Each of the modules in our integrated industrial design master's complements the others; the knowledge and understanding from each will accumulate to provide you with the skills and knowledge needed to become a successful industrial or product designer.

Compulsory

The aim of this module is to introduce postgraduate design students to the principles and practice of human-centered research to identify opportunities for the design of product and service experiences.

The aim of the module is:

  • To develop knowledge of and competence with a range of ideation techniques along with analogue and digital visual communication methods commonly used in industrial design.
  • To develop knowledge of technologies associated with industrial design and suggest the integration of such technologies into the process of designing products.
  • To explore emerging technologies and consider the possible impact on future industrial design practice.

The aim of this module is to enable students to identify AI opportunities in a Product (Service) Design context, critically understand, and apply the four stages of the AI Design Process. Analyse the steps to build a process/business case through assessing the needs of stakeholders, mapping the process, cost modeling, assessing technical readiness, prioritising opportunities, and asking key questions.

Compulsory

The aim of this module is to provide students with:

  • A Foundational understanding of business and enterprise structures, associated models and templates, when applied to the commercialisation of a product;
    A Foundational understanding of marketing of a product and how to present and communicate the attributes of a product to attract investment; and,
    To raise awareness of the context of their design decision-making within an International market and Global challenges.

     

Sustainable product design and manufacturing processes are now expected in the design industry, to reduce the impact of products and services on people and planet. This module introduces industry tools and practices that help designers design more sustainable outcomes.

The aim of the module is to undertake and manage the formation of a product design project (to be completed in DSP859: Major Project Development and Delivery) from ideation and exploration through to design proposal and design specification. The module covers the identification of a design problem/opportunity followed by appropriate research then ideation, concept generation and selection, and concluding with an optimised product design proposal that satisfies an agreed project brief and detailed product design specification.

Compulsory

The aim of the module is to undertake and manage the development and delivery of the design project proposed in DSP875: Major Project Discovery and Definition into a validated design proposal suitable for manufacture. The module includes further concept development and selection, design development, prototyping, appropriate evaluation, and design for manufacture. To conclude with a feasible, manufacturable design proposal that satisfies the agreed project brief and product specification from DSP875: Major Project Discovery and Definition.