50 Week Furniture Design & Makers’ Course

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) have credit rated our popular 50 Week Furniture Design and Makers’ course at SCQF Level 8

This one year course is aimed at those who are looking to commit to a change in their life.
This course has been credit rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) at SCQF Level 8, opening more opportunities for students wishing to study furniture design and making and leave with an internationally recognised qualification.
Do you wonder if you have the creativity and the ambition to run your own business? We’ll teach you everything you need to know, right from the beginning.
Cost £22,500. £6,000 deposit to secure your place.

We’re Making Big Changes in 2020!

We’re Making Big Changes in 2020!

robinson house studio Furniture School’s New Premises.
We are absolutely delighted to have been able to secure new premises, still in central Newhaven with it’s great transport connections, in an amazing new building with eco-credentials and only a few minutes walk to the beach!
The new premises is 8,000 square feet and will provide new and improved facilities not only for our students but also our community of makers.

Why study in Sussex | Trips to London

Why study in Sussex | Trips to London

If you’re thinking about taking a course in furniture design and furniture making, it’s a good idea to take into account the location of the school. It’s such an important factor, since you’ll be living there for a considerable amount of time (we’ve already written about how great it is to be so close to Brighton), but also because it dictates what kind of extra-curricular things you can do.

Chris Coane

Chris Coane

Desk in ebonised oak, copper, and leather Chris joined us after doing degree in product design. He was looking to get practical experience in the actual making of furniture. Chris has now started his own cabinet making business and started

Darren Hancock

Darren Hancock

Record turntable cabinet in walnut and birch I joined ‘robinson house studio’ on the fifty-week course with a real desire to get hands-on making experience and to build-up a portfolio of projects that would take me onto the next step