Drawing to Communicate

The 2023 Product Design Otago Polytechnic intake is still open. If you are looking for a change in your career or want a career with heaps of change, come and join us.

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If you are thinking about studying Product Design in 2021 it’s not too late. We are still accepting enrolments give us a call or email [email protected]

Bag design by Product Design graduate, Will McCutcheon 2020.

Allow yourself to be creative. Ask open questions, allow yourself to explore the space between the known limits. https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/not-just-buzzword-paradigm-shift-can-deliver-innovation

Not just a buzzword, paradigm shift can deliver innovation Changing paradigms became an overused phrase about a decade ago to the point where I couldn’t hear it without rolling my eyes. Interestingly, my...

Hi future product designers. For today’s Product open day we have put on a show of snow to make it special. The product team are here today so if you can still make it we will see you soon.

If you can’t make today that’s ok, we are happy to show you around and let you sit in on classes the rest of semester. To make an appointment please email [email protected]

We hope to see you this Tuesday in the Hub 10am for our open day.

Here is a short case study from London of how a design consultancy works on new ideas. It includes the reference to earning money for your ideas after the project is finished. Product Design is one of the only professional practices that you can do this in. Think about that for your future.

Video: The Design Economy 2018 – Map Project Office As part of our flagship Design Economy 2018 research, we present seve

Great application of product design skills when they were needed most. Well done our Dunedin design team.

Kiwishield PPE Faceshield | Best Awards Public Good Award Public Good Award Student Public Good Studio A-Z Creative Critters Design Kiwishield PPE Faceshield Finalist Public Good Award 2020 Credits Creative Director Keir Russell Team Members Benjamin Alder, Damien van Brandenburg

Celebrate Design showcases Year 12 and Year 13 secondary school designers' work in the areas of graphic design, product design and architectural design. Well done to all who have entered and congratulations to our scholarship winners - Liam Bone (King's High School), Amaya Leslie (Columba College) and Amelia Chang (Columba College)

Awesome 3 week furniture project by Product Design students this year. To see more come to our full school open day on Monday 10th August.

Here’s the lastest in Product Design. A NZ made medical breathing hood that Otago Polytechnic supported the design and manufacture of over lockdown.

Andrew Wallace and William Early from Otago Polytechnic became essential workers to ensure NZ had a solution to this health issue.

If you want to know more about Product Design at Otago Polytechnic give us a call or email today.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/covid-19-life-saving-ventilator-hoods-developed-in-new-zealand.html

COVID-19: Life-saving ventilator hoods developed in New Zealand "You can easily be fed or you can converse with the doctor. You can also fall asleep easily."

Here is a short story about Quinn, our recent graduate of Product Design. If you are interested in graphics and technical subjects at school or helping people come and look for us on our tertiary open day in May and find out what product design is actually about.

BACHELOR OF DESIGN (Product) A few years ago, when Quinn Mitchell was contemplating studying at Otago Polytechnic, he attended an open day at its Dunedin campus, where he...

Product Design Otago Polytechnic is still accepting enrollments into our 2020 course but places are limited so call us today.

This could be you next year, drawing, detailing, prototyping and metal casting in one of the many papers you will cover.

Work by Paul Bennett Year one 2019.

Here is one of our final 3rd Year Product Design projects from Curtis Stent, co-designed with Occupational Therapy at Otago Polytechnic. This assessment tool will catch those students with vision issues early and is planned as part of a national screening programme. Well done Curtis and the entire OP team that have worked on this valuable project.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tahuna-pupils-trial-eyesight-testing-kit

Tahuna pupils trial eyesight testing kit Tahuna Normal Intermediate School pupils are taking checking their eyesight into their own hands. For several months pupils at the school have...

Here are our 3rd year product design students a week out from their final big project delivery. You will note they are all drawing and also making to communicate.

Ensure you come to the end of year show in November to see the final outputs.

If you have time this week please come into The HUB at Otago Polytechnic and see our students design work from semester one. Also have a look at the bright new talent on the way from across the region as we head into Celebrate Design and award emerging secondary school designers this Friday.

Great design thinking. If you think outside the square, maybe your a product designer like us. Changing ideas starts with a sketch.

Get your ideas on paper and get them to us for Celebrate Design competition running this month for secondary schools students with great ideas. For more information email [email protected]

Pop-up charging hub borrows the sidewalk instead of stealing it Docked electric cars can be worse than dockless scooters for pedestrians, but the UEone is a step in the right direction.

Our Chief Executive, Phil Ker, is welcoming the Government's revamped plan for vocational education reform, saying he can see opportunities for Otago Polytechnic.

“We are now in the first stages of moving into an entirely new vocational education system – and one that has picked up on all of the key points that Otago Polytechnic put forward in our submission," he says.

He acknowledges there will be "devil in the detail", but says Otago Polytechnic intends to be an active player in working to shape the future system.

“What is clear is that it is business as usual until April 1 2020 and, after that, most likely business as usual for at least another two years," he notes. "Prospective learners can enrol in multi-year programmes with confidence, knowing they will graduate as Otago Polytechnic students and have access to all the student support that we currently offer."

Read more about the Government's plans here: https://bit.ly/2GF9sGH

To understand design, how designers reference, understand context, expand ideas is complicated. This week is a fantastic festival to allow you hear from other perspectives in time and place about their design process and values.
Must do activities this week. Get along to the Rialto and see as many design stories you can. Buy tickets early, check out possible discounts for buying several tickets also as this is common for film festivals.

Here is a recent story by Mindfood Magazine on Adam Moody, our Product Design graduate 2007 and where he is now.

Fisher & Paykel Innovation Series: Adam Moody Fisher & Paykel leads the way when it comes to New Zealand appliance design and innovation. MiNDFOOD took a trip to the company's Dunedin design centre to ex...

Product Design has our open day talks on Monday. Come and see what Product Design can offer you and view our amazing workshop during our talks.

Here is the original flexible screen design by Nokia 2008 - a fantastic example of Drawing to Communicate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs

Nokia Morph Concept (long) Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is...

https://www.op.ac.nz/…/de…/communication-design-winter-camp/

2019 sees the return of our popular Communication Design Winter Camp (15-18 July) - choose Game Design (afternoons) or Digital Illustration (mornings) or sign up for both!

Welcome to our 2019 teaching year. Product Design will be offering several chances across the year to talk and discuss your ideas. Here is Zoe, one of our second year Product Design students and her experience so far.

For more information please contact [email protected]

"" - Zoe Morehu Zoe Morehu, who is preparing for her second year of study at Otago Polytechnic, describes her growth in confidence as “100% and then some” since she enrolled in our Bachelor of Design (Product) programme.

The end of a great year at design. To all today’s graduates you deserve this day in the sun and spotlight.

Here is one of our latest Product Design Post Graduates, Ian MacDowall and his project for the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust

Well done to Ian and all the dedicated staff looking after our wildlife.

Step right up — Relevant Research - November 2018 Weighing penguins might help save their lives.

Fantastic Human Centred Design. Product Design at it's best! For some of our past Kiwi and German students, this idea will be very familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFO9s7DgtM

Wheelchair Motorcycle! Wheelchair Motorcycle!