DDS
Digital Design Studios

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OTA
Other Technical Areas
SPC
Student Project Coordinator

Technical Infrastructure

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Animation

Lens Based Media

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Art Shop

Technical Infrastructure

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Central Loans

Technical Infrastructure

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Drawing Centre

Physical Making

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Digital Embroidery

Physical Making

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Digital Fabrication

Physical Making

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Digital Print

Tecnical Infrastructure

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Fabrication

Physical Making

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Fashion Sewing

Physical Making

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Knitting

Physical Making

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Photography

Lens Based Media

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Print Centre

Physical Making

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Printed Textiles

Physical Making

Digital Design Studios

​DDS Virtual Support Desk

Week beginning 18th October

Opening Times:
Tues and Fri: 09:30-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 (closed 12:30-1:30 for lunch)
We are very sorry, but due to circumstances beyond our control there will be a limited service on the Virtual support desk on Tuesday 16th October. Please contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Thank you.
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​Due to workshop commitments the Virtual Support Desk will be closed on Monday 18/10, Wednesday 20/10 and Thursday 21/10
If you have any technical questions for the DDS team please contact the Virtual Support desk. It operates through Teams, either on your Chrome browser or through the Microsoft Teams app

Update on the Digital Design Studios

With the reopening of the campus for a new year, here's how the Digital Design Studios are going to operate for 2021/2.

Workshops

Workshops will run online in the Blackboard Collaborate Virtual teaching rooms that that we have set up. There will be onsite workshops for those areas that require specific equipment or have physical outcomes attached. If you’re not sure what rooms, virtual or physical, are attached to your workshops, you can either check your Blackboard information, your tutor or get in touch with us.

Physical Opening

The DDS Studios at Bower Ashton and the Arnolfini will be open throughout the week during standard building opening hours, but all doors are permanently on swipe access, so please make sure that you have your ID card with you at all times. All DDS rooms continue to contain the appropriate Covid cleaning materials. Please continue to clean your desk, keyboard and mouse with the wipes provided before and after your session at the computer.

For everyone's safety it is recommended that masks continue to be worn in the DDS Computer studios. Thank you.

If cleaning materials are running short, please let us know so that we can order replacements.

Virtual Support

We will still be operating the Virtual Support Desk (https://go.uwe.ac.uk/ddsVirtualSupport). We aim to have someone on the desk five days a week, although due to workshop commitments this isn’t always possible. Virtual Support Desk opening times are listed at the top of the home page of the Digital Design website. The Virtual Support Desk covers the quick queries you may encounter while you’re working. If the person on the desk can’t help there and then, or we need to get someone else to help you we can arrange a convenient time to do so. We will always try to do this as soon as we can. You can also email at dds@uwe.ac.uk with any queries.

Face to Face Support

Print Prepress Support
Whoever is running the Virtual Support Desk will also be onsite for those queries that require face to face help, such as printer problems. For longer queries and consultations, please continue to book appoints through the SPCs. We will be supplying the SPCs with the schedule of support.
Due to workshop commitments we do not currently have a regular day of the week for prepress support. However whoever is on the support desk will always endeavour to help or arrange for someone to help as soon as possible. Pete McCallion, our print specialist, will be available for any print support, especially the preparation of separations for printing on the DDS transparency printers most weeks.

​It's important to make sure that your separations are ready to go on printing day, so make time to see Pete ahead of your allotted printing appointment, if you have any queries. Please book your time through the Student Project Co-ordinators (spc@uwe.ac.uk).

Equipment loans are not available from the DDS office

Please note that we do not have any equipment such as headphones to loan from the DDS office. If you are bringing in your own headphones, please make sure that they are wired headphones, as the computers do not support individual Bluetooth connections.

Booking Computers in the DDS Rooms
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Computers must be booked on the Connect 2 system before coming in to use one. Please do not come in to the rooms until you have checked that a machine is available and you have booked it for the time you need. You can do this on the day you intend to come in, although booking ahead is advised. Details on how to book and the link to the Connect 2 booking system can be found at https://digitaldesignstudios.bowerashton.org/dds-access.html.
Opening Times of the Digital Design Studios
Monday to Friday: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Contact the Digital Design Studios:
​Email: dds@uwe.ac.uk
or get in touch via our Contact form 
Digital Design Studios