Furniture and Product Design (Hons) Northumbria University

Overview

You will be taught to become a skilled designer, maker and to think carefully about the broader cultural, environmental and commercial context for your practice.

Formerly known as '3D Design', this Furniture and Product Design (Hons) programme at  Northumbria University  has created graduates ready to contribute thoughtful and relevant design work for over 25 years. Alumni of the programme have made an impact in a range of professional settings; designing lighting for companies like Anglepoise, developing complex furniture systems for airports, working alongside world-famous sculptors and in hundreds of other creatively rewarding settings.

You will learn within a vibrant studio and workshop-based community and be taught and assessed via a wide range of exciting design briefs.

Careers and Employability

The Furniture & Product Design course has educated a significant number of successful designers over its 25-year plus history. 

Graduates go on to pursue careers as designers and makers across the creative industries sector, including in furniture and product design studios, designing for manufacture, interaction design, in communications and branding and within the art world. 

As a student, you will develop the theoretical and practical skills required by professional practice within these fields and beyond.