Just a quick search on google and it’s amazing to see all
the different types of design courses available at universities around the
world. You could study fashion and textile design, industrial and furniture
design, transportation design, interior design, video design, graphic design,
digital and virtual design or even theatre design. While learning about
different skills on each of the courses, students are also usually taught about
how to use that skill in the business world. One thing for sure is that
computers and electronic technology play a big role in design courses nowadays.
Cars and bridges can be designed using a computers can do the calculations much
more quickly than a human brain.
However you don’t need to be a qualified architect to design
a new room or even a new house – just go along to your local computer shop and
buy an inexpensive program. Magazines in shops and on the internet will tell
you how to redesign the interior of your home to be up-to-date with ‘innovative
new design’. But I think it might be a good idea to get a qualified builder to
build it for you.
(Kang Guru Magazines, March 2008)
