Art and Design (3d Studies)

Course summary

Everything we see, touch and interact with has been designed. Play a role in shaping the future of mankind. You will be involved in designing, creating, and solving problems in order to meet functional and aesthetic needs. The emphasis is on learning how and why products are designed and made, and how you as a designer can make improvements. If you like the idea of designing using freehand drawing as well as computer-generated techniques, and you want to make products using a variety of resistant materials then this is the course for you. In your first year, you will develop your designing, sketching, CAD, and making capabilities through a series of short projects and activities culminating in your own project. You will also undertake an exam board set project at the end of the year. In your first term you will rotate through a variety of short projects, each developing your skills and techniques in the following areas: - Sketching/Drawing - CAD Software - Workshop - Designing - Modelling and Prototyping - Research In your second term, you will move on to your own extended project work. In your second year, you will extend and develop further your technical understanding of materials and manufacturing processes as well as your capabilities to generate ideas through drawing and CAD. You will undertake a personal study of designers or design movements, as well as complete a series of short projects, together with an extended project of your own choosing. In your final period, you will also complete a project set by the exam board in response to their theme. If you enjoy working with resistant materials such as wood, metals, and plastics and have an interest in architecture, Product and furniture design then this is the course for you!