The United States is the first country to realize the professionalization of industrial design. Its industrial design education also has a long history, accumulated rich experience, and formed distinctive characteristics. American art study abroad industrial design focuses on service work, and industrial design works focus on user research and innovative solutions. Let's take a look at the details of American industrial design overseas works collection!

The focus of American industrial design art education has been on product design since the beginning, and there is a trend of more and more specialization, such as American Art Center School of Design The leading major of the School is automobile design, the leading major of the Cranbrook School of Design is furniture design, and the industrial design of the School of Design of North Carolina State University has a tradition of valuing universal design. This trend of specialization is the result of the requirements of the highly commercialized society in the United States for design talents.

　　 one Overseas Study American industrial design emphasizes procedure and method

In the early days of the professionalization of industrial design in the United States, many design firms in the United States developed detailed procedures and methods of industrial design to ensure the commercial success of product design. The design education in the United States also attaches importance to the cultivation of rigorous design procedures and methods for foreign students. Before the design class, the teacher developed a detailed design guide book, which has clear requirements for each stage of the design process, such as topic selection, market research, cost analysis, marketing, and product design, and pays special attention to students' standardized design expression, which includes not only written expression, visual image expression, but also oral design expression. Through this rigorous training, students will have a higher professional quality and a more complete understanding of the connotation of industrial design, which will also help students enter the employment market smoothly. Through several years of professional study, students of industrial design can usually accumulate some complete design cases and become important materials for their job hunting.

　　 2. American industrial design conforms to social needs and cultivates pragmatic talents

The employment market of industrial design in the United States is highly competitive, and enterprises require graduates of industrial design to enter the role as soon as possible. In order to meet the requirements of society, school design education must be connected with the specific requirements of enterprises for designers as far as possible. In addition to meeting the needs of enterprises in terms of curriculum, the school also pays special attention to close cooperation with enterprises, not only to jointly develop products with enterprises, but also to encourage students to go to enterprises for long-term internship to understand the specific operation of industrial design. Students' design projects usually come from enterprises. The school also tries to integrate with the enterprise in terms of software and hardware configuration of computer aided design.

　　 3. American art students studying in industrial design should pay attention to cooperation with related disciplines and cultivate the spirit of collaboration of designers

The operation of industrial design in enterprises usually requires close cooperation with management, market, technology and other aspects. A qualified industrial designer must have a spirit of collaboration and be good at dealing with experts in all aspects. In order to cultivate the team concept of designers, some topics of the design department are organized by students of industrial design, management school and engineering school to give full play to their professional knowledge and jointly complete the whole process from consumer survey, market analysis, product positioning, product development and design, engineering analysis and marketing. The result of this practice not only cultivates the collaborative spirit of industrial design students, but also enables them to have a more comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of product development and design, so as to ensure the success of products in business. It also enables management and engineering students to have a deeper understanding of design, which is helpful to the cooperation with designers in enterprises in the future.

　　 4. American industrial design emphasizes industrial product design

In the United States, industrial design is synonymous with product design. Therefore, industrial design majors emphasize product design, while environmental design and visual communication design have other specialties. The curriculum is centered on product design, and students are required to master engineering knowledge such as machinery, man-machine, materials, etc. Such clear professional direction setting is closely related to the mature professionalization of American industrial design. There are many companies specialized in product design in the United States, and many large enterprises also have professional product design departments. Students engaged in professional product design have a broad job market.

　　 5. American industrial design emphasizes the practical ability of foreign students

This hands-on ability includes model making ability and computer aided design ability. On the one hand, it is because the school has good facilities, such as well-equipped model workshops, complete model materials, etc., on the other hand, it is also related to the deliberate cultivation of the school. For example, Chinese students' building models are usually exterior models, while American students' models have detailed internal structures. Through model making, students can have a deeper understanding of material properties, process structure, etc.

The collection of overseas works of art for industrial design majors generally requires 10~20 works, and does not require video, pictures or pdf format. Generally, schools require uploading through slideroom or other separate systems rather than submitting with online applications, so students applying for such majors must pay attention to this.

The following takes the industrial design major of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as an example to introduce in detail the new requirements of RISD's new president's collection of overseas art works: the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD for short) is a world top design school integrating art and design disciplines. Founded in 1877, it has a long history of nearly 140 years. Among the 25 best design schools in the world of Business Insider, RISD ranked first, beating Yale, MIT, Pratt, SAIC and other strong schools. Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, is located at the foot of College Hill and connected to the campus of Ivy Brown University. The teacher-student ratio is 11:1. It owns 13 acres of school land, and the proportion of international students is about 15%. Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University share social, academic and community resources, and provide students of both schools with the opportunity to choose courses and double degrees. Each major of Rhode Island School of Design is at the forefront of the field, especially industrial design, graphic design, illustration, photography, architecture, interior architecture and landscape architecture.

　　Drawings Provide two drawing samples, each done on a sheet of white paper measuring 16"x 20"(40 cm x 50 cm).

Figure 1

　　Create a drawing through a process of directly observing the forms, light,shapes and relationships of something in front of you.You can choose any subject you wish—for example,natural forms,landscapes or urban spaces,a group of objects(natural and/or manmade),someone you know, and on and on.Remember that the subject matter is merely a vehicle for observing relationships that work together to build a compelling point of view and visual description.This drawing must be done using either graphite pencil or charcoal.

Figure 2 Select one of the following options: Draw a bicycle.

　　1.Create a drawing instrument or tool. Make a drawing with the instrument you have created.Send the original drawing to us and upload an image or a video of the instrument with your portfolio in SlideRoom.

2. Make a drawing of a bicycle.

　　For Drawing#2, you may use graphite pencil or any dry(fixable)medium,a water-based medium(such as ink,watercolor or gouache)or a combination.Do not use any oil-based medium or collage.Remember that whatever medium(s)you choose,the surface must be stable and dry and you must be able to fold the paper(see below)in order to mail it to our office.

　　We consider drawing to be as much about process as presentation and encourage you to consider your drawing submissions as exercises in experimental thinking and risk-taking more than as final presentations or examples of technical proficiency. We do not value any particular style of drawing more than another,so feel free to explore the full range of possible expression in your drawings.We are looking for work that reveals your distinct point of view.Using existing images from others as the direct source for your drawings,however,is not recommended.

　　Fold your drawings in half and then in half again to a finished size of 8"x 10"(20cm x 25cm)and be sure to note your full name, date of birth and address on the back of each drawing.Drawings must be mailed to the Admissions Office in their original form,not submitted as reproductions.

In general, this topic still requires students to submit two different collections of overseas art works, and the second one has two different topics for selection.

1. Create a sketch work by expressing the relationship between shape, light and things;

2. (1) Invent a drawing tool, and use this drawing tool to draw a picture, send the original picture to us, and then put the photo of the drawing tool you created in your work collection and upload it to slideroom.

(2) Draw a picture of a bicycle.

this The New Independent Proposition of Rhode Island The part of the change is to change the original mandatory option for bicycles to option, which gives students more room to choose, so that students can fully demonstrate their ability of self painting when applying to schools. Compared with the previous compulsory bicycle, this compulsory item tests students' ability to observe the shape of objects, light, shadow and picture structure analysis in more aspects. It is not only a new opportunity but also a new challenge for students.

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