I just wondered whether anyone who has had studio experience could tell me what it's really like to be a car designer? Is it as as good you'd expected it to be?
for a very small group of people who are both talented at what they do, yet want nothing more from life than an acceptable salary to repeat a very limited set of tasks and live toward the bottom of the corporate org chart, it is paradise. god bless them.
but for most people who have (or slowly gain) a broader vision of life, the world, and everything, this limiting paradise wears thin after a few years!
it should also be noted that many young designers are attracted to the profession for reasons of personal creative freedom. does that describe you? but remember, once it becomes a salaried job (or a project for a client), it is no longer personal, it is rarely creative, and there is little freedom - the money is supposed to compensate for that hole in your heart, for the selling of your soul, and for the numbing of the brain.
I dont post often on these forums but tixe's atrocious comments left me no choice. I cant say that i have experienced a job in the car design industry but i am in the middle of my studies at the academy or art u in california. Yes there are limitations when it comes to design but if you are good at what you do then these limitations just inspire more creativity to solve problems and come up with fresh new designs that are feasible and interesting. I could go on but i hope that any aspiring designers arent phased by what tixe has said..good designers can let their creativity show even with limitations.
No offense to your admirable idealism but as you admitted you've never had a job, particularly one where the stipulations of the client are completely at odds with your design instincts. Tixe is dead on the money.
