‘Applied Arts & Design’ Archives
How To Become an Industrial Designer »
Industrial Design is the process of conceptualizing, designing and developing specifications that produce the optimum appearance and function of products. The industrial designer shapes manufactured goods, machines, systems and procedures in a way that is best for the end user as well as for the manufacturer. An industrial design degree will put [...]
Businesses Take a Page From Design Firms »
When New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center wanted to make the chemotherapy process easier on patients three years ago, it sought help from an unusual place: the design firm IDEO Inc. Clinic staff from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York role-play patient-care scenarios with consultants from design firm IDEO. The [...]
How To Become an Architect »
Architects design houses and buildings. They plan offices and apartments. They design schools, churches, and airport terminals. Their plans involve far more than a building's looks. Buildings must be safe and strong. They must also suit the needs of the people who use them. Architects look at all these things. Architects must be licensed before [...]
How To Become a Marketing Manager »
Marketing managers are asked to work on numerous activities for companies in the areas of market research, marketing strategy, sales, advertising, promotion, pricing, product development and public relations. Specifically, marketing managers develop a company's marketing strategy in detail. Most employers require marketing managers to have [...]
Career 411: Advertising Design »
Products are successful only if potential customers know about them. Amazing new inventions, high quality new consumer products and the very best goods and services would all sit, unused on a shelf if it weren’t for the efforts of advertising and design professionals. A career in advertising and design is a career that continues to thrive in bad [...]
Get Creative with Applied Arts and Design »
Where can a degree in applied arts and design take you? Graduates working in the field can be found in the world's top fashion houses, Fortune 500 companies, respected architectural firms, and more. Pursuing a degree in applied arts and design can be a smart way to combine your artistic ability with training for a potentially lucrative career. [...]
