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Design for Performance

Find out about the facilities and equipment available to you as a Design for Performance student at NTU.

Our facilities and equipment

Our Design for Performance facilities are based in Waverley – a beautifully restored listed building with real design heritage, and the original Nottingham School of Art. It exudes history, and it’s the perfect place to inspire your creative journey.

Facilities and equipment include:

  • dedicated design studios
  • TV studios with green screen facilities
  • Mini-Cam (for models)
  • water jet and laser cutting and engraving technology
  • 3D prototyping from polymer to powder printing
  • construction workshops
  • IT facilities
  • industry-standard software including Vectorworks, PhotoShop, and SketchUp
  • a fully working theatre studio with sound and lighting
  • construction and paint workshops;
  • studio space with desks and computers
  • costume studios
  • industry-standard sewing rooms
  • a digital production suite for 3D printing and laser cutting
  • a Victorian conservatory for life drawing.

You’ll have the opportunity to use resources from across the Nottingham School of Art & Design and the wider University such as printing workshops, a digital fabric printing facility, a dye lab, and specialist embroidery, knitting and weaving workshops.

There are also metal and wood workshops, and photographic studios for equipment such as backgrounds and lighting.

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