3D DESIGN
Aims The subject aims to foster creativity , increase practical skills and improve investigation , communication and research abilities whilst working with the latest technology . Threedimensional design is a way of seeing things and making sense of the designed and built world around us . Three-dimensional design is defined here as the design , prototyping and modelling or making of primarily functional and aesthetic products , objects , and environments , drawing upon intellectual , creative and practical skills .
Skills Students will design , prototype and model or make ; products , objects , and environments , using intellectual , creative and practical skills . Students will generate , develop , refine , and record ideas . They will follow their own creative pathway reinventing existing products or inventing new ones . They will improve their creative skills through a predominantly practical course involving materials , techniques , media processes , and technologies .
Content Discover the way sources inspire the development of ideas relevant to three-dimensional design including how sources relate to historical , contemporary , cultural , social , environmental and creative contexts . Students explore how ideas , feelings , forms , and purposes generate responses that address specific needs , be they personal or determined by external factors such as the requirements of an individual client ’ s expectations , needs of an intended audience or details of a specific commission .
Areas of study could include architectural design , product design , jewellery and body adornment , interior design , environmental / landscape / garden design , exhibition design , 3D digital design , designs for theatre , film and television , stop frame animation , model making , workshop making , 3D printing , laser cutting , computer aided design , the Adobe suite , graphic communication , experimenting with materials and robotic sculpture .
Enrichment The department is a hub of independent creative and practical exploration through extended access to the makerspace with technical support . This encourages the development of ideas using the rapid prototyping capabilities of the laser cutter and the bank of 3D printers . Clubs like First Tech Robotics , Coding and Adobe , allow further exploration and realisation of ideas . Talks are delivered through the training partnership and our well-established links with Loughborough University ’ s design engineering department . Trips to the Design Museum and London Gallery visits help to stimulate a wider understanding of the influences on the subject .
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