Product design and 3D printing courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

This diverse two year course provides you with the opportunities to explore the rich and diverse world of the creative industries through fields such as Art, Design, Sculpture, Illustration, Fashion and many others. As a complementary programme to the Centre’s suite of specialist L3 Extended DIplomas this allows you a journey of creative discovery to establish where you may wish to specialise in higher education or industry. This programme will enable you to make full use of all possibilities and will unleash your creativity through a broad range of technical...

On this practical, Apple Mac-based course, you’ll learn how to experiment with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to enhance your creativity and technical skills to create innovative digital textile designs and patterns. This course is ideal for textile and fashion print designers at the start of their career. So long as you’ve an interest in textiles, fashion or surface pattern design you’ll be welcome to attend. Ideally you’ll bring to the course textile or fashion print designs that you’re currently working on or which inspire you, so as to ensure you...

On this course, you’ll learn the basics of the computer programmes needed for effective 2D and 3D design. Programmes taught will include AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Solid Works. It's a course that is very useful for designers and professionals working in 2D and 3D who have had little design software experience. It can also support other studies, if you feel your CAD skills are in need of a boost. To attend this course you must understand basic computer functions and file navigation – this is not a course suitable...

On this course, you’ll learn the basics of the computer programmes needed for effective 2D and 3D design. Programmes taught will include AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Solid Works. It's a course that is very useful for designers and professionals working in 2D and 3D who have had little design software experience. It can also support other studies, if you feel your CAD skills are in need of a boost. To attend this course you must understand basic computer functions and file navigation – this is not a course suitable...

Explore contemporary approaches to car design on this unique one-week course. The car industry has seen rapid changes to how vehicles are designed: whilst the trend is to use digital technologies to create visuals, every great car design begins with an idea on paper. On this course you’ll build confidence in getting your ideas down on paper and develop fundamental design skills. You’ll take your ideas from sketches into perspective drawings that could be used by 3D modellers in the design process. The course is ideal if you’re interested in...

This course is a series of practical workshops that'll introduce you to product design and innovation, from idea to manufacture. You'll develop your design and interpersonal skills and consider new ways of thinking and better team building – essential tools for successful product design. Several small projects will be completed as individuals and in teams throughout the week, developing your skills as a designer in a variety of different fields. On this course you will: - explore how to develop your innovation skills and provide solutions to design problems -...

This course will help you visualise a space, read and scale down technical drawings, and find solutions to some of the challenges of architectural model making. It's ideal for anyone interested in model making such as hobbyists and architecture professionals as well as theatre set designers, photographers and artists who'll find the skills transferrable to their own practice. To attend this course no previous experience of model making is necessary - just plenty of enthusiasm. It’s taught in NTU’s model making workshops, a well-equipped, dedicated learning space run by experienced...

This course provides you with technical skills related to interior design and, most importantly, the application of computer-aided design within the profession. It’s an ideal opportunity to enhance existing interior design skills, and is perfect if you’re new to CAD and want to add this valuable knowledge to your work and CV. During the three days, the various practical elements will give you an understanding of the key skills required to bring a project together. The step-by-step processes will help you make informed design decisions based on the opportunities and...

This course combines practical workshops, lectures and group critiques that will introduce you to product design and innovation, from idea to manufacture. It’s an ideal introduction, especially if you are thinking about a change of career or future studies. It’s also ideal if you’re interested in working on projects that will strengthen your professional portfolio and which demonstrate new approaches in your work. For this course, the ideal attendee will be ideas and solution-driven, open to new ways of working and able to work with others in a positive way....

This course combines practical workshops, lectures and group critiques that will introduce you to product design and innovation, from idea to manufacture. It’s an ideal introduction, especially if you are thinking about a change of career or future studies. It’s also ideal if you’re interested in working on projects that will strengthen your professional portfolio and which demonstrate new approaches in your work. For this course, the ideal attendee will be ideas and solution-driven, open to new ways of working and able to work with others in a positive way....