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

On this course, you’ll gain a hands-on experience of 3D printing, with opportunities to explore materials and see how the equipment works, and to develop a personal project. Artists and designers of all backgrounds use 3D printing to create models and parts, from simple forms to detailed working prototypes. It’s a technology that’s become a quick and affordable means to produce one-off items. This course is therefore aimed at professionals and hobbyists of all backgrounds and abilities who are interested in architecture, craft, art and design. There’ll be demonstrations, 1-2-1...

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...

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...

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 is aimed at those who have gained an understanding of CAD for fashion print and textile design through professional experience or by having attended a beginner’s course at NTU or elsewhere. It is suitable for those wishing to improve and expand their CAD skills, with a focus on enhancing your software knowledge further to enable you to create of a wider variety of designs. As well as group project-based discussions and demonstrations, individual one-to-one sessions will allow for more personalised tutoring. Ideally you will bring with you projects...

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...

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 is not an old-fashioned still-life drawing course. Over the two days, you’ll learn how to draw and illustrate your own imagined designs and concepts, using drawing to refine and develop a three-dimensional form. Freehand drawing is a fundamental skill of the professional designer. It’s used extensively within the design industry to communicate an early idea and concept (before the computer aided design and modelling begins). This course is therefore aimed at anyone involved in 3D art and design who would like to improve their drawing skills. It’s ideal for...

On this course, you’ll gain a hands-on experience of laser cutting, with opportunities to explore materials and see how the equipment works, and to develop a personal project. Artists and designers of all backgrounds use laser cutting to create models and parts, from simple forms to detailed working prototypes. It’s a technology that’s become a quick and affordable means to produce one-off items. This course is therefore aimed at professionals and hobbyists of all backgrounds and abilities who are interested in architecture, craft, art and design. There’ll be demonstrations, 1-2-1...