Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
Highlights Create innovative, attractive, sustainable and user-friendly products and systems. Learn the technical aspects of design, design management, CAID (computer-aided industrial design) technology, business, ergonomics, aesthetics, visualisation and design leadership. Graduates work as industrial designers, service designers, usability experts, interaction or interface designers, user-experience designers, corporate identity designers, new product…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
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Create innovative, attractive, sustainable and user-friendly products and systems.
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Learn the technical aspects of design, design management, CAID (computer-aided industrial design) technology, business, ergonomics, aesthetics, visualisation and design leadership.
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Graduates work as industrial designers, service designers, usability experts, interaction or interface designers, user-experience designers, corporate identity designers, new product developers, model makers, special effects producers, design researchers and computer aided design experts.
Finding a balance between beauty and practicality takes expert knowledge. That’s why this hands-on program gets you involved with the design of realistically detailed products suitable for manufacture with a focus on real-world industry engagement.
Your degree will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where, working with students from other disciplines, you’ll focus on problems and social issues, and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community. Your introductory studies include learning the creative design process, technical aspects of product design, design management and computer-aided industrial design (CAID) technology.
You will progress to a deeper understanding of systems design including human factors and ergonomics, design research, coupled with innovation, aesthetics, marketing, cultural and social values, and design leadership. Later in your degree you will be able to transfer skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience with work integrated learning.
Why choose this course?
As emerging materials and technologies develop, industrial designers are discovering better ways to create the products, services and systems that improve people’s everyday life, positively impact the environment and tackle complex problems. Industrial design covers the creative and technical process of determining and defining a product’s form and features prior to production. It also envisions new ways for design to positively influence the problems we face in the 21st Century. So, if you want your designs to have an impact in the real world, this degree could be just what you need.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates have an outstandingrecord of achievement nationally and internationally in diverse careers for companies such as British Airways, Boeing, Adidas, Marvel Studios and Doctors Without Borders. Many graduates work as industrial designers in industrial design consultancies or design departments of product manufacturers, or as entrepreneurs.
- to create your future in industrial design management, strategic design, creative business ownership, entrepreneurship and business start-up ventures, across fields such as product, interface or usability design.
- to gain skills creating and developing innovative, attractive, sustainable and user-friendly products and systems, you may work in fields such as mechanical engineering, transport, service development or manufacturing.
- to develop skills as an in-house lawyer for industrial designers, corporate identity designers, new product developers, or as an intellectual property lawyer.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
