Setting things in motion:
Leonardo da Vinci, centuries ago, kick-started some extraordinary creations, setting the way forward, for many creative individuals, throughout the ages, from around the globe.
10 Popular Design Careers
Fashion Designer
Graphic Designer
Interior Designer
Industrial Design
Architect
Draughtsperson
Animator
Game Designer
Art Director
Web designer / Interactive Designer
Product Design
Popular Design Systems and Platforms
From 3D Design Programs, to computer assisted technology - whatever happened to the good old pencil and paper?
CAD (Computer-Aided Design) systems
Adobe
Autodesk
Awesome Design Resources
Check out How – everything there is to know about the design industry is here!
Design Indaba South Africa – www.designindaba.co.za
The Design Institute of Australia- a really well put together resource website, focussed on the Australian Design Industry
Design Week – a UK based Design Resource
Studying Interior Design in the USA and Canada then check out the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. They have a full list of institutions that offer accredited qualifications in Interior Design! Awesome!
Also check out Design Intelligence for a ranking of the Top Design Schools in the USA.
Japanese Streets: one of the first websites to cover Japanese fashion is English, its fun, vibrant and edgy. Check out their breakdown of design colleges in Japan!
Designingwithtype.com: Clever website about the field of typography, it even has a cool global list of art and design schools whereby you can study Typography. Nice one!
Design things we dig!
Addidas Design Studios: http://www.adidasdesignstudios.com
Shotoshop - these guys make epic designs and creations!
Makerbot: 3D printing just got super cool and oh so real!
Also have a look at CNN’s feature of the 3D Printing industry – a really well put together breakdown!
Something Cool!
Check Career Discovery with the Harvard Graduate School of Design!
Born To Design: Powered by the team from Design that Matters and Solid Works…this is just an awesome project of taking ideas into development!
Global Creatures: The art – the design and the creativity that comes from this animatronics set-up is an example of the puppetry world on steroids!
Design Career Websites
Creative Pool – a very cool careers portal:
Behance.net – one of the best creative careers networks
