Royal Society of Arts Student Design Awards 2017 – building on our success
3D Design students at the University of Northampton have exceptional success in the internationally prestigious RSA Student Design Awards. http://sda.thersa.org Building on the winning successes of the last two years design student Antonia Lowe has won, in answer to the Beyond Borders brief, the Marketing Trust Award of £2,000 with her Culture Connects board game. http://sda.thersa.org/en/blog/designing-our-futures-announcing-the-2017-rsa-student-design-award-winners The RSA
RSA winner Beyond Borders brief
BA Interior Design student Antonia Lowe has today won the prestigious international RSA competition award for the brief ‘beyond borders’. We are very proud for Antonia and also cherish the idea of winning this award for two years running. It is an incredible achievement by our students and one to be very proud about. More information can be found here: http://sda.thersa.org/en/blog/designing-our-futures-announcing-the-2017-rsa-student-design-award-winners Ilustration of work
Degree show 2017
This years degree show will be held on the 9th of June. The official start is at 19:00 The 3D department will however hold its own ceremony to recognize its current graduates and this will be held at approximately 20:00 in MB14. Maidwell building. We hope to see all of our previous graduates, current students as well as prospective students in this day of celebration. Prospective and existing employers are also, as always, very welcome. #ArchitecturalTechnology #ProductDesign
School visit
On 01 of March we had the pleasure to host students from Halesowen School. The students were engaged in a task which combined the three programs we teach in the 3D department. The students were therefore to build a structure from given materials. The objectives were to build a structure that can hold a balloon, keep it as high as possible, use minimum amount of material and create a sense of enclosure for the model human. All of the teams finished the task but some structures
School Visit
On 22 of February we had the pleasure to host students from Morphet School in London. The students were engaged in a task which combined the three programs we teach in the 3D department. The students were therefore to build a structure from given materials. The objectives were to build a structure that can hold a balloon, keep it as high as possible, use minimum amount of material and create a sense of enclosure for the model human. Four concepts were made in a very short per
Light matters Exhibition. February 2017
Exhibition of first and second year Interior Design work. See more from the exhibition here #InteriorDesign
Subject Futures week. Guest Speaker from Mecanoo
During Subject futures week we had a variety of guest speakers, including Patrick Arends from the architects practice Mecanoo. See more from the talk here #InteriorDesign #ArchitecturalTechnology
Madrid Trip. November 2016
In November the 3D Design courses took a study trip to Madrid, between the 24th and 27th, while there the Interior Design Product Design and Architectural Technology students visited a variety of places. #InteriorDesign #ProductDesign #ArchitecturalTechnology
Freshers week
With the begging of the new year 3D department is eagerly waiting for arrival of new students. This year the department expects a total of 80 students joining the thriving culture 3D design. #ProductDesign #ArchitecturalTechnology #InteriorDesign
ID Studio 2
Delapre Abbey Stables - Remodel. Repurpose. Reuse. The focus of this project was to consider the contextual and design issues when proposing the remodeling of a historic building, in this case, the conversion of a 19th century stable block to a light industrial complex, specialising in artisan production methods using traditional and contemporary technologies. The second-year Interior Design students were given the following brief: "The stable block is located in the grounds
