BA Product Design
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
BA (Hons) in Product Design, a fashion design degree focused on the creation and analysis of functional and sustainable goods. Core topics include Engineering Design, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Design & Creative Practice, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The first year covers the foundations through Product Design, Design and Screen Cultures, and sketching in 2D and 3D. The second year introduces workshop prototyping and making, computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, and materials and manufacturing processes. The third year shifts towards advanced concepts, featuring modules such as connect products and services that are driven by data, and experimentation with traditional and emerging making processes. The fourth year consolidates learning through independent research and major project work.
Modules
- Product Design
- Design and Screen Cultures
- sketching in 2D and 3D
- materiality
- value and sustainability
- product semantics and communicating meaning
- design history
- visual and cultural theories
- contemporary design practice
- workshop prototyping and making
- computer-aided design
- additive manufacturing
- materials and manufacturing processes
- product assembly
- methods of design ethnography
- sustainability
- brand awareness
- critical thinking
- speculative design
- electronics and interaction
- visual and cultural theory
- contemporary design research and practice
- understanding of design in a wider context
- ability to plan and structure design writing
- develop your identity as a designer
- consider the ethics of design and designing
- have more control over project focus
- analyse social norms and speculate on possible futures
- work with live clients
- value creation and mediation, considering multiple stakeholders
- connected products and services that are driven by data
- the role design plays in activism and politics
- experimentation with traditional and emerging making processes
- refine your portfolio and CV
- prepare for interviews
- make applications for a summer internship
- use research to recognise unique design opportunities
- define a design brief and a design specification
- plan and manage concurrent projects
- employ critical thinking skills and essential knowledge of the product design process
- communicate with diverse audiences
- research a topic of personal interest
- learn more about planning and structuring design writing
- further enhance your written communication skills
- link theory and practice
- teaching
- guidance
- support