Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) (BH104P15) (080225J)

The Industrial Design discipline shapes the world everyone lives in. Industrial designers have the ability to affect change and create powerful solutions that improve both human and environmental health and wellbeing.

Students will engage in practical learning through the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's practice-based design studios, co-creating solutions through a human centered approach to product, service and experience design contexts.

For over 70 year’s industrial design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has offered aspiring designers ground breaking experiences through technical, theoretical and applied immersions into the diverse and dynamic fields of industrial design practice. Working on real-world problems in industry and community contexts, this hands on educational experience culminates in a year-long honours design research project.

Students will develop a design practice through: • the design of sustainable products, services and systems • design as a mechanism for enabling social reform and cultural enrichment • commercial and aesthetically-focused approaches to product, transportation and furniture design • technologically and materially mediated interactions and experiences • the possibilities of form, process and material in response to rapid technological advances • operating at the intersections of the digital and material worlds • using design as a conduit to address social sustainability, cultural awareness and the wellbeing of clients, users and communities

Centered around a design studio model, students are equipped with unique ways to explore ideas. They will also challenge conventional paradigms through engaging with local and international design practitioners and build industry networks throughout their studies. These life-changing educational experiences culminate in both social and entrepreneurial approaches to design. Students will gain an adaptive knowledge of making, materials, process, technology, culture and the environment.