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BA (HONS) THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN:
IDEA MATERIAL OBJECT
In his book ‘The Sciences of the Artificial’ Nobel Prize winner Herbert Simon describes design as the process that gives form to ideas. This course will allow you to investigate that process and identify your role within it. You will learn how to work with ideas, from whatever spark or source, and see how they are creatively transformed by engagement with materials and processes, and understand how to value new thinking and share the results of this with a global audience.
This course is aimed at the individual who is interested in taking a philosophical and purposeful approach to the act of designing and making. Through investigation into design of the physical, you will interrogate; ideas, materials and objects, exploring the principles of economic, social and ecological sustainability.’
Through creative problem solving you will construct objects for utility, aesthetics, and identity. Outcomes encompass one off craft artefacts and bespoke solutions through to batch produced objects, across areas such as lighting, tableware, furniture and product; domestic and commercial, interior and exterior. Processes will range from hand forming through conventional machining to cutting edge digital technologies such as rapid prototyping, CNC milling, laser cutting and digital textile and ceramic printing using a range of media including ceramic, fabric, metal, wood, plastic and glass.
For an insight into our thinking please visit our course site; imo.artbathspa.com or download the brochure.
Application detail can be found on the UCAS website, Course Code WW2R, or follow this link. For further information about the University please visit the main Bath Spa University website.