BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design

University of Plymouth has opted into the TEF and received a Silver award. Find out more about the TEF.Do you want to design objects and experiences that transform people’s lives and steer the world towards a more desirable and sustainable future? Set within our interdisciplinary design studio, our Product and Furniture Design course is taught in parallel with our Interior Design course. Specialist pathways enable our award-winning students to explore a range of three-dimensional design practices. On this course you will develop the skills, knowledge and portfolio to become either a specialist Designer for Industry, or a Designer Maker, or combine specialisms to become a 3D Designer. Over 3 years you will have the chance to visit leading design studios, to participate in European design culture trips and options to study abroad through the University’s exchange programme. You will work on live projects with real world design briefs. You will get the inside track on career opportunities through our links with industry experts such as Lego, Dyson and Heatherwick Studio. You will have the option to include a year’s work experience placements to augment your graduating CV and portfolio. Our course is professionally accredited by the Chartered Society of Designers. Our Designer Maker discipline is also sponsored by the Furniture Makers Company.• Experience a range of three-dimensional design disciplines to make informed choices about the area of specialism that’s right for you. Explore the design of products, furniture, ceramics, lighting and interiors.• Excellent workshop facilities staffed by approachable technicians. Take advantage of wood, metal and ceramics workshops, engage with print and textile studios. Combine conventional making processes and equipment with pioneering digital manufacturing technologies.• Work in a vibrant interdisciplinary studio that’s open until midnight, with computer-aided design (CAD) stations and access to virtual and augmented design technologies.• Learn in small groups and through one-to-one tutorials, we have no imposed ‘house style’, so you develop your own unique design identity and voice. • Exclusive talks and insights from creative professionals from the UK’s leading design companies like Ideo, Tangerine, Pinch, Tom Raffield and Sebastian Cox.• Build an industry relevant portfolio with fresh projects starting every five or six weeks. Your assessments are 100 per cent coursework – so there are no exams.• Join our community of current and past students, many of whom are winning world-class design competitions. After the course: Plymouth graduates are skilled, responsible, knowledgeable, articulate and able to make the most of today’s job opportunities. They are working in major design practices, setting up design consultancies and working as designer makers. Many progress onto postgraduate study.