{"id":457,"date":"2011-12-09T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2017-01-04T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:19:15","slug":"foundation-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An old friend of mine, Carl Sylvester is now Head of Foundation Studies in Art &amp; Design at Loughborough University. Not for the first time, Carl asked to bring round his 3D design students to show them how product development goes in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>I remember as a Foundation student myself, no-one is thinking beyond getting on a degree course; but we hope to give the students a little taster and maybe a bit of inspiration as to how you can build a career or a business as a product designer. Most of all we think that having some practical skills and experience is fundamental to being a good product designer, and working with your hands, making models, building prototypes is about as much fun as you can have in your day job.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-466\" title=\"Students_DSC4325\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4325-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4325-600x398.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit&text=Foundation Visit\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4325-600x398.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div> Robin explaining why knowing about wood is first base for furniture designers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_467\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-467\" title=\"Students_DSC4329\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4329-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4329-600x398.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit&text=Foundation Visit\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/foundation-visit&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Students_DSC4329-600x398.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div> Robin in the noisy room; keeping dust and noise in one area, away from the cabinet makers benches, makes for a tidy, clean and relatively peaceful working environment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old friend of mine, Carl Sylvester is now Head of Foundation Studies in Art &amp; Design at Loughborough University. 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