Product Design

BSc (Hons)

The Product Design Programme encourages students to analyse and assess social and environmental landscapes to identify opportunities for improvement.

By identifying issues, students undertake primary research to emphasise and identify with their key users, forging a direction for the development of their final designs.

During their journey, students will explore ideas in 2 and 3 Dimensions in parallel to understand and fully represent their design concepts, becoming more refined on their iterative journey of exploration. Encouragement to understand and identify form and function, alongside technical material explorations, helps with the realisation of the final designs, pieces that can be manufactured and realised commercially. The construction of test rigs and jigs on a basic level enables in-depth analysis and evaluation directly with the user, presenting solutions influenced by the client or user’s direct input.

By integrating the contextual and professional life elements of the programme to support the design projects, a richer more conclusive outcome is achieved through a body of work that theorises and then directly questions the issues identified central to the user.

BSc (Hons) Product Design Level 6: Ivanka Ivanova

Final Major Project:

Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Awards Entry 2021-22:

RSA Brief: Press Play

“How might we support all families, carers and communities to play and learn more creatively at home?”

BSc (Hons) Product Design Level 6:

Ryan Bragg

Final Major Project:

Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Awards 2021-22:

RSA Brief: Transformation Station

“How might we leverage unrealised spaces in small transport hubs, as catalysts for communities and places to thrive?”

BSc (Hons) Product Design Level 6: Ghunraj Singh Saran

Final Major Project

A forward thinking insole concept used by care home residents who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. The product would digitally monitor essential personal data which would be shared in real time with nursing staff to help improve patient monitoring and time efficiency

BSc (Hons) Product Design Level 6: Emily Beth Duckworth

Final Major Project:

Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Awards Entry 2021-22:

RSA Brief: Without the waste

“How might we use circular economy principles to rethink the storage, delivery and dispensing of tablet medication?”