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Design Career

Ever since the start of my senior years in high school, I’ve always wanted to pursue a career where I’m able to create and produce things, so looked at design as a possible career choice. Initially I knew nothing about industrial design and I was considering studying courses like graphic design or architecture, but I was really keen on architecture. Once I learnt about industrial design I knew that this was what I wanted a future career in. I want to become a designer because I love to create things and work out ways I can make an existing product more useful and easier to use. However I mainly want to become a designer so that I can make peoples’ lives easier and more enjoyable and maybe one day I hope to design a range of products that can help the sick and disabled.  Being a designer not only means that I’m able to create something beautiful, but I want to be able to create something that can makes someone’s life better and easier.

I was never surrounded by anything related to design when I was younger, so my passion for design was sparked by curiosity and the creativity I gained during my younger years. At a young age I was always interested in how things would work, which led me to take many things apart so that I can see how a certain object is made and how it works. I’ve always enjoyed the practical subjects at school such as woodwork, metalwork and visual arts, which also exploited my creative side. These subjects have pushed my creative side and have made me really interested in being a designer and had made design a possible career choice for my future. However, a subject such as design and technology wasn’t offered at my school, so the world of industrial design and the design process was still new to me until I started uni.

When I made the choice to study industrial design I looked at different universities that offered it and upon further research I knew UNSW was the right place to study. However, my terrible HSC marks meant that there was no chance for me to get into UNSW, but I did get accepted into UWS. So after a year at UWS I transferred to UNSW. I chose to study at UNSW because of the great facilities it has to offer and also the learning environment. The design studio courses is what mostly attracted me to UNSW because it’s a working design environment and will smoothly transition us from the study of design to working in a design industry, which will be greatly beneficial.

DESIGN CONFUSION!!

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