WTF is Design?
What exactly is Design? Is it only designing websites and mobile apps? or does it also include interior & fashion design?
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WTF is Design?
Everything in the universe is designed. We can learn about design from both natural design (nature) and artificial design (human-made design). But we have the least control over the natural design because we did not create/design it.
Though the actions of human beings have a major impact on nature, we particularly don't have any control over it. All we can do is to maintain balance in nature to survive for more years on earth. We can continue to talk about the effects of human activity on nature and other environmental stuff. But that's another topic we can cover in future articles because we are trying to answer what according to us is Design.
Then what's the artificial design/human-made design?
Well, everything the man has invented is designed in a particular way to make our lives easier. It may be the phones/technology you use every day, the house you live in, the books you read, the doors you walk through, everything is designed.
According to Wikipedia, design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process.
Why should you learn design?
You need to learn design because everything in the world is designed. But, is it the best design/solution that we have? Does it not have any problems at all?
Right, thinking about this, you will come to the realization that many things that we use in day-to-day life have been poorly or badly designed. We face a lot of problems handling it. We usually blame ourselves if we do not understand how to use one thing, but it's actually the design of the machine which is bad which made it hard to use it.
So, if there are problems, then we need to address it and solve it. And in order to find these problems in the first place, you need to learn to design.
Now you know that you need to learn design, What are the different careers in Design and which one should you learn?
Well, you can go to learn any type of design. But first, we need to understand what are the different careers in design.
Careers in Design:
Industrial Design - You design day-to-day products with a focus on product usefulness and the customer experience in our daily lives.
Graphic Design - You create designs for marketing collateral, product illustrations, brand identities, and much more.
Web/UI-UX Design - You create designs for websites and mobile applications. The focus is on the user’s experience, determining how they interact with the product.
Interior Design - You design interior spaces to improve the safety, functionality, and aesthetic appeal to build the right infrastructure you want.
Fashion Design - You study fashion trends and design new clothing and accessories.
Photography & Film Design - You study photography and videography to create photos/videos from short movies to feature films.
Multimedia art & animation - You create animations and special effects for movies, television, video games, applications, and other forms of media.
and more.
These aren't the only careers, but most people have a career in this.
Now how do you decide what to learn if we want to get into the design industry and make a career out of it?
We decide by analyzing:
What's easiest to learn
What's easiest to get into and
Which has a high salary/payment (along with scope)
In the next article, we will tackle which career to pursue.
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