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Clearing 2017

Clearing 2017

If you would like to discuss an opportunity to study with us, get in touch! Interior Design: Susan Jacobs: Susan.jacobs@northampton.ac.uk Vicki Thomas: Vicki.thomas@northampton.ac.uk Peter Kokins: Peter.kokins@northampton.ac.uk Product Design: Steve McGonigal: Steve.mcgonigal@northampton.ac.uk Friedemann Schaber: Friedemann.schaber@northampton.ac.uk Architectural Technology: Peter Kokins: Peter.kokins@northampton.ac.uk #ProductDesign #ArchitecturalTechnology #InteriorDesign

New Designers 2017

New Designers 2017

From 5th to 8th July our Product Design and Architecture Technology students are participating in a annual exhibition in London. The exhibition brings together graduating students around the country from various disciplines to showcase the best of their work. We are proud that our Product Design course has been a participant for several years running and since 2016 they have also been joined by our Architectural Technology students. We hope to see all those who are interested

Royal Society of Arts Student Design Awards 2017 – building on our success

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

Degree show 2017

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

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

Working with Industry

Working with Industry

Two of our Product Design 2nd year students have had the opportunity to work with Lord Design, a local design consultancy. They were asked to finish and paint large scale models for the BFG Monopoly game tokens. The objective was to achieve a good finish on the models to give them a similar appearance to that of the actual pieces. This was achieved through intricate sanding to keep the model details sharp and then using metallic effect spray paint. #ProductDesign

School Visit

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

STEAM Event

STEAM Event

On 8th of February, we took part in a STEAM event, which involved 15 local schools bringing groups of 8-year-old girls into the university. The children engaged in a variety of activities aimed to encourage girl to into science, technology, engineering, art and maths. Product Design hosted an activity called "Scrambled for Time", where the objective was to build a ramp out of K'Nex to roll an egg as far as possible for the chance to win a 3D printed prize of 'Norman the egg.'

Madrid Trip. November 2016

Freshers week

RPC Rushden Factory Tour

RPC Rushden Factory Tour

The Product Design department at the University of Northampton is maintaining a broad variety of live client engagement and factory trips to partner companies. Our team is currently working with RPC Company (Rigid Plastic Containers) in Rushden, a leading manufacturer producing structural plastic packaging, utilizing a blow moulding technology. Under the guidance of a former University of Northampton graduate, currently working as a staff member at RPC, our first-year Product

1+2 dimensions Exhibition

1+2 dimensions Exhibition

We are delighted to invite you all to our end-of-year exhibition held in the Avenue Campus Gallery! Our first- and second-year Architectural Technology, Interior Design and Product Design students will showcase their projects and ideas, including design spreads, scale models, sketchbooks and so much more! The exhibition will be open to the general public from the 29th April to 5th May, weekdays only from 10am to 4pm. The opening evening will take place on Thursday, 28th April

Degree Show 2016

Degree Show 2016

On 9th June, the University of Northampton School of the Arts will be opening their end-of-year Degree Show, an exhibition that celebrates the achievements and talents of our students. The 3D department will be represented by Architectural Technology, Interior Design, Product Design and Games Art students. As with last year, the event will welcome industry members, family members and friends as well. The night is to display the accomplishments of graduating third-year student

3D Printing in the Product Design Studio

3D Printing in the Product Design Studio

Cubex Trio 3D Printer The BSc Product Design course continues to embrace digital technologies in the development of product proposals. Students use industry standard software (SolidWorks) to develop sketch concepts into realistic design data representing the form and function of innovative ideas. However, for a product to be realised, it has to move from the digital environment to the physical environment, after all its users will be physical. Over reliance on a purely digita

Lord Design and bringing student projects to life...

Lord Design and bringing student projects to life...

The Product Design department at the University of Northampton aims to offer the students the chance of seeing their ideas actually made as much as possible. As a result, after the second-year Product Design students carried a conceptual design work for a lighting design client, this was given to Lord Design, a design studio based in the University's Innovation Centre, to develop for manufacture. The students were then invited to visit the Lord Design to see progress. The com

Xbox Games Night at Park Campus SU

Sketching Masterclass by Paul Piliste

Sketching Masterclass by Paul Piliste

The University of Northampton Product Design students had the opportunity of developing their hand drafting skills in a masterclass led by Paul Piliste, a first-class honours University of Northampton Product Design graduate, with three years experience designing plastic products and commercial interiors for Arnold Plastic Engineering. At the moment, he is furthering his studies at the Royal College of Art and is due to graduate this summer. The masterclass addressed the core

Manchester Trip 22/01/2016

Manchester Trip 22/01/2016

Our trip to Manchester had a very early start with a lot of sleepy faces, luckily there was plenty of time to catch a few winks! We arrived in Salford where the first point of interest was the Imperial War Museum. The groups overall impression of the museum was that the façade and exterior aesthetics were creative and set the building apart from the surrounding buildings. However, after exploring the inside of the museum, the majority of the group described the interior space

Subject Futures Week 2016

Subject Futures Week 2016

It's that time of the year when we open the doors of our School to many academia and Industry heavyweights from the world of Three-Dimensional Design among other art-based disciplines. With the students in mind, we have organised Subject Futures Week around their input in what events to hold which we gathered earlier on in the year. It is an exciting time of the year and extremeley beneficial to take part in. We welcome everyone in the 3D department to get involved! The timet

Royal Society of Arts

Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society of Arts' Student Design Awards have been an external independent measure of the student design talent for decades. They offer challenging relevant briefs to undergraduate designers in the UK and through Art & Design Colleges worldwide. Christopher Doyle, a Product Design BSc student has won this year for designing, 'Morty', a multifunctional educational toy with four modes of use. Morty's design incorporates packaging and up cycling of household waste as a p

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The courses Architectural Technology, Interior Design and Product design are all part of 3D department in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology. Whilst each of our subject specialisms have distinct differences we strive to promote a collaborative studio culture sharing ideas and experiences. Our intimately sized studio groups are perfect for such collaborations and allow students to not only make friends with future graduates of other industries, but also to open their view horizons to potentials and development. This page is about the joined story of our student journey.

EVENTS:

06/06/17: Adrem portfolio surgerues

09/06/17: 3DD degree show

05/07/17-08/07/17: New Designers exhibition London

13/07/17-16/07/17: Free Range exhibition London

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RSA winner Beyond Borders brief