Product Design
Bridge traditional craftsmanship with contemporary innovation. Design sustainable, user-centered physical and digital products that beautifully blend aesthetics with everyday human purpose.
- 4 Years / Onsite
- Fall / Spring
Overview
The Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Product Design at AUREA offers a comprehensive curriculum that blends design theory, research-led inquiry, and hands-on studio-based practice. In a rapidly changing world, this program goes beyond traditional form and function. Students are trained to adopt a holistic approach—integrating material study, ergonomics, user experience, and sustainability to create meaningful, context-aware products across physical, digital, and interactive forms.
Our fluid academic environment frees creators from conventional boundaries. One day, you might be practicing traditional craft and material exploration ; the next, you will be in the lab utilizing cutting-edge digital fabrication, 3D printing, and AI-enabled design platforms for rapid prototyping. Deeply rooted in social responsibility and local market needs, our curriculum prepares you to develop a distinctive design language capable of influencing both national industries and the global design ecosystem.
Career Opportunities
The expansion of design studios, manufacturing hubs, and entrepreneurial ventures across South Asia has generated significant demand for versatile product innovators. Our graduates develop a robust professional portfolio and the strategic agility required to excel in competitive international and local markets.
Program Learning Outcomes
User-Centered Innovation: Apply rigorous design research, ergonomics, and human-centered principles to solve complex social, cultural, and technological challenges.
Technical Mastery & Prototyping: Gain technical proficiency across traditional craftsmanship, 3D digital modeling, digital fabrication, and contemporary prototyping tools.
Sustainability & Material Awareness: Integrate sustainable practices, material life-cycle exploration, and eco-conscious thinking responsibly into product development.
Strategic Leadership: Develop professional readiness in design strategy, creative entrepreneurship, and innovation management for global design and manufacturing sectors.
Programme Structure
Semester 1
| Course Title | Credit Hours | Course Category | Code |
| History of Art, and Design | 3(3+0) | Major | FYD-101 |
| Sketching, Space & Form | 3(1+2) | Major | FYD-102 |
| Foundational Theory Elective – I | 3(3+0) | General Education | GEN-103 |
| Technical Writing | 3(3+0) | General Education | GEN-161 |
| Digital Studio: Tools & Techniques | 3(0+3) | Interdisciplinary | IDS-105 |
| Foundational Studio Elective – I | 3(1+2) | Interdisciplinary | IDS-106 |
Semester 2
| Course Title | Credit Hours | Course Category | Code |
| History, Theory and Practice of Product Design | 3(3+0) | Major | PRD-107 |
| Product Digital Studio: Tools & Techniques | 3(0+3) | Major | PRD-108 |
| Foundational Theory Elective – II | 3(3+0) | General Education | GEN-109 |
| AI & Prompting in Creative Practice | 3(1+2) | General Education | GEN-110 |
| Pakistan Studies | 2(2+0) | General Education | GEN-111 |
| Fehm-e-Quran-1 | 1(1+0) | General Education | GEN-112 |
| Foundational Studio Elective – II | 3(1+2) | Interdisciplinary | IDS-113 |
Semester 3 (2nd Year)
| Course Title | Credit Hours | Course Category | Code |
| Theory Elective-I | 3(3+0) | Major | PRD-201 |
| Soundscapes in Design Practice | 3(0+3) | Major | SND-202 |
| Product Design Studio – I | 3(1+2) | Major | PRD-203 |
| Islamiyat | 2(2+0) | General Education | GEN-204 |
| Colonial & Postcolonial Visual Culture | 3(3+0) | General Education | GEN-205 |
| Fehm-e-Quran-II | 1(1+0) | General Education | GEN-206 |
| Design, Modeling & Prototyping | 3(1+2) | Interdisciplinary | IDS-207 |
Contact us
Aurea – Opp. DHA phase 5, Ext. M Kamahan Road, Lahore
How to Apply?
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