3D Design:: Negotiated Project 1: Research and Development.

You will present for assessment a body of work as outlined in the module information pack. This will include:

Visual diaries or workbooks, documenting your research, experimentation and the development of your work [Learning Outcomes 1,2,].
An exhibition of your finished work, carried out to professional standards [Learning Outcomes 1,2,4].
An oral presentation outlining the contexts for your work [Learning Outcomes 1,3,5].

This module requires you to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired during levels 1 and 2 of the course and to produce the work conceived in the Negotiated Project I module. It will entail the execution of a project that fully explores an individual area of interest to you, and that is undertaken as the result of continued discussion with the supervising tutor. This is the major project of the course and so should reflect personal interests and ambitions. It should provide an opportunity to produce an innovative range of project solutions. The result will be a substantial body of work presented to a professional standard; the curation and exhibition of the finished work will be developed as a team project. The focus of this module will be on implementation and production; on resolution and reflection.

Technical skills modulettes, as appropriate.
Ongoing development and resolution of studio and workshop practice.
Tutorials, individual and group, where you will present your work in progress and receive constructive criticism and feedback.
Independent study, where you will engage in selective research and the production of creative solutions to your own brief.

Specialist workshop facilities, as appropriate
Library and slide library
Word-processing facilities
Internet access

Periodicals:
a-n magazine ISSN 02613425
a-n web http://.www.a-n.co.uk
Crafts. ISSN0306-610X
Crafts council http://.www.craftscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council http://. www.artscouncil.org.uk
The Persistence of Craft The Applied Arts Today (ed) Paul Greenhalg ISBN0813532647
The Culture of Craft: Status and Future (Studies in Design and Material Culture) Peter Dormer Manchester University Press May 8, 1997 ISBN 0719046181
The Nature and Aesthetics of Design. D. Pye, ISBN 0713652861
Design Since 1945. Peter Dormer, ISBN 0500276323

Students will determine their own reading list appropriate to their personal proposal of work, with staff guidance. Students are expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University, keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in their subject.