Product Design

Course summary

Product Design is a creative and practical subject where students make the decisions about what they design and make. In Year 12, they experience a range of short, focused design and practical activities. In Year 13, students select a major project and make a full-size working prototype. The choice is wide and varied and could include anything from furniture to engineered products. We want students who: Are creative and enjoy designing. If a student is the sort of person who looks at a product and wonders how it is made or thinks about how it could be improved, then Product Design might be for them. If they take things apart to see how they work, then they might have the sort of enquiring mind which would suit this course. Students do not need to have studied GCSE Product Design or Engineering to access this course.