Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

This course is suitable for Graphic Product and Product Design students. A study of Product Design will enable you to develop a critical understanding of design and technology and, in particular, to appreciate the complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing. You will further develop the capacity to problem solve, undertake the entire design process, and manufacture products targeted at specific markets and/or users. Key skills are needed to organise and present information, ideas and design concepts clearly and logically through your non-exam assessment. Much of the course is based on real developments in technology, and you should have a strong interest in historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic influences on design and technology. Wide reading of newspapers/ magazines/relevant online content and viewing of current affairs programmes are essential to enable full participation in class discussion. Alongside the theoretical content you will have the opportunity to work on individual design and make projects.