"suppose" isnt the right word to describe what you want to be doing in the future and if you are not looking at the car design industry seriously, you are in the wrong field.
im only a high school student but a transportation designer designs automobiles, not just cars but automobiles, including cars, trains, planes, buses, boats, and so on. They do this in a way to make each and everyone of their pieces more beautiful, functional, reliable and ergonomical for the consumer. Design is art, and art attracts people. A way of designing something is to design something that is so beautiful, so powerful and so "right" that the product itself yells out "HEY LOOK AT ME! I'M A GREAT DESIGN SO YOU SHOULD BUY ME!"
also from what i've heard and learned, engineering degrees certainly do help especially in automotive or mechanical engineering, but it is not necessary to have one, or in my opinion, it is not worth it because if you learn the functions of machines and how each part works then your creativity is limited.
hope it helps. its only a little bit of what everyone knows.
Personally, I consider someone who "designs" cars in a car studio, a car stylist. You dont need any engineering background whatsoever. It would actually hinder your creativity actually. Car "designers" just make nice drawings and renderings. Maybe a model and hopefully a car,
In my opinion, guys like Gordon Murray, Adrian Newey are true designers. Students at Art Center dont know squat about engineering, let alone how to even draw cars anymore.
Originally posted by Ferrari_one_two: Personally, I consider someone who "designs" cars in a car studio, a car stylist. You dont need any engineering background whatsoever. It would actually hinder your creativity actually. Car "designers" just make nice drawings and renderings. Maybe a model and hopefully a car,
In my opinion, guys like Gordon Murray, Adrian Newey are true designers. Students at Art Center dont know squat about engineering, let alone how to even draw cars anymore.
-Holf of what you say about studio designers is true, half is not. Therefore 'half' of them are not merely stylist. -Engineering knowledge (and criteria) is never a hinderance for a good designer, on the otherhand, lack of limitations is not good. I takes years in the field to reach a point where the engineering component of a designer's tool kit is really useful. They he/she can be absolutely invaluable because, unlike most other designers and engineers, they will see more of the overall picture. Of course, the term, designer, is used in the engineering field to describe a certain type of engineering activity, not to be confused with what we "designers" think of.
Im just saying just about everyone that comes out of ACCD, CCS, CIA, etc that goes to a design studio are stylist. One or two classmates during school had engineering backgrounds. They just happened to be the worst designers and artist. It might help but they have real engineers for that.
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Originally posted by Ferrari_one_two: Personally, I consider someone who "designs" cars in a car studio, a car stylist. You dont need any engineering background whatsoever. It would actually hinder your creativity actually. Car "designers" just make nice drawings and renderings. Maybe a model and hopefully a car,
In my opinion, guys like Gordon Murray, Adrian Newey are true designers. Students at Art Center dont know squat about engineering, let alone how to even draw cars anymore.
-Holf of what you say about studio designers is true, half is not. Therefore 'half' of them are not merely stylist. -Engineering knowledge (and criteria) is never a hinderance for a good designer, on the otherhand, lack of limitations is not good. I takes years in the field to reach a point where the engineering component of a designer's tool kit is really useful. They he/she can be absolutely invaluable because, unlike most other designers and engineers, they will see more of the overall picture. Of course, the term, designer, is used in the engineering field to describe a certain type of engineering activity, not to be confused with what we "designers" think of.[/QUOTE]
You can find information on how to become a car designer (where to study, qualifications needed, etc) in our guide to beginning a career in car design: Starting Out
>in order to become a car designer first utilizing the resources like the internet____learn via observation__read portfolios ___design techniques_ all those things which relate to carsdesigns____and most important___try finding the glamorous side of all existing designs___do not push ur self___learn out of curiosity____when u become curious u dont feel the hard work
Well, I started to search information about cars designing and it sounds great, but still it seems too much artistically. I'm looking for something with more engineering, but still I would like that it has creative side.
