BSc (Hons) Product and Furniture Design (Top-up) at Buckinghamshire New University

Completed a foundation-level degree, HND, or equivalent qualifications in a relevant Art and Design subject? Top-up your studies to gain a full bachelor’s degree in Product and Furniture Design. If you want to socially and responsibly, create and make innovative and forward thinking designs, then this degree can help you level-up your skills and knowledge to lean towards an environmentally aware and technologically innovative approach, which is supported by a sound understanding of cultural and critical insight and user behaviour.

Faculty: Creative Arts and Design  |  Duration: One Year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

During your top-up year you’ll delve into how design must be structured, analysed, controlled and assessed in order that functions can be achieved by manufacturing in an efficient and economical way. You’ll explore design methods that allow products to be manufactured, assembled and disassembled more efficiently, thus producing designs that are higher quality, easier to maintain, and are more efficient in the use of resources over their entire life cycle. Core modules include Professional Practice, Final Major Project Research, Final Major Project, Design for Manufacture, Dissertation.

Career pathways

With a range of new skills and experience working in a professional environment, you’ll have many qualities employers look for. Dr Elisavet Kalpaxi Roles include product designer, industrial designer, automotive designer, model maker, design engineer, exhibition and event designer, furniture and kitchen designer, display designer, CAD visualiser and technician, Production and Set Designer or Prop Designer and Maker.

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