Product Design at WGU

Last week we attended the for the launch of the Ecological Citizens research project.

Ecological Citizen(s) is a 4 year project based at the Royal College of Art in collaboration with the and .

Our mission is to foster and proactively encourage (through technologically appropriate interventions) Ecological Citizenship for positive climate action.

As a Product Design Programme, it's great to be involved with such great people and institutions and look forward to what the next 3+ years bring.

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Photo Credit: James McCauley Photography, taken at the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ project launch event, 21.09.23

It's great to hear that has ditched the lightning charger on their new iPhone 15 for a more universally accepted standard in the USB-C.

It's vital that we design and manufacture products that are easy to repair and replace and this is the first step to reducing e-waste by encouraging consumers to reuse existing chargers that they use for other devices.

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Wrexham University new branding looking great in the morning sunshine.

Looking forward to welcoming new students and engaging with new and old industry partners to Wrexham University over the next year.

Good luck to everyone who has recently received their A Level results.

If you are undecided about what you would like to do or study, or not sure which area of design to pursue please get in touch with us for an informal chat.

Wrexham University also had a dedicated team to help with clearing should you not have achieved the results you wanted.

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A great move in the right direction for sustainability in product design.

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The other week some students had the opportunity to visit a Veolia recycling facility to understand what happens to our waste when we have finished with our products and how they can design products better to be more circular and sustainable.

Key take seats were:
1. Some plastic milk bottles now have a clear lid to allow them to be recycled more often. When they are blue or green, they can only be

turned in to a colour darker than that. Leaving it clear gives it a longer circular life.

2. When you put your plastic milk bottles in the recycling, clean them, put the lid on and don’t crush them. This will prevent them getting mixed up with card.

3. In this particular area (Merseyside) plastic such as margarine tubs don’t get recycled. So it uses more energy to transport these items through their sorting and then to incineration. Check what your council recycles.

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are excited to be working with Engineering Education Scheme Wales during 22-23 providing a venue for the kick off event and setting a brief for a team of students in North Wales.

We look forward to seeing how the students progress through this project.







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Creative Jam 22 kicked off this morning. Great to see different disciplines working together 😀

Some more thinking about the whole user eco system today for several different scenarios followed by tomorrow visiting public places and observing people interacting differently with products.

Looking at alternative users today from the user ecosystem and how the influence the design of the overall product during user centred design module with level 4.

It’s interesting how they all can relate back to 2 or 3 products even more so in todays digital world.