我答应的事来罗! 前几天我丢了几封信给Carnegie Mellon 和 SVA 念 IxD 的学生 其中有一位Carnegie 的回我了 (上面是我问的问题，下面是他的回答) Dear Mr.Lee Hi, I am a college student from Taiwan and now majors in German. Recently I developed interest in Interaction Design and look forward to apply IxD graduate program after I graduate from college. CMU and SVA are all in my consideration. However, as a student with zero design background, I am not sure where to start. Would you suggest what kind of technical skills and knowledge I should prepare myself before I apply? (For example, what computer programs should I learn or others, etc.) Also, is it possible to request to see the portfolio examples from the past applicants? Do you have any advice on making portfolio? Sorry to bother you with this e-mail but It would be a great help if you're willing to reply. Thanks for your time. Yours sincerely, Sophie Tsai ____________________________________________________________________________ Hello Sophie, Nice to meet you. I'm Chongho Lee, second-year interaction design graduate student at CMU school of design. I hope I can answer the question you have to the best of my knowledge. First of all, I don't have a design background either. I majored in English literature and Entertainment Technology before coming to design school. As long as you have a very clear goal of why you want to pursue interaction design major, that should be enough to convince the admission committee. Out of 8 interaction design majors at my year, there are only 2 of them whose background is design. One thing to note is that most of other students have either engineering or computer science background. Regarding programming skills, I strongly recommend you build up a strong skill in HTML/CSS/Javascript and that really matters when you look for jobs later. Other than that, you might want to practice Flash since these days in order to make animated transition between user interfaces in an interactive prototype. But I think more than anything else the companies would look for User Interface design skill from you, so when you have time, I recommend you practice drawing Web / Mobile user interface wireframes a lot and also make hi-fi art assets with Photoshop. I think Photoshop and Illustrator skills are most important ones to have, more than programming skills. Regarding portfolio websites, you can take a look at mine for example (chongholee.com) but it's not the best portfolio website out there. I didn't make the website by myself and instead bought a paid service called Cargo Collective, but you might as well make your own website. I'm going to do that in a couple of weeks. You could take a look at other websites like http://www.kellynashdesign.com/ http://www.clarenceyung.com/ http://robotroy.com/ Hope this helped, and let me know if you have further questions. Best, Chongho ______________________________________________________________________________ 他回答得很简洁扼要都有切到重点 我相信对有意出国念IxD的人应该有不少帮助 加油罗:) ※ 引述《hollytfg (仙草)》之铭言： : 本板关於interaction design的资讯好像很少， : 我未来想在国外进修互动设计， : 其实最近一直在关注这些讯息，发现互动设计在国内又有UI UE HCI等等之分别， : 国内相关的系所较偏向工程或是心理学的背景。 : 我大学科系是图书资讯，配合资讯的课程多少会在课程上提及user experience， : 或是人机互动(HCI)等选修课程，因此从而想要投入与美感较为结合的互动设计。 : 有很大一部分的原因也是看了板友表示国内设计环境不彰的缘故， : 因此想选择较有竞争力的科系就读。 : 这学期(大三下)开始在AIC补习， : 因为那个学费实在太贵了所以目前选择的是套装课程。 : 内容大概是=photo illu flash平面设计+互动网页的组合。 : 但去104等人力网站看看发现这样的组合似乎对国内平面网页设计师堪称基本， : 於是又参加了一个资讯公司的培训(实习生)， : 培训计划上是从html js jquery php mySQL的顺序学习。 : 这样的loading其实很重， : 想请问贵板有没有相关从事互动设计的板友， : 想请问一个互动设计师未来应该具备什麽能力？ : 还有一个是我现在的时间规划QQ : 其实觉得自己好像有点太贪心了， : 但申请互动设计的作品集实在是不知道该往哪个方向准备才好。 : 而且web ui design 跟 interaction design好像还是有些差别， : 後者似乎会牵涉一些3D的产品设计。 : 想要了解两者未来可能或建议的发展，待遇。 : 以及我这一年(或两年)的准备时间内应该要做的取舍。 --

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