Colleges for design??

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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>So recently, I came to know about this new field of study and major called product design. I am still learning about it and from what I see, it seems to relate to marketing, communications and creative-business areas...It also includes visual arts/creativity obviously..
Some of the "D-Schools", as they are called, I researched are Parsons The New School, Art Institute Chicago, Carnegie Mellon and Pratt.</p>

<p>My questions -</p>

<p>What are some other schools that provide a major in this field?
How challenging is it to get into the above mentioned schools? (stats and portfolio)
What is the job market like for these majors? </p>

<p>Also, have I misunderstood design and product design? Are they one and the same orr? </p>

<p>Thank You!</p>

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<p>Industrial Design and Product Design are thought to be the same thing by most in the field. For the right schools for you, research ID programs.</p>

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<p>Traditionally Industrial Design is Product Design, Transportation Design and Environmental Design. More specifically, product design is anything that doesn’t have wheels, though there is over lap. Some transportation designers don’t think the two wheeled products are transportation… ideas change. Environmental is, more typically the design side architecture. Though some architecture schools focus on design rather than engineering.</p>

<p>Study the school before you choose. Beware, they all are VERY good advertising design.</p>

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<p>Design can be a somewhat challenging job market to get into. Sometimes it doesn’t matter the school you go to as much as the portfolios of your work you can provide, so definitely minimize debt if possible. If you can also major in a business major such as marketing or communications, it might serve as a valuable backup or make you more attractive to people wishing to employ your skills.</p>

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<p>RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). Also look into the joint Brown-RISD program. As you would probably expect the joint program requires very strong stats. It’s highly selective.</p>

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<p>There are also schools that will allow you to marry a visual arts major/minor to a business school major/minor if there’s not an ID program available.</p>

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<p>Cincinnati: <a href=“http://daap.uc.edu/academics/design.html”>http://daap.uc.edu/academics/design.html&lt;/a&gt;
Georgia Tech: <a href=“http://www.id.gatech.edu/”>http://www.id.gatech.edu/&lt;/a&gt;
Cranbrook: <a href=“http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/3D.html”>http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/3D.html&lt;/a&gt;
Auburn: <a href=“http://cadc.auburn.edu/design/design-degrees-programs”>http://cadc.auburn.edu/design/design-degrees-programs&lt;/a&gt;
Virginia Tech: <a href=“Schools | College of Architecture, Arts, and Design | Virginia Tech”>Schools | College of Architecture, Arts, and Design | Virginia Tech;
Syracuse: <a href=“http://vpa.syr.edu/art-design/design/undergraduate”>http://vpa.syr.edu/art-design/design/undergraduate&lt;/a&gt;
Illinois: <a href=“http://provost.illinois.edu/ProgramsOfStudy/2011/fall/programs/undergrad/faa/industrial.html”>http://provost.illinois.edu/ProgramsOfStudy/2011/fall/programs/undergrad/faa/industrial.html&lt;/a&gt;
Art Center: <a href=“Undergraduate Degrees - ArtCenter College of Design”>Undergraduate Degrees - ArtCenter College of Design;
Arizona State: <a href=“http://design.asu.edu/degrees/undergrad/bsd_industrial.php”>http://design.asu.edu/degrees/undergrad/bsd_industrial.php&lt;/a&gt;
Ohio State: <a href=“Undergraduate Studies | Department of Design”>http://design.osu.edu/undergraduate-studies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;