Digital technology is now more accessible than ever and has become an integral part of our daily lives. As a result, a new type of student has emerged; the digital native who is technologically savvy and digitally literate. ...

Dr Lionel T Dean was Artist in Residence at the University of Pretoria September 2016 – December 2016 supported by the DMU University Research Leave scheme. Based in multidisciplinary environment of the Department of Visual ...

At the very core of fashion, as a system based on the dialectic relationship between the high-end consumer and the mass market, is the notion of the ‘authentic’ as the marker of distinction, the desire for which continuously ...

Interview with Saul Bass (1920 –1996), one of America's very top post-war graphic designers

To achieve success in today’s commercial environment, manufacturers have progressively adopted collaboration strategies. Industrial design has been increasingly used with engineering design to enhance competitiveness. ...

Computer Aided Design (CAD) has traditionally been taught in isolation to design disciplines, being viewed as a service rather than an integrated element of the creative design process. Curriculum development of Product, ...

The animation industry is one of the creative industries that have attracted recent historiographical attention. However, there has been very limited research on Saudi Arabian and wider Arabian animation industries, while ...

CoLab is a design tool that provides information on the use of design representations (sketches, drawings, models and prototypes) by engineering designers and industrial designers during New Product Development (NPD). There ...

The nature of New Product Development (NPD) is poorly understood by undergraduate engineering students but can be a challenging and rewarding career for those who chose to work in the field. The aim of this project was to ...