Design stretches across a wide variety of disciplines. While the design materials, outcomes, and metrics for success vary quite a bit, there are many similarities in the way practitioners conceptualize design and the process through which it occurs. Likewise, approaches to design education across schools and institutes reveal many similarities in how students learn to design and the principles that guide this process. While this discussion of knowledge learned in design school comes from a fine arts perspective, it offers key insight applicable to students in all design programs. While a bit less passionate and encompassing, this post details many of the skills that students develop while in the HCID program here.
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One of the key things you are doing in graduate school is determining how you learn and what interest you. Yes, you have your academic requirements but you have to satisfy you academic curiosity as well. This means taking time to pursue things that are of import to you. The most important thing to do is to constantly be inquisitive. If this does not come easy for you, that is quite okay. This is a skill that you can develop, to explore different ideas. Talk to other graduate students, faculty, or given just friends that are not even in school. But force yourself at some point to discuss your understanding about what you are learning. I would say the most important thing is to also just sometimes “check out” and have fun.
Wow – You evaluative methods kids have a really fancy blog design.
I kind of agree to most of what is mentioned in the blogs and by Sam.
lovely thoughts here.