National street furniture manufacturer Town & Park is helping creative Curtin students to develop their concepts for next-generation street furniture into viable products.
In June, Product, Furniture and Jewellery Design students Nagla’A Abdullah, Jordan Stone, Justine Ng, Deveral Wijaya and Hugh Forward each won monetary prizes and support to further develop their ideas with industry experts when Town & Park held their annual competition for Curtin Students.
Course Coordinator Dr Qassim Saad described the competition as an invaluable opportunity for students.
“Students can engage with industry through responding to a design brief from a real client. They also get to promote their creative attempts through the final presentation. These experiences are vital to emerging designers.
“Town & Park maintain a relationship with other students too – not just the winners – and support the process of developing some ideas” Saad says.
“We keep expanding the opportunities to cover product design and jewellery design, with a focus on strengthening collaboration with industry and linking teaching practices with design competitions at both national and international levels.”
