Transcript 3D Design at the University of Plymouth

at the University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) degrees for:
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Foundation
A Level
Progression and
Mature Students
Why Plymouth?
In 2004, The Guardian placed Plymouth’s Art & Design
courses above many of the best universities like:
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Kingston
Central St Martin’s
Manchester Met
Bournemouth
West of England UWE
Swansea
Southampton
Cardiff UWIC
and Portsmouth
Source Guardian website
3D Design at Plymouth is:
1 Designer Maker
2 Product Design
3 Furniture & Interiors
We help you explore all 3 disciplines
during Year 1 before you decide.
Or if you want to cover all areas, you
can do a general 3D Design degree.
You will meet many of our exchange
students and maybe go on one
yourself - to Italy, Japan, Romania ...
Above all, we enjoy ourselves.
We help you become more creative by:
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placing you in a real life open design studio
giving you your own personal work space
creating good teams
helping you to think in new ways
and letting your design culture inspire you
This means that your designs are:
• fresh
• innovative
• witty
• and you develop your own identity,
which is important for your career
You have the chance to show your work to the public:
• 2nd Year Show
• Final Degree Show
• New Designers in London
After you graduate we stay in touch:
To invite you to show at international exhibitions:
• Milan, 100% Design, Designers’ Block, Chelsea,
Somerset Arts week, Top Drawer ...
To feature you in articles and TV interviews:
• Sky, FX, Icon, Blueprint, BBC, Guardian, Scotsman ...
To partner you with like minded designers:
• Batch, Udder, Beef Design, Plymouthing ...
To put you in touch with manufacturers:
• Saxum, Dartington, Suck UK, Unilever ...
Or to welcome you our new MA Masters degrees ....
This means that you are not alone and have a much
better chance of success.
Should you be a Designer Maker ?
If you like exploring ideas, and creating desirable objects, then
the Designer Maker course may suit you.
We teach you about materials so that you can explore how they
behave, and about processes so you know how to get things
made in small batches.
We encourage you to develop your thinking,
and work with you to discover your strengths
so that you can develop your own identity.
We help you with business skills or to join a postgraduate course
when you finish. Many of our graduates have set up their own
workshops, or are working with major design studios and
manufacturers.
A Designer Maker explores materials like:
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Wood
Metal
Plastics
Ceramics
or textiles, glass, laminates and boards
and we are keen on sustainability
We help you understand workshop
processes like:
• metal bending and welding
• wood machining and laminating
• ceramics moulding and casting
So that you can create designs for:
• lighting
• furniture
• tableware ...
Plymouth Graduate Robert Phillips BA (Hons):
“After graduating from Plymouth, I set up a studio in Brighton with two
furniture makers. We got involved in various exhibitions, whilst being able to freelance
within the field of product design.
This led me to the sale of a patent, Arts Council projects and continuing my studies at
the Royal College of Art (Design Products).
I am now running my studio in Brighton alongside my studies and I have been
working for companies including, DMR (mountain bike components), D3o (materials
company), Unilever and others.”
Should you be a Product Designer ?
Product Design provides you with skills to turn your ideas into
real products, which are a pleasure to use.
At Plymouth, we teach design so that you can
create delightful and rewarding experiences.
And we have unique methods to help you
identify opportunities for innovative new
ideas, and play with aesthetics, functions
and visual identities.
Graduates from our course are working at major design
consultancies, as well as in-house designers, and doing
postgraduate research.
A Product Designer explores by:
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finding out what people want
designing new ways to make things work better
using new technology to create unique products
going on field trips with other 3D students
visiting design studios and exhibitions
And we want you to have fun doing it.
You can explore materials in
our workshops like:
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plastics
metals
wood
textiles
So that you can choose
and specialise.
You can create professional quality presentations
with photography and graphics.
Sample digital design tools like:
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2D graphics
3D CAD
CNC subcontracting
and Rapid Prototyping ...
And use our rapid prototyping
machine to ‘print’ your CAD
design into 3D objects
2005 Graduate Oliver Blackwell BA (Hons):
“I am now a Product Design Engineer working on a
unique (and still confidential) Power-Assisted Suitcase
for a new company near London.
This job relies on a thorough understanding of how
things work and how they are made.
