Course Overview - Product and Furniture Design (Professional Placement Year)
**Learn to address the future needs and challenges of sustainable production through materials, making and innovation on this contemporary Furniture Design degree.**
- Develop the practical and critical design skills you need to flourish in the global workplace through interdisciplinary, project focused study.
- Learn principles of sustainability and explore materials through traditional and digital processes in our excellent workshops.
- Taught by design and industry experts, you’ll become a confident, creative, digitally-literate and criti...
**Learn to address the future needs and challenges of sustainable production through materials, making and innovation on this contemporary Furniture Design degree.**<br/><br/><br/>- Develop the practical and critical design skills you need to flourish in the global workplace through interdisciplinary, project focused study.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn principles of sustainability and explore materials through traditional and digital processes in our excellent workshops.<br/><br/><br/>- Taught by design and industry experts, you’ll become a confident, creative, digitally-literate and critical designer.<br/><br/><br/>Want a career in design? If youre motivated by making, this innovative product and furniture design course is for you.<br/><br/>Taught by industry professionals, our Product and Furniture Design degree enables you to build a foundation of technical and practical design skills and explore manufacturing processes, from traditional techniques to computer-aided design (CAD) and digital fabrication. You’ll work with a wide range of materials and develop your unique creative vision through practical, project-based briefs.<br/><br/>Essential professional skills and entrepreneurship are at the heart of the course. You’ll become a flexible problem-solver and expert collaborator, providing you with new opportunities as a designer in a sustainable, digital and global economy.<br/><br/>See what were making on Instagram: @product_bathschoolofdesign and @bathschoolofdesign <br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where a student undertakes a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between the students second and third years of undergraduate study. Students can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) themselves with support from the Careers & Employability Team.