Overview
This practical course encourages students to respond to three-dimensional design projects through the use of creative drawing and other visual recording techniques; model making and material experiments. Students will evaluate their work and critically analyse the work of others.
Rather than being technology based, the course appeals to students who are keen to express their creative skills.
You will explore a broad range of practical 3D/2D skills whilst embedding the fundamentals of design. You will then apply the skills you have learned in briefs using research, development of ideas and refinement to finished pieces. All work is carried out in sketchbooks, prototypes and model making. You will cover a range of techniques including use of tools and workshop machinery.
Your practical work follows a pathway of analytical research of artists’ work, development and idea refinement to final practical pieces within the exploration of a given theme. Personal exploration is encouraged, as are independent student work, thought and idea generation.
Students develop individual projects driven by contextual research of designers that reflect their interest in design such as: Product Design, Architectural Design, Interior Architecture, Lighting Design, Small Scale Furniture Design. This culminates with them producing an original and imaginative three-dimensional manufactured object.
Throughout your studies, you will have access to our dedicated Art and Design studios. The 3D Design and Technology studios are fully equipped to allow you to develop your skills and experiment artistically in a safe and creative environment.
What will the 3D Design A-Level course prepare me for?
Students who study this course go on to further study in a wide variety of careers, for instance;
- Architecture
- Interior/spatial design
- 3-dimensional design
- Product design
- Exhibition design
- Design for television
- Stage and film
- Model making
- Environmental design
- Sculpture
- Furniture design
- Transport design
- Ceramics
Progression
Design plays an increasingly important role in the world. The skills that students learn on this course and the qualification at the end will support their application for an enormous range of careers and university courses. 3D Design could lead to a number of exciting careers including: Product Design, Design Engineering, Architecture, Spatial Architecture, Landscape Design, Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Environmental Design and Teaching.