Why am I pursuing Design?
I'm pursuing design because I enjoy the idea of creation, and majoring in it allows me to explore various means for expressing myself and sharing that ability with the world.
Beyond making a living, what do I hope to achieve?
I want to inspire someone to do something they have no idea how to do. I want people to see me and think that ignorance is not a legitimate reason for failure, and that ignorance can be changed into knowledge. It's really conceited, but I believe in the power of persistence.
What inspires you to design?
I love the feeling I get when I'm inspired to try and create things from scratch, like sewing jackets or making pop-up books. I love that no matter how clueless I start out a project, by the time I'm finished I'm usually pleased with the result. It's a statement of the human condition that a person can literally teach themselves to do anything, and I love the poetic nature of that idea.
What relevance does design have in the world?
It's like the guy in the video said, even something as small as a toothbrush has a design to it. Design is part of our everyday lives, whether it's applied to commodoties, nicetys, accessories, or necessities, there's always a design that makes the object function or fail to function.
http://www.deviantart.com/ It might be trite and it usually gets a bad rap, but this is the first site I ever used to share myself and my work with the world. There's always people with great skill posting things that'll blow your brain, and the community is generally supportive of all skill levels, allowing and encouraging the growth of the artist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Again, mainstream and teachers usually hate it. BUT! It's a great source for information when all you want is a general idea of what something is or how it works or what movie someone's been in etc. And for a society that is delving deeper and deeper into what is now the necessity of the internet, an online encyclopedia is an excellent tool in broadening your knowledge pool.
http://www.google.com/ Okay. So I'm obviously one of the most unoriginal people in the world, but I do google. If it's not on Wiki, it's definitely googleable, and YES there are search engines that are better and YES there are things wrong with it, but seriously. It pretty much changed the way people use the internet, and made information more accessible to people in general.