The design modules promote creativity, aesthetic sensibility and intellectual enquiry, together with the skills needed to work individually and in groups in developing design proposals. Design projects are taught in small groups in Year 1 (Credit Level 4), and students in Year 2 and Year 3 (Credit Levels 5 and 6) are organised within a studio system which facilitates peer-group learning. The work produced in the design studios forms the basis of your design portfolio through which you will prepare for practice/employment, or in support of your application for postgraduate study. Technical skills, cultural context, design management and economics, and the commercial aspects of interiors necessary for practice are integrated with design projects.
You will be assessed through your design portfolio, design project work and an academic portfolio, along with visual and oral presentations in the form of individual or group seminars, tutorials and presentations of design project work.
Study visits
London as an international city has a rich and varied range of galleries, museums and cultural venues. Throughout the year you will undertake visits to exhibitions, buildings and events that support and underpin your work within the course. There are opportunities to study abroad within the University’s exchange arrangements.