Product Design

**Develop your creative skills and professional practice. Youll work with industry clients to design products that make a difference.**<br/><br/>Develop your skills in product design and professional practice.<br/><br/>As part of this course, you’ll:<br/><br/><br/>- Gain insight into user requirements, economic, environmental and ethical considerations, as well as materials, manufacturing, production and industry capabilities <br/><br/><br/>- Use your insights to help inform the design of your products<br/><br/><br/>- Design a range of products for both commercial and domestic use, including furniture, interior products, consumer goods and sustainable products<br/><br/><br/>- Work on live industry briefs, which will ensure you’ll be working in real world settings to design products that make a positive contribution to the world around us<br/><br/><br/>**Find out more**<br/><br/>**Our students and graduates**<br/>Our students have designed for Tommee Tippee, Lego, Nestle, Asda, High Tech Lighting and TRIG Creative amongst many others. Ed Barber of BarberOsgerby, designers of the Olympic Torch, is a graduate of this course. <br/><br/>**Specialist facilities**<br/>Our design studios provide you with a flexible working space, with computers integrated into the working environment. A textile space is also nestled next to a lecture area with digital projection equipment.<br/><br/>**Guest Lectures**<br/>We often run a number of guest lectures and workshops throughout the year, both on campus and in conjunction with external organisations. The INSIDE/OUT lecture series brings together some of the most exciting names from the fields of art, architecture, design, fashion, film, music, performing arts and beyond. You can catch up on previous lectures by visiting the Leeds Arts Research Centre site.<br/><br/>**Why study Product Design at Leeds Beckett University...**<br/>- Tutors with extensive professional experience and networks<br/><br/><br/>- Opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience<br/><br/><br/>- Close links to industry and creative businesses<br/><br/><br/>- Study within one of the largest university arts communities in the north, with 3000 students spread across over 40 courses<br/><br/><br/>- Leeds thriving creative sector has countless opportunities for product designers on our doorstep<br/>