Product Design for 15 - 17 Year Olds - Short Course at NTU

About

Nottingham Trent University
26 - 30 July 2021, Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm, one week
£450

This course is a series of practical workshops that'll introduce you to product design and innovation, from idea to manufacture.

You'll develop your design and interpersonal skills and consider new ways of thinking and better team building – essential tools for successful product design.

Several small projects will be completed as individuals and in teams throughout the week, developing your skills as a designer in a variety of different fields.

On this course you will:

- explore how to develop your innovation skills and provide solutions to design problems
- investigate how to create new concepts that appeal to audiences that might have differing needs and abilities
- undertake quick and practical workshops in sketching and presentation techniques
- identify ways in which new products can best be positioned in the busy market place, and how you can develop an effective branding and marketing strategy
- model development using everyday materials to convey simple design ideas
- build team spirit and refresh your creative thinking skills.

The course will include the following key activities:

- sketching and rendering
- CAD design and model making
- design and manufacture using obscure materials
- presentation techniques
- design futures (conceptual design and future design technologies)
- design theory, design analysis and deconstruction, and real world applications
- design processes and product analysis.

What will you gain?

This course is ideal if you plan on becoming a product designer in the future.

It's ideal if you are interested in working on projects that will strengthen your portfolio and which demonstrates new approaches in your work.

The ideal attendee will be ideas and solution-driven, open to new ways of working, thinking and able to work with others in a positive way.

"I enjoyed the variety of projects, the freedom to be creative and the sessions on drawing." RB

"I enjoyed that we could be so hands-on and creative. All of the sessions were well organised and very fun." CS

"I enjoyed making things out of weird materials." SP

Level: Open to all

Entry requirement: You should have an enthusiasm for design, making and materials, and an interest in developing your creative and technical skills.

Tutor profiles:

Luke Siena is a PhD Student in Medical Product Design/Smart Materials and Technologies at Nottingham Trent University.

He is also a lecturer in product design who delivers technology-based modules and content to undergraduate and Masters-level students in a variety of subject fields.

Luke's specialisms have allowed him to work in a range of areas including product design, medical design, smart technologies, engineering and design technology amongst others, acquiring a practical and multi-dimensional skills set which contributed to winning a PepsiCo Design Competition.

Hannah Manley graduated from NTU with BA (Hons) Product Design before continuing her studies in MSc Design: Products and Technology.

Coming from a BA background, Hannah has developed her graphics skills, presentation, and creative thinking and combined it with the analytical, problem-solving skills needed for medical-based products which she now pursues.

Her work revolves around user-centred design, including toy design and designing for accessibility.

With experience in large-scale furniture production, mass-manufacture homeware and bespoke furnishing design, Hannah has a mix of skills in CAD and hands-on design which are demanded by industry today.

Need accommodation for the summer?

You can book a self-catered, single room with private bathroom on our city campus, right next door to our studios and classrooms.

Doing your Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award?

This course can count as your Gold DofE Residential.