Wendy Cooper
Wendy Cooper is a furniture, fittings and equipment (FF & E) specialist and Co-Founder of Gold Canary FF&E, with over 20 years’ experience delivering high-end residential and hospitality projects around the world.
FF&E Mastery – for Interior Designers with Wendy Cooper
Ref: D3H40403
About this course
Master the art of FF&E in three weeks, from smart specs to polished sign-offs. This dynamic course blends creativity with practical know-how, covering budgets, sourcing and confident presentations to elevate every stage of your design process.
This course runs over three separate days 6, 13 and 20 June.
This course runs over three separate days 6, 13 and 20 June.
Course Description
FF&E Mastery: From Specs to Sign-Off Level up your design skills with real-world FF&E tools
This focused, practical course which runs across 3 x Saturdays, is ideal for junior designers or those transitioning into FF&E-focused roles, who want to deepen their understanding of FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment). It is interactive and hands-on, designed to give you practical skills you can apply immediately.
The course is led by Wendy Cooper, who draws on over 20 years of global industry experience to equip you with essential tools, templates, and insider knowledge.
Youll explore the full lifecycle of FF&E design, from initial concept and budgeting to specification, client presentations, and professional documentation.
Modules include:
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FF&E Fundamentals Understand the role and scope of FF&E in professional design practice. Learn how it impacts real-world projects and gain tools and templates for smart specification and procurement.
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Budgeting & Indexing Learn how to balance creativity with cost through practical strategies that support design decisions across your project.
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Smart Specification Gain confidence sourcing and specifying products, understanding materials, compliance, lead times, costs, and when to go bespoke.
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Presenting & Documenting Communicate your design intent with clarity. Learn how strong, professional documentation supports a smooth procurement process.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Define the FF&E process and its key components
- Specify materials and products with awareness of quality, compliance, and cost
- Create and manage FF&E budgets
- Produce professional FF&E documents that support procurement and delivery
With a friendly, pragmatic teaching style, Wendy shares her extensive knowledge to help students gain practical skills and industry confidenceready to take their design work to the next level.
Course Materials
Included
On this course the College will supply some of the materials including: PDF printouts, scale rulers and blank sheets of paper. You will also have access to the college WiFi
What students need to bring
- Laptop / Tablet – to produce documents and to browse the internet as part of the course. You will also need to bring along a pen or pencil and you may also wish to bring a notebook to make notes.
- Software: DWG software ,if possible, however pdf printout and scale ruler will also be available but please bring along your own pencil / pen if needed
- Excel / Numbers – for producing schedules
- PowerPoint / InDesign / - Canva etc – for presentations
Timetable
Course teaching: 10am–2.30pm
Students arrive: 9.30am-10.00am (coffee optional)
Morning teaching: 10am-12.30pm
Lunch break: 12.30pm (lunch is not included)
Teaching finishes: 2.30pm
General Information
Short courses are open to anyone aged 18 and over. The course fee covers tuition and materials where stated. You will need to bring all other items listed under the Materials to bring section.
Refreshments
Coffee and tea are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you to eat in the refreshments room. There are also plenty of other local venues to purchase food.
Access
If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing: [email protected] This venue has steps to the front reception, with limited access via a side gate to the ground floor. There is a small lift to higher floors or stairs.
Safety
Short course students are required to sign a safety compliance form as part of West Dean Health and Safety regulations.
Refunds and cancellations
Please refer to our terms & conditions below.
Disclaimer
The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, West Dean College reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.
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