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February 15, 2002  by Donald Lehman Coming to the end of the second quarter I have picked up all of the base skills of Industrial Design. So far it’s been is very reaffirming for me. I love concept sketching. I love model making. And these are just the basics. The one class I have where I’m actually designing a product is a blast. I can’t wait to start getting down and dirty into some more design work. Best of all, I know I’m doing what I want. But other people aren’t so sure. I’ve been hearing the question: “So this is Industrial Design?” What exactly ID is, is becoming clearer to people. Add to that, the countdown: T-minus 2 years, 3 months until graduation. Yikes. A couple of my friends have realized that they would much rather be working with their hands most of the time then sketching out their ideas. They loved our model making classes. And they’re pretty darn good at it too. My friend Nate made a model of a Gameboy Advance that looked so much like the real thing it made you want to pick it up and play a game of Tetris. “But, do I have to go through all that sketching and ideation just to do what I really want to do?” Industrial Design incorporates a lot of sketching into it. Our dirty secret is out. But you would think that would be pretty obvious. I mean you didn’t actually think that this was going to be like a piece of sculpture you could just sort of mess around with and then call it done, did you? Haha. Did you? Oh you did. Sculpture that you can make a living at. Yeah, I sort of thought that too when I first heard about ID. But I was also lucky enough to hear about ID early in my junior year of high school. Doing research into it and shadowing at a firm for a day helped me to see all aspects of the design process. I knew what I was getting into. But most people don’t hear about ID until they are on their college search. Sam, (Of Planes, Trains, and Minivans fame) was looking at RIT for Mechanical Engineering when he chanced upon a brochure with a little blurb about the program here. Another one of my friends, Jeanie, was coming to school for woodworking when she first heard about ID halfway through our freshman year. She decided to go into it but now she’s having second thoughts. She feels more creative when she’s turning wood on a lathe than when she’s trying to come up with 20 house ware concepts by next class. So it looks like Jeanie is headed back to the wood shop. Nate, on the other hand, did know about ID before he started to look for schools. It’s what he thought he wanted to do. It sounded cool: Join ID, make Star Wars gadgets. But now that he is actually into it, he’s just not feeling it. He craves to be working with his hands all day and he feels like woodworking is the best way for him to do that. Understandably, I was a little sad about hearing that Jeanie and Nate wanted to take off for the lumberyard. But I am glad they are going with their gut. Why would anyone do something they didn’t love? Plus, it’s a lot better to do it now then to stick with it for 10 years just to realize that they should have made the switch way back when. Good luck guys. “Best Use of Futura, Ever” Design of the Month club: The Royal Tenenbaums  The cinematography on this movie is beautiful. The use of colors and costuming to help tell the story is also done very cool. Even more importantly, it’s hilarious. Who knew Gene Hackman was so funny? Also, be sure to check out the movie’s website. (www.royaltenenbaums.com) |
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