Университет Данди, BDes (Hons), Jewellery and Metal Design

This course involves a comprehensive introduction to workshop practice and the design processes relating to jewellery and metal design; an analytical approach to materials and techniques is common to all set projects that gradually allow students to develop personal themes in order to express competently their individual designs; the course encourages innovation and excellence relevant to all design processes, production techniques and market opportunities within the context of jewellery and metal design; the development of small product design, as well as fashion-based design, has been integrated into the course; students are encouraged to develop a personal working philosophy and prepare themselves for a career within the national and international design world. Level 2: Learning design through making 1: introduces a broad foundation of knowledge and experience and develops a range of basic technical and practical skills; learning design through making 2: develops visual skills and an appreciation of the relevance of visual research and investigation and develops skills required for presentation of ideas and creative work; learning design through making 3: develops a range of technical and practical knowledge and visual awareness and a professional approach to design matters; computer-aided design (CAD): an introduction to computer-aided design; design history, theory and practice: historical and contemporary review. Level 3: theory and professional practice: encourages maturity and development through innovation and excellence and develops a high level of technical competence to carry out unsupervised workshop procedures; computer-aided design; overseas study trip; optional European or international student exchange; design history, theory and practice: design futures and professional practice. Level 4: degree project and mission: encourages the development of a working personal philosophy and preparation for a career in the world of design, and nurtures the development of individual approaches in the language of aesthetics, design concepts and research methods; design history, theory and practice: design dissertation and research outcomes in history, theory and practice.

This course aims primarily to provide students with an intellectual and creative stimulus, thus encouraging debate concerning specific aspects of perception and aesthetics within contemporary jewellery and product design; great emphasis is placed on drawing as a means of recording and developing concepts related to the structure and form of jewellery, fashion and small products; the course develops a constant awareness of the social and historical context of jewellery and metal design, and at the same time illustrating the close links that exist between the other design disciplines as well as fine art and architecture.