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Bachelor of

Printing
DESIGN by Wendy Lin Printing will most likely become a large and

expensive part of your life, so get familiar

Bachelor of Design vs Other Bachelors Study Spaces in the MSD with the college printer and the gigantic
printers at the MSD. Doing this nice and early
The Bachelor of Design is an interdisciplinary There are study spaces dotted all across the will save you from stressing over printer
issues just before your assignment is due.
course that offers a wide range of subjects levels of the MSD. My personal favourites are With MSD plotters, ensure you double, triple,
and pathways such as architecture, the seating area under the grand concrete and quadruple check that all settings are
engineering, and computing. To ensure that ‘wishbone’ of the lower level of the ABPL correct before clicking print and releasing the
you complete the prerequisite subjects it is library and the RED Lovell Chen Lounge on print job with your student card. You can also
good to have a rough idea of what you want the second floor. print at Officeworks.
to major in early on. Have a thorough look
through the Course Handbook or book a
course planning appointment at Stop 1 to
check major requirements and non-allowed
breadths.

Survival Tips

Depending on the subjects that you
choose, the Bachelor of Design can be
hard but definitely rewarding! Be mentally Cool quirks of being a design student
and physically prepared for it. View the
difficulties of the course as challenges that Being a design student has so many unique So, there you go. Good luck for this
will strengthen your resilience and teach you Getting Materials and Equipment for and exciting aspects. You get after-hours semester, this year, and this whole degree!
invaluable practical skills. Drawing and Model-making access to the MSD building (through this link: It’s going to be really tough sometimes, but
https://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/resources/ it’s also going to push you so much in so
Prioritising and effectively managing your Stores like Melbourne Artists’ Supplies, building-access), as well as access to the many wonderful ways. Enjoy the ride. Now
time is critical. Sometimes this means Eckersley’s, and Officeworks have a wide fabulous MSD Makerspaces which include go get those creative juices flowing!!
sacrificing social time with your friends to range of art and design supplies to support laser cutters and 3D printers.
work on your studio projects due the next your studies. You can also check out the
day. However, NEVER leave things to the last craft section of stores like Big W which often You are encouraged to use your creativity My first year goals
minute. Procrastination is your worst enemy. have basic art equipment (e.g. masking tape) and imagination throughout the course!
Ideas don’t come well-packaged a day before at a good price. You get to go on many field trips! I
the due date and a polished project goes particularly loved the visit to the Melbourne
through multiple refinements and iterations, Cemetery where we recognised classical
which takes TIME. Enjoy the process. architecture features on tombstone designs.
Seeing your ideas evolve and take form and You also get to physically build models, or
looking back at how you have pushed your even better, get a robot to do it for you!
boundaries to achieve what you previously
thought was impossible will bring you an
immense sense of pride and fulfillment.

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