BA (Hons) Product Design School of Fashion, Textiles & 3 Dimensional Design Birmingham City University
Product Design: Level 4 – First Year • • • • • •
DES4001 – Design Methods & Visualisation (30 Credits) DES4002 – Design Evolution (15 Credits) DES4003 – Design Roots (15 Credits) DES4004 – Form, Function & Feeling (30 Credits) DES4005 – Global Trends (15 Credits) DES4006 – Material Technologies (15 Credits)
DES4001 – Design Methods & Visualisation
Workshop Activity: Visual Notebook
Studio Activity: Experimentation with Mixed Media
DES4002 – Design Evolution
Team Presentations: Assessed Exercise linked to Module Lecture Series
DES4003 – Design Roots
Lecture Series Examples
DES4004 – Form, Function & Feeling
Sketch Renders: To design an alarm for Apple using ceramic slip casting moulds
DES4005 – Global Trends
Magazine Article: Editorial task relating to specialism
DES4006 – Material Technologies
Studio based Exercise: Create 1:1 scaled model of household object
Product Design: Level 5 – Second Year • • • •
DES5005 – Design Communication (30 Credits) DES5002 – Design Ethics (30 Credits) DES5003 – User Needs & Experience (30 Credits) DES5004 – Design Principles & Processes (30 Credits)
DES5005 – Design Communication
DES5002 – Design Ethics
Natural History Museum Project: Social and Cultural Issues
DES5003 – User Needs & Experience
Laptop Table Pad with storage
DES5004 – Design Principles & Processes
Technical Drawing Detail
Product Design: Level 6 – Third Year • DES6001 – Competition & Collaboration(30 Credits) • DES6002 – Signature Project (Contextual Research & Analysis - 30 Credits) • DES6003 – Signature Project (Development & Realisation - 60 Credits)
DES6001 – Competition & Collaboration
Petainer: European Bottle Design Competition
DES6002 – Signature Project (Contextual Research & Analysis)
Slide Examples from Viva Presentation
DES6002 – Signature Project (Development & Realisation)
Presentation Board Examples of Final Major Projects