BSc/BA(Hons) Product Design
BSc/BA(Hons) Product Design
Product Design as a discipline is focussed on creating the products, interactions and experiences of tomorrow. Through the course students are supported to develop a wide range of skills enabling them to research, conceptualise, render, test and communicate their ideas, as well as the skills to work as collaborative creative professionals. The course offers a range of exit awards, including the option of a placement year working in industry which gives students the ‘with professional experience’ title. In addition to the main BSc the course also offers a BA exit award that allows students to define and plan their own project work in their final year. Some students this year will also graduate with BSc Product Design Technologies.
During the 2nd and final year of the course students work side by side in design studios. Each of Studios are led by a design tutor, and each has a distinct approach to design methods, approaches and practices. This year students worked with Dr Eddy Elton in the Human Centred Design studio, which uses a human centred design approach to create design solutions which address systemic problems; the Distributed Design studio was led by Gareth Owen Lloyd, it investigates how distributed models of production could offer more sustainable and socially beneficial products, and the Emergent Futures was co-led by James Tooze and Dr Damon Taylor, it challenged students to explore the relationship between their design principles and emerging technologies, cultural phenomena and ideas, in the creation of tomorrow’s products. All of the studios enable students to pursue their own interests, to challenge the notion and role of contemporary product designer, guided by highly experienced tutors within a collaborative and ambitious environment. Within their final year students work on live briefs with industry clients in the Professional Design Practice module led by Dr Cathy Grundy.
In addition to the course team the programme is supported by fantastic tutors including Gemma Matthias, Milo Mcloughlin-Greening, Marcel Mueller, Chris Stokes, and Josie King.
Product Design Course Leader
James Tooze
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