Before the deadline

• You can start your application at any time during the application period.
• You can save your progress, log out and return later.
• SlideRoom closes at midnight (CET) on the day of the application deadline.
• You will receive a confirmation email when your portfolio has been submitted.
• We recommend uploading your materials at least 24 hours before the deadline.
• Portfolios cannot be submitted after the deadline.

Assessment

Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:

1. Ability to independently find solutions, methods, and arguments.
2. Ability to work with hand tools, machines and materials, and understanding of material properties and construction.
3. Ability to visualise ideas and forms, and generate new ones through artistic methods such as sketching, drawing, modelling, and painting.
4. Ability to communicate your work through image and text.

The assessment is made by an admissions jury consisting of the Programme Director and representatives from the department.

Interviews  

Interviews will be assessed based on the following criteria:

• Ability to reflect on and contextualise one’s work.

The highest-ranked applicants will be invited to a digital personal interview. Invitations will be sent to the email address registered with universityadmissions.se/antagning.se.

The final assessment is based on the application and the interview.

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