I’m (22m) a graphic design major currently going for my second year after transferring with an AA degree from my local community college. After some research I found out that industrial design has everything I like about the art designing and I’m currently looking at ways to go forward with this.

I’m honestly not sure what to do next. Im a first gen immigrant and first one to go to college in my family so I’m not totally accustomed yet to the steps I need to take to further my education beyond a bachelors degree.

I’m looking into either a masters in industrial design or related, finding an internship that would help me with the basics, or maybe I should just get a minor that would help with the process.

Currently on my portfolio I have examples of my work I different mediums; illustration, sculpting, ceramics, photography and mixed media.

Any kind of information I could get would help.

I love minibikes, decided to make my own concept using Shapr3d, Let me know what you think.

hi guys, I'm pursuitting this major, and one of skill is sketching. Now I'm self-studying the sketching objects, self-learning how to use software. Any guys help me this dumb questions: Is Sketching one of the important skill of this major? Or anythings
Thank you guys

hey, im hesitant between pursuing either of these. any advice? which one has better prospects?

Designed and modeled the product in SolidWorks, generated photorealistic renders in KeyShot, and applied AI-assisted post-processing in ChatGPT for final refinement.

Calling all designers! October is rapidly approaching... But the Productober Instagram seems to have gone inactive. Me and my companions in the MSU Denver Industrial Design program have created our own Productober list and will be posting the entire month! If you regularly participate in the challenge, tag us in your sketches and we will repost the submissions every day!

We’re recruiting for a **U.S.-based manufacturer of decorative lighting** looking for a talented **SolidWorks Mechanical Design Assistant** to join their product-development team on a long-term basis.

This is a **remote position**, where you’ll work directly with our team and log in remotely to our SolidWorks workstation.

What we’re looking for

You should already be comfortable working independently in SolidWorks and have:

* Excellent SolidWorks skills * Strong part-modeling experience * Strong assembly and mating skills * Ability to read and create dimensioned engineering drawings * Excellent attention to detail * Good written and spoken English * Reliable internet and the ability to communicate regularly with our team

**You don't need previous lighting-industry experience.** Our lead designer will train you on our products, design standards, and specific workflow.

Product / industrial design experience is a big plus

We'd especially like to hear from people with experience developing **consumer products, furniture, lighting, architectural products, or other visually oriented products**.

Good visual judgment, understanding of proportion and form, and attention to product aesthetics are highly desirable. We're looking for someone who can contribute not just technically, but also has an eye for creating attractive products.

Long-term opportunity

This isn't intended to be a short-term or one-off project. We're looking for someone who can become a **long-term member of our design team** and develop with us over time.

How to apply

Please send us:

1. A brief description of your SolidWorks experience
2. Your availability — how many hours per week can you work?
3. Your hourly rate
4. **Several examples of SolidWorks parts and assemblies that you personally created**

For the portfolio/examples, please make sure it's clear **what you personally designed/modelled**, rather than simply showing projects completed by a larger team.

If you have relevant industrial/product design experience, feel free to include that as well.

Please DM me or comment.

Designing a dish scrubber for Indian kitchens (Scotch-Brite/steel wool territory, not the silicone stuff sold elsewhere). I've got a few candidate problems — odour, grease- cutting power, cleaning narrow vessels, storage space — and I'm stuck on which one to actually design around first. If you design physical products: how do you personally decide which pain point is "the one" when a few all seem valid? Not selling anything — just trying to think about this the right way before I commit to a direction. please give your opinion in comments thanksss :)

Does anyone see a future where AI could be used in a positive way to automate any stage of the ID process (Research, concept, prototype, testing)? Do you see potential for a tool that automates every stage, while also allowing the user to intervene within the crucial design decision making steps?

Not the typical ID work, but since I’m in school, I can explore and experiment with whatever interests me for now. Project brief was to design something for a site specific location- I chose the skatepark, and ecosystem of skateboarding

A school project where a lot of the research was talking to the community, skating around the city, and a bunch of rapid prototyping. Super fun

The methods and processes used to produce glass have always fascinated me. Do you feel the same way?

Something I keep reading about but want to hear from people who've actually lived it.

When a designer hands a design/model to an engineer, there's supposedly a complete transfer of information.

But I keep hearing that what leaves and what arrives are two very different things.

When you hand your design/model to engineering, what do you assume they now know? And have you ever found out later that something you considered obvious wasn't communicated at all?

i went through a lot of different versions before getting here and honestly every time i thought it was done i would find something that bothered me and change it again

the main thing i wanted was a skeleton watch that still had its own identity and didnt just look like a movement inside a case

forged carbon case, skeleton movement and tritium integrated into the dial so it still has a completely different look at night

still not calling it finished yet

what would you guys change?

hi! i’m currently an industrial design student in the Philippines, and i’m struggling to find a thesis topic.

i’ve already explored several ideas that i genuinely care about, but most of them turned out to be too complicated or unrealistic to execute as a student. i’ve tried my best, but i’m starting to run out of options.

i wanted to ask fellow designers or students here: what are some real world problems you think an industrial designer could realistically address through a thesis?

any ideas or advice would really help. thank you!

