Nickname: namit

Review: hi i am from india and i want to know about industrial design colleges for my graduation. as i am not from science background can i do graduation in ID. which is the best college i should try in U.S or any where which is also cheep and having good market value.

Date reviewed: Sep 5, 2008 9:24 PM

Nickname: Delazroix

Review: Hi Skymex, Very similar background here, but I am from Peru...went to MN too and got a Studio Art BA. Anyway I think Europe could also be a good possibility..that's where I am looking now, if u want to keep in touch: cantaloupeesmelon [at] yahoo.com

Date reviewed: May 13, 2008 1:42 AM

Nickname: Tim

Review: as a designer in the industry I have to agree with most of this. However you can still come from an amazing school and produce crap. When mommy and daddy have all the funds in the world you can go just about anywhere. As far as getting into the industry, if you have an AA and can't find a job you might want to consider going back since you still don't have the whole scenario under your belt. But if you want to really be successful in design, make work that doesn't suck. That's the best advice I can give.

Date reviewed: Mar 31, 2008 8:22 PM

Nickname: april

Review: Can anyone tell me how to become a success at graphic design? I have an AA degree in Graphic Design and graduated from The Art Institutes International. I have been out of school since '99 and I want to pursue this kind of career. Should I go back to school, should I go back to AI, or should I just try to get in a entry-level position and work my way up? Please help me.

Date reviewed: Oct 30, 2007 12:51 AM

Nickname: Skymex

Review: Hey! well I have a question to ask here, I have just graduated from college in Graphic Design, I'm from Mexico City and I went to college in Minnesota, US. now I want to pursue a Industrial Design career and I do want to know where it will be better for me to study it, in China or in the United States, because I may have a chance to go to China next year so I would love if someone could give an answer for what should I go for... thank you guys.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2006 10:43 AM

Nickname: Naveen

Review: Fair enough write up! And nice to hear, as I am doing a masters in ID at IIT. The school is nothing less that extraordinary! The multidisciplinary class curriculum together with the unimaginable gamut of expertise the student body represents will no doubt push you to the limit to be just competent. I am a mechanical engineer with a little more than seven years of design experience in communication, mechanical and environmental engineering and project management. The fact that I am still doing the foundation program speaks for the course quantity and quality, I guess! It's hard not to feel the influence the school is having on everyone associated with it. Most people I have met around seem to have an overabundance of confidence on using 'design' as the tool to solve problems from improving the lives of the members of the base of the pyramid to improving the efficacy of governments and organizations!

Date reviewed: Nov 25, 2006 6:34 AM

Nickname: cb

Review: As a former business strategy consultant who is now working on my PhD in HCI/Design at the Indiana University School of Informatics (which is conspicuously absent from your list, despite producing students that compete with/beat CMU and Savannah in HCI design competitions), I can say that a design perspective is valuable in any field, but particularly in business. It's good to see this surge in interest.

Date reviewed: Nov 22, 2006 3:52 AM

Nickname: Loewy

Review: First, I have to say to say this: It is normal that designers should be recognized as creative because they study creativity ! It seems that most people do not understand the reason why designers are emerging today. As a designer I have always the same problems: people don't know what design is. They usually think that it is solely linked to styling. But even if styling is an important element of our practice, design is a lot more than that. Just think about the ergonomics, the functionalities, the emotional aspects and the experiences you share with any objects or simply think about every contact a human being makes with an object and then you should find design. Design's most powerful skill is to control the "perceptive elements" relative to the human being, think about "social engineering." So, in a world where information is widely influential, no one should be surprised that the companies turns to those who control the perceptive elements.

Date reviewed: Nov 19, 2006 10:05 PM

Nickname: jro

Review: "What I dislike about this article is that it credits the schools' degree programs for making these students creative thinkers. If anything, school only hinders creative thinking, making the designers more analytical than necessary. I've done some freelance design work, complimented by those with degrees, and have never stepped into a design school. I'm 95% self taught and produce more creative work than those whom I know with degrees." That's curious - if you've never stepped into a design studio or taken a course, how would you know that design schools only "hinders creative thinking, making the designers more analytical than necessary?"

Date reviewed: Nov 8, 2006 3:47 PM

Nickname: Park

Review: What I dislike about this article is that it credits the schools' degree programs for making these students creative thinkers. If anything, school only hinders creative thinking, making the designers more analytical than necessary. I've done some freelance design work, complimented by those with degrees, and have never stepped into a design school. I'm 95% self taught and produce more creative work than those whom I know with degrees.

Date reviewed: Nov 4, 2006 8:00 PM