At DMU the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities brings together award-winning student work, world-leading research and the innovative thinking of our many creative disciplines. As an acknowledged leader in creative education, we work tirelessly to give our students a rich and rewarding experience. Our strong industry links, placements, lectures by industry professionals and opportunities to work on live commercial briefs all equip them to realise their full potential and enter the workplace ready to make a valuable contribution from the beginning.
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ART & DESIGN DEGREE SHOW /18 We are delighted that you have joined us for our Art & Design Degree Show. We are very proud to celebrate the diverse, original and innovative work of our final year students and to showcase the exciting creations of the next generation of artists and designers from our architecture, art, design and fashion undergraduate courses.
Our graduates go on to work for high-profile brands such as the BBC, Mothercare, Abercrombie & Fitch, Dyson, BMW, Next and Adidas. We were delighted that our expertise in preparing our students for the workplace was recognised by the 2017 British Industrial Design Association (BIDA) survey which voted our Design Products programmes joint third in the UK for producing the most employable graduates. Each year we recognise many student successes and experiences, here are just some of them. Design Crafts students won the coveted ‘Best Stand Award’ at the influential New Designers exhibition in London. Whilst Textile Design student Sophie Hingston won the W’innovate and Wilko Award with her collection of home interiors of textiles with hand-drawn designs. Design Crafts graduate Alice Funge also won the prestigious Sainsbury’s ‘One to Watch’ Design Award and New Designers National Trust Artisan and Craft Associate Prize.
Our Fine Art students took part in The Art of Sustainability Festival in Florida which focuses on debate around issues of sustainability and the environment. They experienced first-hand the commissioning of a large-scale public art piece that was seen alongside internationally renowned artists such as Kevin Duval, Tom Brewitz and John Weber. They described the experience as challenging and life-changing. From the catwalk of London’s Graduate Fashion Week, Fashion Design graduate Raabia Arif, went on to study on the Fashion and Textiles MA here at DMU, and showcased her collection ‘Splintering of the Mind’ at the GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong in April this year. The festival gave Raabia the opportunity to share her creativity, diversity and innovative fashion designs at an international level. Experience gained during an internship as a Design Assistant for renowned fashion designer Emilia Wickstead contributed to Raabia’s recent successful appointment as Design Graduate Womenswear for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger at their head office in Amsterdam. We are also proud to say that hundreds of DMU students and staff visited New York as part of a mass #DMUglobal trip. Our Architecture students got a unique tour of the spectacular Oculus building. They had a behind-the-scenes tour by Frank Lorino, the chief architect for the building and had the opportunity to discuss first-hand the complexities of a project of this scale. Many felt the experience influenced their thoughts about design and were looking forward to applying it to their projects. We hope you enjoy the show. Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities
ARCHITECTURE BA (HONS)
Our graduates have a confidence in their architectural skillset to change the world and the habitats of the future with their creative design skills, imaginative vision, strategic thinking, humanistic and ethical understanding.
Left to right: Daniel Hambly, Merz-Bau Berlin Vytautas Lasy, Self-Built/Sufficient Berlin Refugee Village
ARCHITECTURE MArch
The Architecture MArch programme develops the emerging architectural professional and challenges the individual to discover and develop a personal stake in the architectural world.
Khanh Nguyen Shoreditch Village Tower
CONTOUR FASHION BA (HONS)
Contour Fashion at DMU was established in 1947 by the British Corset Industry. Over the last 70 years, thousands of our students have dared to be different and created stunning designs which have earned themselves prestigious positions within the industry.
Left to right: Kitty Daler- Finch, Jasmine Dowd
DESIGN CRAFTS BA (HONS)
Design Craft is a multi-disciplinary craft course where our students design and make objects using both traditional and emerging technologies.
Right: Holly Mai Burton Top far right: Susan Knox Eleri Morris Ring Bottom far right: Viktorija Zeneli, Alex Wilson
FASHION BUYING WITH DESIGN BA (HONS) Fashion Buying meets the needs of the highly dynamic, fast-moving and exciting fashion buying business. Responding to industry developments, our students can now study Fashion Buying with Garment Technology or Fashion Buying with Merchandising at DMU.
