<p>I'm deciding between interior design and industrial designer. I'm getting better at drawing and sketching. I like interior design, but people tell me that I won't be able to find a job. I like industrial design and hope to one day own my own ceramics, or pottery business or anything that involves making something...</p>
<p>Why not architecture? It is a more rigorous discipline to study and many of the most famous industrial designers have been trained as architects. i don’t think interior design would get you nearly as far as being either an industrial design or architecture major.</p>
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<p>This well reviewed article written by the head of Miami’s Dept. of Architecture/Interior Design may be of help: </p>
<p>[Interior</a> Design and Architecture: A look at how the two disciplines intersect, and how to best approach them as educators and professionals](<a href=“http://www.di.net/articles/interior-design-and-architecture/"]Interior”>http://www.di.net/articles/interior-design-and-architecture/).</p>
<p>I am a professional interior designed who got my degree with a College of a Architecture. If you pursue interior design, look for a CIDA accredited program. An interiors degree from an architecturally strong program is a positive if you plan to go into commercial interior design. </p>
<p>If you want to make things, you really should explore an art program. Interior design uses computer 3D programs extensively, you won’t be making things, but creating the plans that contractors use to bring your designs on paper to life. </p>
<p>Industrial designers are involved in everything we use on a daily basis. They research human behavior, anthropometrics, ergonomics, etc. to design everything from toothbrushes and chairs to cars.</p>
<p>Though they are all related by design (and you’ll sometimes find interiors and industrial design in the same college together )- they are also very different.</p>
<p>DD1’s school did an innovative semester project where Architecture and Interior Design students worked together on the same project. The amount of work produced was pretty spectacular, and the way the work was split allowed each discipline to focus more on their side. The end result was a resounding success for both sides and a better understanding of who does what.</p>
<p>Industrial design is a different ballgame, I work with industrial designers daily and our disciplines intersect quite a bit (I do more of the human factors stuff and analysis and they do the design work.Fun stuff.</p>