Industrial design is an exciting and rapidly evolving profession. AUT industrial and product design graduates are award-winning and well-prepared for a changing future. Join us, and gain practical skills and industry connections.
Industrial design at AUT focuses on good design for a better world. Products we design can be tangible, three-dimensional manufactured objects like consumer products, furniture, packaging, medical and sports equipment, or they can be systems, services and interfaces, always with innovation as a main driver.
At AUT, you work in open plan design studios and have access to world-class technologies, facilities and workshops.
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This is part of the Bachelor of Design Te Tohu Paetahi mō te Hoahoa.
The Industrial Design major is future focused, and throughout your studies you'll work with industry in creative ways to solve real-life problems through good design for a range of industrial design projects.
You'll be introduced to industrial design practice, design processes and design thinking. Your design studio projects will be hands-on and collaborative, and you'll develop fundamental design skills, theories and processes.
You'll spend time in our workshops making things and be introduced to key drawing and communication skills.
You'll undertake more sophisticated creative projects and deepen your knowledge of industrial and product design practice. This includes working with industry-standard digital modelling software, and building an understanding of industrial manufacturing technologies.
We'll help you work through your own design project from initial ideation, through research and development, to prototyping and exhibition. You'll focus on human-centred design and position your work in terms of existing theory and practice.
The year ends in a public exhibition where you can show your work to the public.
*Two 15-point courses or one 30-point course.
You work more independently on product design projects, in partnership with industry partners like:
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