MA Design (Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery)
Master
In London
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Bath Spa University
Master London / Classroom-based£ 13,860 -
London South Bank University Department of Education
Bachelor's degree London / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
London Metropolitan University
Course London / Classroom-based£ 9,250 -
Bath Spa University
Bachelor's degree London / Classroom-based£ 11,600 -
University of Westminster
Postgraduate London / Classroom-based£ 9,250 + VAT -
University of West London
Master London / Classroom-based£ 6,950 + VAT -
University of East London
Master London / Classroom-based£ 9,120
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Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Years
MA Design (Ceramics); MA Design (Furniture); MA Design (Jewellery) is part of the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme. Ceramics, furniture and jewellery design share rich cultural histories and traditions of practice. Each is concerned with what can be described as 'intimate architecture' - a physical relationship of the artefact with the body.
The role of design practitioners is changing as a result of emergent technologies, global marketing, the internationalisation of production, and a rising interest in a 'bespoke approach' or 'craft content' within design.
Designers need to be able to think creatively and strategically about the identity of products and their cultural backgrounds and to support their ideas with innovation, commercial thinking and ethical questioning. MA Design: Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery (by Project) develops your creative abilities, imagination and expertise in relation to real design world demands by linking formal design approaches with practice-led research.
The postgraduate course is achieved in the context of your own personal project, explored and developed according to your individual pathway choice, in a stimulating, supportive, creative and collaborative environment.
MA Design (Ceramics); MA Design (Furniture); MA Design (Jewellery) lasts 60 weeks structured as three consecutive periods of 20 weeks each (i.e. two academic years) in its 'extended full-time mode'
The Course is credit rated at 180 credits, and comprises three units. Unit One (60 credits) lasts 20 weeks. Unit Two (60 credits) runs for 10 weeks in the first year and 10 weeks in the second year. Unit Three (60 credits) runs for 20 weeks
Units One and Two must be passed in order to progress to Unit Three
The MA certification (Pass, Pass with Merit or Pass with Distinction) derives from the assessment for Unit Three only
An exit award of Postgraduate Certificate can be awarded on completion of Unit One
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About this course
MA Design focuses on your individual design practice and, through making and immersion in material processes, will broaden your career and research horizons. Your Masters project becomes the vehicle for developing your creative abilities and analytical skills, while you critically engage in the fields of emergent design discourse, global markets and the investigation of technologies. Our two-year Masters programme expects you to be ambitious. It will challenge you to explore and expand your opportunities, and make your mark on the global design industry.
Through the professional experience of the teaching team there are strong links with commercial, artistic, craft and industrial bodies in London, nationally and internationally. Over the duration of the MA, meetings with practitioners, industry professionals, and participants in the wider design community will enable you to learn to communicate effectively across a range of different environments.
Future careers and graduate prospects
Many MA Design: Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery graduates move speedily into self-employment, developing businesses at the highest levels finding opportunities to progress their independent practice at both a national and international level. These includes students showing work at the Victoria Miro Gallery and Sotheby’s and collection designs for Swarovksi, MADE, Top shop and the House of Fraser.
An applicant will be considered for admission who has already achieved an educational level equivalent to an Honours Degree.
This educational level may be demonstrated by:
An Honours Degree or an equivalent academic qualification;
A professional qualification recognised as equivalent to an Honours Degree;
The center will contact you once you have sent your information through the form.
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Subjects
- Problem Solving
- Design
- Ceramics
- Project
- Development
- Designing
- Furniture
- Jewellery
- Contextualisation
- External practitioners
Course programme
The framework for the postgraduate course is an independent study route defined by your chosen project. The project becomes a vehicle for developing your creative abilities, problem solving and analytical skills, and for locating your work within the professional world.
You'll be encouraged to refocus your skills intellectually, contextually and practically, to exploit and extend design strategies from your own and other disciplines, and to question and test your ideas through teamwork and group critiques. On applying to MA Design: Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery you'll be asked to produce a comprehensive project proposal that you refine during Stage One of the programme. In Stage Two, this proposal becomes an agreement, the blueprint for the MA project submission at the end of the postgraduate course.
- Unit One: Exploring and Designing introduces issues and topics relevant to ceramics, jewellery or furniture, research methodologies and techniques and aims to enable the student to orientate their practice within the course, and to develop contextual, critical and research skills at the onset of MA learning. You will also collaborate in cross course collaborative projects
- Unit Two: Design and Professional Practice, through unit two the student is expected to develop a critical self-awareness of their professional practice by focusing on reflectivity, contextualisation, and positioning practice in response to the action proposal developed in unit one. Throughout the unit, the student is expected to actively engage with, peers, external practitioners, networks and collaborators to produce a body of work which will map and articulate the students position in the field and reflect on their understanding of design industry structures; in particular, contemporary practices in ceramics, furniture and jewellery. The unit incorporates Personal Professional Development, enterprise and contextualising activities
- Unit Three: Evaluation and Resolution brings the project to both a practical and critically reflective conclusion, manifesting the practical outcomes, identifying where the student locates their practice and evaluating the project through the Critical Review. During the final stages of the course there will be further Personal Professional Development activity and professional futures workshops to support your career development.
Additional information
MA Design (Ceramics, Furniture or Jewellery)
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Bath Spa University
Master London / Classroom-based£ 13,860 -
London South Bank University Department of Education
Bachelor's degree London / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
London Metropolitan University
Course London / Classroom-based£ 9,250 -
Bath Spa University
Bachelor's degree London / Classroom-based£ 11,600 -
University of Westminster
Postgraduate London / Classroom-based£ 9,250 + VAT -
University of West London
Master London / Classroom-based£ 6,950 + VAT -
University of East London
Master London / Classroom-based£ 9,120
See all