Investigation of furniture design course in the context of interior department in Turkey

Interior Architecture is a profession that designs by taking user requirements into account. In his education, it is aimed to provide the students with technical skills, visual perception and design ability. Today, competition and user demand in the construction sector increase the need for furniture design as well as space design. Thanks to the furniture sector in Turkey, which has a large volume of furniture design concept is gaining importance in recent years. In order to develop original design ideas in national and international platforms, furniture and furniture design courses should be given in addition to general theoretical, applied and design courses in interior architecture departments. Also for designers and students; Increasing participation in competitions, workshops and furniture fairs will be effective in the development of original furniture design instead of imitation furniture. In this sense, the content of courses such as Furniture and Furniture Design in Interior Architecture section of the 77 units in Turkey lesson plans, timetables and lesson workings were examined. As a result of the research, it is noteworthy that the Furniture courses in Interior Architecture departments are very few and only theoretically taught, and there are very few departments that teach both theoretically and practically. Therefore Furniture design in Turkey, not given adequate training of the construction industry also reveals that there is a lack in this area. As a result, it has been determined that besides having similar curricula, furniture design and production education in the Departments of Interior Architecture is insufficient in universities.