(Hons) Product Design

Overview

With links to the design industry, collaboration with agencies, placement opportunities, and support to launch business start-ups, this course aims to develop the product designers of the future.

It aims to enable students of BA (Hons) Product Design degree at the University of Lincoln to enable students to become skilled, conscientious, creative designers, and shrewd product developers, with an understanding of target markets and consumer experiences. Above all, we aim to develop curious graduates who are confident practitioners prepared for a life in the industry.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities exist in design consultancies and agencies, as well as in-house design departments. Some of our most recent graduates have progressed to roles including Packaging and Trims Designer at Joules, Assistant Design Manager at Playscheme, Junior Designer at GES – Global Experience Specialists, Senior Furniture Designer at Next, Design Accounts Manager at The Future Factory, Designer at Dunelm, and 3D and RP Designer at Hotter Shoes.

Some become freelance designers, while others have established their own design consultancies, with the help of the University’s business incubation unit, Sparkhouse.Graduate Joep Peters currently works as 3D Generalist at Peek Creative Studios in the Netherlands. Since graduating he has worked on films including Pacific Rim Uprising, Assassins Creed, The Martian, Guardians of the Galaxy, Prometheus, and Superman: Man of Steel.