Left to right: Heather Brown, Charlotte Glazebrook, Lana Turner
FASHION BUYING WITH MARKETING BA (HONS)
Right: Lucas Jassal French Connection Marketing Strategy
FASHION DESIGN BA (HONS)
Fashion Design at DMU is creative and dynamic. Our graduates meet the demands of the fashion industry and can confidently navigate the boundaries between creativity, technology and design.
Left to right: Alice Hornsell, Harley Hickling-Riley, Ross BesterÂ
FASHION TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES BA (HONS) Fashion Textiles and Accessories provides our students with the opportunity to develop in-depth textile and accessory design expertise for the fashion industry.
Left to right: Sian McGahey, Megan Selfridge, Rachenda Chapman
FINE ART BA (HONS)
Fine Art at DMU gives our students the opportunity to experiment with a range of specialist techniques. Drawing together the full spectrum of visual arts, from traditional processes to cutting-edge digital media.
Left to right: Jemisha Maadhavji Roses without thornes Sophie Wyle Slotted Mauro Ganhae Destruction & Entrapment
FOOTWEAR BA (HONS)
Footwear Design covers the unique and complex shoe design process, and enables our students to acquire the knowledge and skills that set them apart from others in the fashion sector.
Right: Elise Phoenix Far right: Gareth Dearden Gautambir Bali Bottom far right: Joseph Ling
FURNITURE DESIGN BA (HONS)
Furniture Design at DMU focuses on contemporary design for mass manufacture. Our students design for a variety of markets and seek to innovate by experimenting with function, materials, manufacturing and aesthetics.
Somang Mo Konah
INTERIOR DESIGN BA (HONS)
Interior Design at DMU is a long-established course that allows our students to manipulate and divide volume and space within interior environments, while building their awareness of community, social and global issues.
Top: Bhavisha Chavda Scentimental exhibiton space Bottom: Monica Garcia The Food LAB Far right: Daniel O’Shea The Lyceum
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO BA (HONS) Photography and Video offers a unique programme of still and moving image with sound, which meets the changing demands of both the creative industries and professional arts practice.
Left to right: Alexandra Starkey Marilyn Monroe Erika Cucchiara We are one
PRODUCT AND FURNITURE DESIGN BA (HONS) Product and Furniture Design at DMU develops the ability to think creatively across the boundaries of product and furniture design encouraging our students to make bold challenges to convention by developing innovative design solutions.
Zoe Norman Poudle
PRODUCT DESIGN BA (HONS)
Product Design BA (Hons) develops creative thinking and consistently produces innovative product designers. Our students have a strong art or design background and focus on both the technical and visual design aspects of design for industry.
Left to right: Olivia Alexander APIS Tobie Langford Evo hero
PRODUCT DESIGN BSc (HONS)
Product Design BSc (Hons) at DMU combines industrial product design with engineering design principles to develop creative and technical skills. Our students gain a detailed understanding of the principles of design and apply that knowledge to create designs that meet the needs of commerce, technology and manufacturing.
Top: Group project - Flogo Bottom and right: Mohamed Said Motion smart air purifier, Pebble
TEXTILE DESIGN BA (HONS)
Textile Design encourages creativity and individuality guiding our students to find a personal design direction. Students develop a broad range of design practice skills across print, mixed media, knit and woven textiles.
Left to right: Juliet Wightman, Aimee Stewart, Kerry Napier
THE VIJAY PATEL BUILDING Our students are now well-established in the Vijay Patel Building. This award-winning building brings all of our art and design courses together into a stunning architectural space that’s been designed to provide inspiring, flexible spaces, studios and extensive facilities which invite creativity and innovation. Sitting at the heart of our recently transformed campus, this landmark building defines us as a 21st century university. It shows how serious we are about giving our students the very best experience possible and embodies our ambition to provide them with all of the tools they need to achieve their aspirations. To take a closer look at our facilities visit dmu.ac.uk/aad
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