design career

Why I choose the path of design.--INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Ever since I was a little girl, I was always on the creative side, cutting paper out and colouring, drawing and all the crafty bit and pieces. Through my school years I embraced this side of me as it was my strong point, where maths, english and science didn't excite me as art did.
This lead me to the decision in the design world as a career path.
I've always wanted to peruse my dreams in design and industrial design seemed to fit what I was looking for, over other design courses such as fashion design , interior design and architecture. Industrial Design contains the widest range of careers in design which gave me the thumbs up to choose this over the others. It was also said to increase in the rapidly increasing of technology and design and basically I was interested in how to create a product which simply fits into the consumer world, making a better product than the one that already exists.

The Bachelor of Industrial Design in UNSW equips graduates for the real world challenge of creating a user-friendly design and 3D solving. You get to be involved in the greater aspect of communication through products and technology; being able to explore design principles (the fundamentals of design), ergonomics, social and cultural contexts,environmental implications, technical performance, manufacturing requirements and commercial feasibility. Also the use of  hand-drawn and computer generated drawings (through CAD), physical mock-ups, computer models and prototypes are used to develop, explore and communicate ideas, and to present solutions to problems.

Industrial designers work to improve the appearance, safety, and usefulness of industrial products. They develop new styles and designs for a wide variety of products ranging from ballpoint pens and stoves to cars and electronics. Some industrial designers create trademarks—symbols that appear on all of a company's products, stationery, and advertisements. In the career of Industrial designers, you will work with engineers, marketeers, and other design professionals to turn good ideas into successful products. It definitely involves a lot of teamwork and cooperation. They can also play an important role beyond the production line, in branding, corporate identity, graphics, packaging and retail support. the marriage of artistic skills, technical expertise, social and environmental sensitivity as well as a keen insight into markets and consumers. It also creates a design profession with a wide range of rewarding career options from which to choose.

The first steps in developing a new design, or altering an existing one, are to find and meet the needs of the client. When creating a new design, designers often begin by researching the product user and how the product will be used. Desired product characteristics, such as size, shape, weight, colour, materials used, cost, ease of use, fit, safety and production are considered. Designers gather this information by meeting with clients, conducting market research, reading design and consumer publications, attending trade shows, and visiting potential users, suppliers, and manufacturers. After a suitable design has been selected, industrial designers prepare detailed drawings that specify colour, materials, and exact dimensions. They are often assisted by drafters. For many projects, the designer or a model maker prepares a scale model. Designers may also participate in usability and safety tests with prototypes to make further adjustments to the design before it goes to manufacturing, reducing design costs and cutting the time it takes to deliver a product to market.

This is why I went with the industrial design industry to explore my potentials in inventing or altering a product that will be seen in the world.