Plymouth gave me grounding which has been central to
my design process.
Designers that come out of Plymouth often have far
more to offer, because of the variety of options and
teaching scope available to them.
Soon, I am off to China to source the next generation of
products.”
Is Furniture & Interiors for you?
Furniture & Interiors is a unique course which crosses the boundaries
of interior design, landscapes, architecture, art, engineering and
furniture.
We designed this course because it is what a modern design practice
needs: collaborative and interdisciplinary teamwork.
We help you create innovative contemporary spaces by making sure
that you understand materials, processes and construction methods.
We challenge you to be innovative so that you can develop pioneering
schemes.
We aim high, so as to prepare you to follow rewarding careers with
the creative disciplines from architecture to furniture to
environments.
Why is Furniture & Interiors so popular?
We challenge you to innovate and develop new connections between furniture,
objects, materials, structures and processes within internal and external
spaces.
We help you develop skills to create
innovative and contemporary spaces
by understanding materials,
processes and construction
methods.
You gain this experience by
hands-on making in our workshops
as well as field trips and visits to studios.
This means that you are equipped to work within a broad range of
professional fields to prepare you for careers within the creative disciplines,
from architecture to furniture & environments.
You can explore materials in
our workshops like:
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metals
concrete
wood
fabrics
glass
So that you can get the feel of
these materials.
We help you develop good presentations
because most projects are too large to be made
in full size.
To make sure that you know how they are built,
we help you design and build prototypes
detailing in full size, such as timber joints,
window mountings or cable anchors.
Plymouth Graduate Daniel A Meyer BA (Hons):
“I enjoyed my time there because we were given the freedom to
develop our own views, but at the same time there was an good level of
guidance.
There also was a very friendly atmosphere. We had good access to our
tutors, which is reflected in the high quality of work at the annual degree
show.
Another factor influencing this positively is that the University is extremely
well equipped both with facilities and expertise.
After graduating I worked for an organisation that provides disabled people
with jobs in workshops. I looked at their capabilities and explored new
markets for them. I then developed a strategy for a range of products for
them to enter these new markets. I now work as a freelance consultant for
them.
I have started an MA in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins College in
London and I am also working with a young design consultancy in
Brighton.”
Teaching staff
Our team are both established practitioners and experienced educationists,
as well as distinguished visiting lecturers,
These are characteristics that reflect a progressive modern university.
How do I apply?
Through UCAS. You should normally have done A Level or Art &
Design at foundation or similar level. Overseas and mature
students are very welcome.
At the interview we take you for a tour around our studios,
workshops, library, students’ bar and canteen. We chat to check
that we are providing the right course for you, and talk about
your portfolio. It’s not like an exam and we hope you ask us
many questions. And you can talk to our students to find
out what it’s like to be here.
Try and bring work in your portfolio which shows you exploring
3D, with good quality sketches and any objects you have made
or photographs of them. As there is a broad range of interests
within 3D, we are not looking for a ‘formula’ but some
current knowledge about design or craft is beneficial.
Don’t bring too much. Relax, show your best work first,
and make us interested.
Exciting new home for 3D Design
3D Design will be moving into a brand new building in Plymouth in 2007, designed by
the Danish architects Henning-Larsen who have been responsible for many renowned
buildings all over the world. The arts building is a fantastic opportunity to place 3D
design at the centre of university life.
‘Rowe Street will become a lively, buzzing public venue, operating 24/7 and hosting
public events organised by the Arts Centre, Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery as well
as our own Peninsula Arts.'
And you will be the first to use these brand new facilities!
Visit our websites:
www.3Ddesign.org.uk
about what goes on at 3D Design Department
www.plymouth.ac.uk/arts/3D
about the Faculty of Arts at University of Plymouth
Or contact:
Roberto Fraquelli
Head of 3D Design
T: +44 (0)1392 475 010
F: +44 (0)1392 475 012
E: [email protected]
The Admissions Office
T: +44 (0)1392 475 010
F: +44 (0)1392 475 012
E: [email protected]
The Faculty of Arts, School of Architecture & Design, University of Plymouth, Earl Richards Road North, Exeter EX2 6AS, UK
3D Design at Plymouth .... Are you ready for it?
© Roy Tam, University of Plymouth 7 Nov 2005