Your comments and help will be appreciated and will inform future development. In addition to Three Dimensional Design there are eight other Schools which together form the Faculty of Design at the University, with a range of specialist courses covering Architecture, Surveying, Music, Fine Art, Graphics, Fashion, History of Art and Design and Foundation Studies. There are about 200 full time students studying in the School, within a Faculty of nearly 1,600 and a University of approximately 14,000. School philosophy Kingston's School of 3D Design seeks to provide a unique and exciting specialist design education which is based on a long established and highly respected tradition but which challenges conventional concepts, processes, methods and solutions in order to meet the needs of present and future generations. New technologies are also a crucial factor, both in their impact on cultural and social issues, and in the future development of design.
Education has a vital part to play in shaping the future of design.
The School has developed a multi-disciplinary approach and, while the specialist courses in three dimensional design remain the essential basis for creative development, students may also have access to associated study opportunities, within the School and Faculty, outside the traditional confines of their specialism. This overlapping of specialist boundaries is beginning to be seen throughout the design profession, where certain types of expertise are no longer restricted to certain disciplines. Design offers a common international language, with any number of cultural variations. It is partly concerned with the interface to a concept, a presentational device, whether in virtual reality or physical form. More importantly, design combines purpose, technology, aesthetics and ethics and, more recently, principles such as life, service, justification and disposal, recognising that new developments must be sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms.