1st Edition
The Design Student's Handbook Your Essential Guide to Course, Context and Career
504 Pages
by
Routledge
504 Pages
by
Routledge
504 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how do they interrelate? How does design theory and context help you improve your studio work? What do you need to know by the end of your course to get a good career? What can you do to become a knowledgeable designer and improve your skills so that you stand out from the crowd?
Whether you are already studying design, thinking about... Read more
Part I: What is design? 1. Introduction 2. Craft Design 3. Fashion and textile design 4. Graphic Design 5. Interactive media design 6. Spatial design 7. Theatre, film and television studies 8. Three-dimensional design Part II: What do you need to know? 9. How to succeed as a design student 10. Being creative and innovative 11. Appreciating aesthetics 12. Working with colour Part III: What does it all mean? 13. Design history, culture and context 14. Future directions Part IV: What's next? 15. So, where is this going to take you? 16. Working for yourself
Biography
Jane Bartholomew is a Lecturer in Textile Design and the Quality Manager in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. As an experienced design practitioner, she has run her own textile design business and undertaken consultancy work. Her interest in the ways students learn fuels her present research interests.
Steve Rutherford is a Lecturer in Furniture and Product Design in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University. He has wide experience working in the industry as an Ergonomist, Design Consultant and Industrial Designer.
