1. To utilise and demonstrate a broad range of drawing, imaging and 3D production skills.

2. Evaluate the appropriateness of different ideas generation techniques through experimentation with a variety of media and materials.

3. Demonstrate understanding of ideas generation and creative problem-solving techniques used by artists and designers within an historical, contemporary and/or cultural context.

Coursework:
All studio practice including:
- Visual sketchbook with reflective notes LO1, LO2, LO3
- 2D & 3D art/design works (drawings, paintings, maquettes, models, samples, test pieces etc) LO1

Experimental module exploring materials, processes and ideas generation. The emphasis will be on providing multiple possibilities for each project brief, rather than focusing on a final outcome. Students will be encouraged to analyse the work they have produced and reflect on their successes.

Students will explore the production of multiples, working in series and will develop strategies to avoid creative blocks.

On the Design Pathway, this module will focus on the practical, functional and aesthetic qualities of processes and materials.

Learn ways to banish that creative block!
During this module you will be introduced to the wonderful world of the Design Pathway. You will have a series of Technical Instruction workshops, led by our specialist technicians, in areas such as wood, metal, photography, textiles and ceramics, as well as digital processes. You will be working in a continuously experimental way, exploring the variety that exists within the design pathway, as well as the potential for generating multiple ideas and possibilities. The focus for this module will be on material exploration, developing design skills and creative risk-taking.

Students will be introduced to a range of technical processes through a wide range of multi-media modulettes; where they will have instruction from specialist technicians and then be allowed to experiment and develop the techniques they have learnt.

Students will be based in the Art Foundation studio and will be able to develop their ideas further in this loction. Students will develop the ability to reflect on their work, through the introduction of visual analysis techniques. They will also be introduced to the work of historical and contemporary practitioners and the processes they use.

- Lectures
- Observational study and experimentation
- Research
- Analysis of images and objects
- Group critiques
- Site visits to local landmarks and institutions BlackBoar

- Ward, C. (2018) Modern Drawing: A contemporary exploration of drawing and illustration. Minneapolis: Walter Foster Publishing.
- Fairs, M. 2006, Twenty-First Century Design. London: Carlton Books Ltd
- Gregory, D. (2008) An illustrated life¿: drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers. Cincinnati, Ohio: How.
- Wilson, K. 2017 Drawing and Painting. Thames & Hudson
- Jodidio, P. 2008, 100 Contemporary Architects. Taschen
- Sloman, Paul. 2009, Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Cut. Blackdog Publishing
- Spiller, N. 2008, Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent. Thames & Hudson
- Vyzoviti, Sophia. 2003, Folding Architecture: Spatial, Structural and Organizational Diagram. BIS Publishers
- Paneth-Pollak, T. (2019) ‘Hans Arp’s Counter-Typography’, Art history, 42(1), pp. 94–125. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12415.
- Saltz, I. (2019) Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working With Type. Rockport Publishers, an imprint of the Quarto Group

- Modulettes: wood, metal, ceramics, screen printing, digital, textiles
- individual studio spaces
- library