Furniture and Product Design BA (Hons) at Northumbria University

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.

Faculty: School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries  |  Duration: 3 years Full Time or 4 years with a placement (sandwich)/study abroad  |  Study mode: full-time (optional placement/sandwich year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Design Cultures, Design Theory, Studio Skills, Design Projects, Interchange 1 – Experimental Processes; Year 2 core modules: 3D Design: Making, 3D Design: CAD and Communication, 3D Design: Projects, 3D Design: Context, Interchange 2 – Emerging Issues and Practices; Year 4 core modules: Professional Design Practice, Major Design Project, Critical Design Evaluation, Interchange 3 – Contemporary Challenges and Design Futures. Optional modules include Creative Studio 1, Creative Studio 2.

Career pathways

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.

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