Product Design BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Dundee
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Dundee (Scotland)
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
September
Product Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will train you to design products that meet the needs of real people. We are an award-winning programme with strong links with industry and a vibrant studio-based culture.
We have a design process that generally starts by undertaking human-centred research to inspire our work. We apply this knowledge to our diverse design skills and technological know-how, to make real and valuable difference in the lives of people. Keep reading to find out more about our core values.
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About this course
We encourage you to become a confident designer practicing at the forefront of product design.
You will learn how to design for real people.
You will work with a range of technologies including electronics, computer aided design, laser cutting and 3-D printing.
We have both traditional and state of the art workshops with a committed team of technicians that will help you make high quality prototypes.
We have dedicated studios for our students to work in throughout the year.
We have strong relationships with employers, including high profile companies like Microsoft, making it easier for you to find a job.
You will have the opportunity to enter national and international competitions.
You can exhibit your work at our graduate exhibitions in both Dundee and London.
Employability is a fundamental driver for our course. We pride ourselves in building strong relationships with employers throughout our students’ education to encourage a smooth transition to industry or further academic study on graduation.
Our graduates are employed as product designers, service designers and interaction designers across the globe for companies such as Lego, Dyson, Orange, Nokia, Mountain Equipment, Microsoft and NCR.
Graduates from BSc (Hons) Product Design have gone on to have successful careers in the following fields, across large and small organisations
Consumer electronics
Sports equipment
Medical products
Automotive industry
Service and experience design
Education sector
Independent consultancies in the UK and abroad
BBCC (minimum) - BBBB (typical) at Higher including one or more from art and design (or another creative subject), product design, an appropriate technical subject (e.g. computing or information systems) plus an appropriate literate subject
CCC (minimum) - BCC (typical) including one or more from art and design (or another creative subject), product design, an appropriate technical subject (e.g. computing or information systems) plus an appropriate literate subject
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Subjects
- Design
- Technology
- Industry
- Team Training
- Product Design
- Product Development
- Product Photography
- Product Analysis
- Product Materials
- Product Packaging
Course programme
Key to the philosophy of BSc (Hons) Product Design is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. This means that students are taught modules in both design and technology subjects. You will have technology lectures and labs alongside design lectures and product design studio classes. Staff on the course work closely with you to help you use a range of acquired skills through a carefully planned programme of product design projects. In Level 3 and 4 you can tailor your individual learning programme through a suite of elective modules. The course aims to give you the space to be trained, and importantly to build the kind of strong product design portfolio that employers are looking for.
Another unique feature of Product Design is the close relationship that we share with the Digital Interaction Design course as part of our ‘Social Digital’ programme. Facilitated by shared modules you will have the opportunity to design great new experiences through physical objects and also begin to understand and develop digital interactions, which may be embedded within products or be screen-based.
How you will be assessedTypically, assessment in the design modules is through designed products, services or interactions, which are presented to the class. You will generally be asked to demonstrate final outcomes alongside development work (your design process). You are trained and encouraged to present in a range of formats in such a way that you are given a good grounding in graphics, media (webpages, blogs, short films), prototyping and verbal skills. In technology modules, assessment is through a mixture of coursework (technical reports), exams and team practical projects. Through this variety of ways of assessing we build your confidence in the life-long skill of presenting your ideas to an audience.
Student AwardsOur students have won some of the world's most prestigious design awards, including:
D&AD
2013- Francis Munnoch awarded ‘Best of Year’ for a project responding to a brief set by Oakley.
2011- John O’Connor awarded ‘2nd Prize’ for a project responding to a brief set by Digital Direct Sponsored by E.ON.
2011- Fiona Harper awarded ‘In Book’ for a project responding to a brief set by Michelin Lifestyle.
New Designers
2014- the Social Digital programme awarded the prestigious ‘Best Stand’.
2012- Nikki Ferguson awarded the ‘New Designers Virgin Atlantic Award for Product Design and the Customer Experience’ for her final year project entitled ‘The Heirloom’.
2012- Andrew Knott awarded the ‘Designers Block Associate Prize’ for his final year project entitled ‘Faber’.
2008- Andy Ross awarded the ‘Swarovski Crystal Palace Award’ for his final year project entitled ‘The Bone Project’.
Awards for honours year final projects
2015- Jamie Kunka awarded ‘Sports Innovation Challenge’ funding of £15,000 for his final year project ‘Lonely Mountain Skis’.
2014- Peter Iveson awarded the prestigious ‘Delight in Design’, a national lighting designer competition organised by the Lighting Industry Association, for his final year project ‘Study Bright’.
Microsoft Design Expo- Seattle
2009- A team of Product Design and Digital Interaction Design students awarded ‘Best Industrial Design’ for their project ‘Social Sewing’.
2008- A team of Product Design and Digital Interaction Design students awarded ‘Best End-to-End Design’ for their project ‘Storymaker, Storyteller’.
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Product Design BSc (Hons)