I'm looking into car design. I've been in the automotive and art world my entire life. I live in a small town in Minnesota and am looking into online schooling. I found that the Academy of Art in San Fransisco offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees in Industrial Design online. I really can't afford to move out of state right now, but this is something I really desire to do. I understand that this can be very costly whether I move or not. Anyone have any suggestions to what exactly I would need to study, the best degree, and if an online degree would still be valued/desireable by a hiring company? Any and all comments greatly appreciated. Thanks much!
Originally posted by mzd3grl: I'm looking into car design. I've been in the automotive and art world my entire life. I live in a small town in Minnesota and am looking into online schooling. I found that the Academy of Art in San Fransisco offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees in Industrial Design online. I really can't afford to move out of state right now, but this is something I really desire to do. I understand that this can be very costly whether I move or not. Anyone have any suggestions to what exactly I would need to study, the best degree, and if an online degree would still be valued/desireable by a hiring company? Any and all comments greatly appreciated. Thanks much!
I understand your situation, but online courses are not the same as an actual classroom with hands on/ instructor training. Yeah, I looked into those too, and I don't know where that would get you later in your career. JMHO. Anyone else care to chime in? BTW- Good Luck.
i never heard of anyone whos taken the online course for car design but here is the thing, u learn not only from instructions but u learn from learning from others and u really have to surround urself into design atmosphere and online course does not meet that standard. how old are you tho?
I've got to agree with han, more than half your education will come from the critiques. Acutally putting your designs up on the wall next to your classmates and comparing them is what makes you a better artist and designer. There's no substitute for that. Sometimes the "ah-ha" moment comes at 1:30 in the morning when you've been comparing your sketches so long that it finally hits you what someone else has that you want. I get the impression that you wouldn't get any of that with an online degree. I'd say save your money up for another year or two and take some art classes from your local Community College so you can see what I'm talking about. If you still feel at 23 or 24 that this is what you want to do, move out to Cali or Detroit and go to school.
