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14 Feb 2005 21:073 commentsBizLike
Is Durban Institute of Technology so bad that they can't even incorporate Industrial Design as a degree? If we want to study this we have to go to Wits or Cape Technicon which is unfair.
Is Durban so far behind in the design study scene that we have to resort to going to Wits or Cape tech. I have money to study in Durban but obviously not at Wits or the Cape. I contacted Durban Institute of Technology and they said they might consider it (that was 1 year ago) and they still do not seem to have any interest. Industrial Design I feel is now my calling in life and would be most happiest as doing it for a career. I just feel its unfair that Durban has no drive or balls to be the best city in SA but it is sorely lacking in inventiveness. We could be studying some of the best degrees and courses that Cape Town, JHB and of all places Border and the Free State offer. Is there no way we can get DIT to actually get this degree aboard? I have been told by numerous professional artists through their websites that if you want to study 3d animation, the best way to do it is to learn to draw in 3d first.

Thank you for listening to my rambling. Please if you have any info let me know.
 
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Lesson One: fairness is a figment-
Lesson One: fairness is a figment of the collective imagination, don't count on it 'cause it ain't real.

You can't go wrong with drawing – do yourself a favour and start on paper with conventional media, especially pencil and charcoal, draw from observation and try to figure out what you really see, not what you think you see. About 80% of what we perceive as our vision is actually filled in by imagination. Find some tutorials on perspective, either on the net or in books, often second hand book stores have great old books that you can pick up for the basics (and a laugh).

Then master a vector as well as a bitmap editing application, consider subscribing to computer arts magazine, computerarts.co.uk, back issues are great and cheaper. Spend time in bookshops looking at design, architecture, décor and art books. Then start playing with 3d software – blender shouldn't be too hard to get a copy of.

Good luck with getting into industrial design, it's not great if things aren't the way you want them to be but rather try and see it as a challenge to your creative abilities and conviction, me thinks if you want it bad enough you'll find a way, but bitching seldom fixes much. Posted on 23 Mar 2005 22:20
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Even Wits don't offer-
On behaif of my duagther, it's sad that in SA we are limited to study industrial design as a degree. Wits does not offer this, only industrial engineering which is totally different. Posted on 17 Sep 2010 20:32
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