Design (Product Design) PolyU Design

Overview

Apart from formal art and design training, cutting edge compulsory subjects in the program include user experience design, co-creation with and for stakeholders, digital literacy and fabrication, and AI in design practice.

Aims and Objectives 

The Design (Product Design) program at PolyU Design prepares future product designers to shape the sustainable material culture of our society as well as initiate positive social and economic value change. Interweaving hands-on and theoretical training in the human-centred design curriculum framework, this programme aims to enable lifelong learners to devise products and users experience of the product-service system. 

Students will master the users-oriented research and integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge to carry out the user-scenarios study, cultural appreciation, sustainability, business and technology opportunities study, ergonomic and engineering criteria, production and promotion know-how, and meet the emerging needs of both the market and society of Hong Kong and the rapidly evolving areas such as interactive product, internet of things, the product with artificial intelligence and robotic design.

Career Prospects 

Graduates of the BA (Hons) in Design (Product Design) can pursue various choices of careers upon graduation. They will be Product/Industrial/Interaction Designers or User Experience (UX) Designers in interactive or intelligence products, wearable technology and fashion accessories, interactive entertainment products, robotic products, emerging product-service system design fields etc. 

They can also develop their career paths in the field of coordinating, managing or curating creative and social innovation projects in governmental or non-governmental organizations. Graduates are prepared to apply for seed funding and establish starts-up as designpreneur or employed by product design consultancies, user/product research organizations, or educators to promote creativity in Hong Kong and overseas.