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Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Location
Newcastle City Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
22-SEP-25
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
The Furniture & Product Design course is based on the idea that knowing how to make something enables a designer to expertly explore functionality and the potential for beauty in material culture.
You will be taught to become a skilled designer, maker and to think carefully about the broader cultural, environmental and commercial context for your practice.
Formerly known as '3D Design', this course has created graduates ready to contribute thoughtful and relevant design work for over 25 years. Alumni of the programme have made an impact in a range of professional settings designing lighting for companies like Anglepoise, developing complex furniture systems for airports, working alongside world-famous sculptors and in hundreds of other creatively rewarding settings.
You will learn within a vibrant studio and workshop-based community and be taught and assessed via a wide range of exciting design briefs.
Careers & Employability
The Furniture & Product Design course has educated a significant number of successful designers over its 25-year plus history. Our graduates go on to pursue careers as designers and makers across the creative industries sector, including in furniture and product design studios, designing for manufacture, interaction design, in communications and branding and within the art world. As a student, you will develop the theoretical and practical skills required by professional practice within these fields and beyond.
A post-graduation Designers in Residence scheme supported by the course staff has also enabled entrepreneurial graduates to set up businesses, including the Deadgood furniture brand and David Irwin Studios.
Mode of Study
3 years Full Time or 4 years with a placement (sandwich)/study abroad
Application deadline
30/06/2025
Tuition fees
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