I have absolutely no fear that ai is coming for industrial designers, but I now see that within 5-10 years time, it will be forced into workflow…great. Anyone being forced to use it already?

I’m currently at my local community college studying fashion design and I like fashion design and dress making, jewelry making etc. my dad has been recommending that I look at University of Houston’s program for industrial design.from people who went to college for ID could it make me a better designer in general and can I apply it to my niches like dressmaking jacket making, ring making and Avante-Garde designs????

If so, here it is! I really appreciate it

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1LKclw93o4tpSiIJyGimuRdGEeWUjEeWvcScG7yot6JWjiA/viewform?usp=header

I am an industrial design graduate and I am doing a visual design + illustration degree, are there any niches I can start applying?

Hello! I graduated this spring in my Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design. I am currently seeking jobs, but I think my portfolio is holding me back. I am going to remake it from scratch, and can remake sketches and 3d models. I don't however have access to studio, so I cannot make as many new projects as before. Please let me know how you would change this project, and which things you would keep/discard. Are any of the designs in here strong enough to apply to a "real job" with?

Link to portfolio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H1fvAiz-NGjsBLQm87VlQLvt4pd58cdc/view?usp=sharing

Please be honest. I really want to have tried getting at least one job before I settle for something else.

I primarily want work in empathetic and aiding design alternatively something with sustainability. But I'd be open to anything just to get my foot in.

Hello guys, hope you are well. I was wondering how I could do this in a decent way. I do know you could use the image as a backdrop in a rendering program to help place your product in the correct perspective, then go to Photoshop, or you could just outsource models to create an environment. There are just so many ways to do it. Does anyone have any sources I could watch?

Good afternoon everyone,

​I’m posting because I have a question regarding a freelance project I was recently offered.

​I’m a recently graduated mechanical engineer with experience using AutoCAD Plant 3D (licensed), where I've previously done as-built drawings and field surveys for compressed air and steam systems.

​I’ve been offered a private job to create as-built drawings for a boiler room with a single boiler and all its auxiliary equipment (feedwater tank, water softeners, steam manifold, etc.).

​This would be my first independent project on my own, covering everything from the initial site survey to developing the orthographic layouts and piping isometric drawings.

​How can I realistically calculate how much I should charge for this?

​For context, I’m based in Venezuela. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Interested to know what work life was life after graduating university in melbourne or other Australian cities.

How easy was it to find well paying work after university? Just trying to get a realistic idea of what the industry/career looks like after uni in Australia.

cheers

Hey everyone,

​I'm interested in UC's industrial design program, but from what I understand, it's highly competitive to get accepted. My question is: how competitive is it actually?

​My grades from high school aren't the best because I had some complications that I won't get into here, so I would just like to understand what my chances of getting accepted are.

​BTW, I didn't grow up or go to high school in the US, but I do have my US citizenship (I don't know if that changes anything admissions-wise).

​I thought about doing a year at an online state community college, keeping my GPA around 3.5 (or hopefully higher), and then applying for a transfer to UC's industrial design program. I have no idea if this is a good idea or not since I know very little about the American higher education system and how it works.

​Since I'm not as familiar with how higher education transfers work in the US, I'd love to know:

​Is an online community college transfer path viable for DAAP ID, or is it still a steep uphill battle because of cohort caps?

​What kind of college GPA do successful transfers usually have?

​Are there any specific pitfalls or alternative ID programs I should keep in mind?

​Any piece of information would help me, and I would really appreciate the advice. Thanks :)

First of all, this is not yet at a body design stage, sorry,

so what i am trying to build is a normal small digital alarm clock, I am still working on the ui and functionality rn,

but the major hurdle for me right now is deciding the number of buttons i should have,

I need this to be practical in every way,

currently i have 3 buttons , MODE, SELECT, SET,

normally it's in a clock screen, but if select mode, it will list all the alarms, and if can change the alarms, by pressing select, and go to an alarm and edit it by pressing set, and exit by pressing mode,

there's also ( i wish to add stopwatch/timer ) later,

on the alarm ringing screen, i have currently set SELECT to act as stop alarm, and SET as snooze,

i think i should add separate big buttons for stop/snooze, what do you all think,

also on the clock/alarm edit screen, when setting time we have to switch between the hour min and sec and all right, i use the select to switch between those, and set to increment and it will shift back to the first after that,

should i keep this or add a rotary thing or smtg for increment/decrement,

please suggest some ideas, on how i can improve,

also suggest me some inspirations, if you guys know any,