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- Design students collaborate with industry innovators
A homecare medication box that senses and reminds the user when it is time to take their medicine, electronic sensors embedded in containers that detect whether home-cooked food is safe to eat, and counterfeit-detecting smartcards are just some of the commercial uses that Northumbria students have designed for a new technology called printable electronics. - Designing for transformed lives
Northumbria Design students have developed a logo and website for a new North East charity. - Northumbria talent shines in design for disaster competition
Northumbria University students have dominated the final shortlist of a national design competition with their solutions for disaster relief. - Northumbria student is top of the shops
A Northumbria University student has been named as an inaugural winner in the Graduate Design Programme – the latest initiative to support graduate talent. - Exploring art at a stroke
A unique app which allows you to peel back the layers of a masterpiece and uncover a previously hidden world has been developed by experts from Northumbria and Newcastle universities. - Graduate Brews Perfect Pop-up Shop
Fashion Marketing Graduate Jules Quinn launched her own company 'The *TeaShed' almost two years ago, and since then her business has grown rapidly and she now sells her products in more than 150 nationwide including John lewis, Fenwick, the V&A and Heals. - Northumbria designers unlock commercial potential
Northumbria University Designers have combined cutting-edge research and design to create innovative fundraising initiatives for a Newcastle museum. - Fashion students' sail their way to Old Navy
A US clothing brand has chosen two Northumbria fashion students to take part in a three-month paid internship. - Royal Television Society Awards Success
Northumbria Media Production students, alumni and staff had a successful night at the Royal Society Awards for the North East and Border Region held on 2nd March where they received nominations and prizes within a selection of categories. - Calling Your Name for Best Blues Artist... In Los Angeles
Senior Lecturer for Interactive Media Design wins yet another award for his music in America… - A Capsule Collection for Mulberry and Dunhill
Second year Fashion students have worked on a live brief with Creative Directors from Mulberry and Dunhill. - Sir Jonathan Ive honoured with exclusive Gold Blue Peter Badge
CBBC’s Blue Peter presents Sir Jonathan Ive with the show’s highest accolade, the gold Blue Peter badge, in a gadget special to be screened on the CBBC channel at 10am on Saturday 16 February. - Motion Graphics and Animation helps Gateshead Carers
Motion Graphics and Animation Graduate, David Burnett has veen working with Gateshead Carers to create an animation using interviews of carers from the Drug & Alcohol Network. - Design Student's win a holiday of lifetime with British Airways
Due to a unique collaboration with British Airways (BA) and their lead design agency forpeople, our third year design students from Design for Industry and Transportation Design, as well as students from the Multidisciplinary Design Innovation course were asked by BA to work together in multi-disciplinary teams to develop concepts for future travel on board their aircrafts. - Newcastle Science Fest
Can we change our minds about gender? - German museum gets British makeover
Last week, Northumbria University Interior Design students went to Germany to share their interior design proposals for a medieval tower. - Age UK KTP officially awarded as 'outstanding'
Our KTP with Age UK Newcastle, one of the first Service Design KTPs in the UK, has independently and officially been awarded top marks and rated as ‘Outstanding’. - Gallop - Shift.ms
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We are a passionate team of people, with more than 1600 students from over 65 countries and approximately 120 staff. We operate from two studio locations: the University’s Newcastle City Campus East and a satellite campus in London.
Using our breadth and depth of expertise to explore and expand the role of Design now and in the future, we work at the forefront of design practice, design learning and design research.
With a heritage of over 160 years, our five academic communities; Fashion, Industrial Design, Visual Communication, Innovation Design and Creative Entrepreneurship have established reputations for award winning design courses, teaching, research, design events and industry collaboration.
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