Product Design BA (Hons)

Course overview

Join over half a century of successful product design graduates by studying this renowned degree course at Teesside University and learn how to develop and make your designs across the full breadth of industries from transportation to film.

About the course
Product design is about making your imagination a reality and our product design course provides you with the skills and knowledge for careers across the design industry in roles from consultant to in-house designer, from small independent businesses to large-scale manufacturers. Graduates of this degree have broad career options with many successful alumni from major companies and consultancies such as Dyson, Philips, E3 Design and Seymour Powell returning to share their experiences from the automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, furniture, packaging and film industries.

What you learn
Build your practice as a product designer from drawing to computer-aided design (CAD), model-making to 3D scanning, rapid prototyping to desktop routing. You develop your understanding of aesthetics, form, function, ergonomics, manufacturing, usability, interaction, inclusive and sustainable design. While training to become a product designer, you learn to be a creative problem-solver, progress your design ideas and cultivate critical thinking individually and through teamwork. This makes for a very hands-on, dynamic culture developing both traditional and digital skills through drawing, modelling and experimentation.

At Teesside University we offer a hands-on approach to developing professional practice in our superbly equipped workshops and open plan design studios, where you learn the traditional and digital skills to work in the design field. In this dynamic setting, you apply your learning to a range of commercial design projects and develop your professional, business and marketing skills. Recent industry-focused live projects include furniture, consumer goods, disability aids and playground equipment.

Career opportunities

Graduates from this programme are versatile creatives who pursue careers in solo, small enterprise or more corporate set-ups across the world. Typical destinations are in furniture and lighting design, domestic and household products, fashion accessories, electronics and gadgets, cars and transportation. You could work at all levels as designer, maker, retailer, manager or prototyper.

Product Design at Teesside has a long tradition of educating leading designers who have been employed by national and international companies, including Aston Martin, Philips, Seymourpowell, Jaguar Land Rover, Teague and Dyson.