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What is Design

Design is a discipline of study and practice focused on the interaction between a person — a ‘user’— and the man-made environment, taking into account aesthetic, functional, contextual, cultural, and societal considerations. As a formalized discipline, design is a modern construct.

Concretely, most people’s experience of design stems from their daily interaction with physical objects, built spaces, and digital environments. We interact with what is around us, and each other, through designed constructs. Clothing, devices, transportation, user interfaces, the landscape, the city, and even the chair you are sitting in, were all designed by a designer. 

About the Course

Design degrees focus on fundamental aspects of design activity, from comprehension and methodology to values and philosophy. Design is often the first step before executing a certain product that has to follow certain aesthetic features and also respond to certain customers’ needs. Students enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Design will learn, to define the particularities of a certain object or concept, shape, size, color, environment, costs, functionalities, utility, constraints, etc.

Why Study Design

The use and attributes of design are becoming more and more diversified and are nowadays present in many different business sectors, from architecture and civil engineering to organizational and human behavior. A designer may work in different fields of activity such as fashion design, interior design, graphic design, industrial design, web design, and more. Students will be equipped with illustration skills as they have to develop original ideas and concepts, as well as technical capabilities.

They will also develop research and planning skills – in order to set a strategy for approaching each project, creativity, and attention to detail.

Although most graduates of design work in media, advertising, or software technology, other popular career options include: exhibition designer, interior designer, landscape architect, multimedia specialist, fashion designer, and more.

Career Prospect

Design is a great career for people who are creative thinkers and enjoy art, technology, and communication. There are design needs across every industry, so designers have many opportunities to take on a range of new and exciting projects. It can also be a very fulfilling career, as designers can see the real-world impact of their work.

Design education helps to meet the world’s demand for innovation. In every aspect of government, industry, business, and non-profit work, there is an ever-increasing demand for creative thinking and ingenuity. Education in Design is like exercising your creative muscles and developing your unique potential. Design students learn and practice both conceptual and critical thinking and develop their natural creativity – capacities that are highly valued in the 21st Century world.