Cutter Hutton is a designer, educator and co-founder and principal of Observatory, a studio consulting in the furniture and industrial design fields. His professional practice balances empathy, innovation and simplicity to foster meaningful connections with an audience. His work has earned numerous awards creating objects and experiences for companies such as Herman Miller, Google and Procter & Gamble. Cutter teaches in the Furniture Design and Industrial Design departments at RISD.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
FD 2510-01 - DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FD 2510-01
DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Andrew Bannar, Cutter HuttonLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 237A; Washington Place, Room 202Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Drawing for Furniture 2D will focus on the ways in which drawing can help generate, evaluate and communicate design concepts. Students will be introduced to the conventions and techniques of technical drawing for Furniture Design while pursuing experiments that supplement and challenge established practices. Focus will be on two drawing systems, orthographic and paraline projection, working by hand and with computers.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Furniture Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Furniture Design
FD 2510-02 - DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FD 2510-02
DRAWING FURNITURE 2-D
LevelUndergraduate
UnitFurniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Andrew Bannar, Cutter HuttonLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 202; Washington Place, Room 237AEnrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Drawing for Furniture 2D will focus on the ways in which drawing can help generate, evaluate and communicate design concepts. Students will be introduced to the conventions and techniques of technical drawing for Furniture Design while pursuing experiments that supplement and challenge established practices. Focus will be on two drawing systems, orthographic and paraline projection, working by hand and with computers.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Furniture Design Students.
