雜誌閱讀心得篇
其實這是我在國外設計網站看到的一篇文章，至於為什麼不寫"書"的心得，是由於我看的那本是跟同學借的，另外還有我覺得這篇文章也是相當不錯，所以我決定寫這篇…寫英文文章的讀後心得也是相當有意義：Ｄ
文章叫做：『給設計系學生們的1000字』，內容是給設計系學生的建議
這篇文章應該也在哪個國外期刊中發表過，看了覺得很不錯，畢竟我從開始進來讀這科系，就充滿著疑惑與矛盾，看了這篇文章之後可以學習到身為一個設計學生需要注意的地方，得到一些建議讓我能夠參考，這篇文章給了我一個方向，所以我推薦這篇文章
1000 words for design students
by Allan Chochinov （是個紐約的老師和設計師）
There are a million things to learn in design school, but what about the things you need to know "about" design school? In an effort to be clear and concise—something your teachers are always bugging you to do—here are exactly 1000 words of advice for design students (clichés included):
Keep your ear to the ground.
The best gossip is any gossip. Start there and then do your homework. If a course or a teacher is reputed to be great, odds are that there's something there. Same for the inverse, but don't be dissuaded by advance reviews of a difficult or challenging teacher or course—sometimes the best fit is a tight one.
Do your homework.
There is no question that in design school, what you put in is what you get out. It's not exciting and it's not revelatory, but it really does turn out that the students who work the hardest and commit themselves the fullest end up with the best stuff. Inspiration and perspiration. You need 'em both.
School is expensive. Come on time. Stay late.
College in many countries is prohibitively expensive, so make sure you're getting your money's worth. Arrive on time and insist that your teachers do too. Stay after class and ask questions; find out about more than just what the class covered. Don't be a pest, but don't be a pushover either. Why? Here's why:
We work for you, not the other way around.
Teachers have an annoying habit of setting up the power dynamic to make you feel like they're in charge. I hate to roll out the "you are consumers of an educational product" argument, but the reality is that teachers, administrators, librarians and deans are all there in the first place because you decided to attend. And they really do work for you. So be clear about what you want and need, and team up with other students to make sure that those desires are communicated to the people in power. Use the library; ask for help. Make us work for you. You've already paid, right?
Hone your presentation skills.
Walking the walk and talking the talk are different skills. And no matter how good a designer you are, without a certain level of presentation skills, nobody will ever know. Practice public speaking, present your head off in class, and write, write, write. There is no underestimating the harm to your future that bad presentation skills can unleash. Really. You could stop reading this now and you'd have the best stuff.
Photograph everything.
If you do one thing in preparation for the new school year, buy a camera. We miss the old 35mm SLRs, but we're realists and recognize the irresistible benefits, instant gratification and economies of digital. Buy as many megapixels as you can, and if you can swing one of those sweet prosumer SLR digitals, do it. Make sure you bring your camera to class (not the expensive one though—your roommate's) and have fellow students photograph you presenting your work, conducting interviews, that kinda thing. Finally, have others take pictures of you making your models up in the shop. When you've looked at enough portfolios (car, toothbrush, chair, toy, form study, car, toothbrush, toy…), those "process" photos are positively the most exiting thing in your book to a jaded interviewer. "Did you make this model?" Well, yes. I did.
Do more; consider auditing a class.
"The people who do more are people who get more done." Duh. It's no secret that busy people often get a lot accomplished, and this is the same for students. Take an extra-curricular, non-design class (especially if grades aren't important/necessary for you), or, at the very least, consider auditing one course per semester. (Auditing a class means attending and doing the reading, but not taking up the teacher's time with homework, or taking up the class's time by asking questions. Get the word on the street, sit in during the first couple weeks of the semester, charm the pants off the teacher, and bask in the rays of someone telling you something you didn't already know. Most students aren't familiar with auditing, but it's offered in most schools.)
Read the paper.
This is the single best way to be and stay connected with the outside world. A killer-talented designer with nothing so say isn't much use to anyone (though the marketplace would expose the idealism of that argument!), and there's nothing more dangerous than an ignorant mass producer. If you live in a city that has a good newspaper, subscribe. If you don't, find a good one at your library, or read countless ones on the web for free. What's a good newspaper? The New York Times. There. That's a good one.
Get off campus.
School is great, and, after all, that's what you're doing there in the first place. But school design programs are kind of like the "official" program—the real stuff is happening by people who finished school (or often ignored it altogether), and your best investment is to connect with the communities of creative people who are doing design for a living and a life. Training in school is only part of the equation. Being submerged in the culture of design practice is where the real action is.
Don't work alone.
I know you know that design is a collaborative effort, so there's no reason why you shouldn't practice getting along with others while you're still in school. But that's not the real benefit of doing design homework with others: It's more fun. If you don't already know this, then you haven't done design work with others.
Take almost any job.
There is absolutely no replacement for the real thing, and practical experience in any design related field is more than you already have. So don't spend six months after you graduate looking for the perfect job. And, certainly, don't wait until you graduate to look for your first design job. You should be doing everything in your power to get some practical training onto your résumé and into your brain and hands before you graduate. That means helping out somewhere once a week, or bagging that summer internship. Do anything design-related. You'll be respected more by future employers, and have some chops by the time you get out.
Well, that's it for me. 1000 words of advice. But there's more out there, so with the ball rolling, why not share your own advice. Don't be shy
訓練自己的表達能力，很好，我就是不敢在不熟的人面前嚷嚷，之前幾次上台我幾乎嚇得內臟要吐出來，只有一次上藝術欣賞講讀書心得好像還有表達到東西，其他的我真是不敢回想
跟他人一起完成作業這點我個人是非常想做的，除了學習團隊合作的經驗，也不用一個人做很悶，不過學校集體作業似乎不多，而有的老師講個大概就要我們回去做並把成品交出來，可能以為大家高中都做過類似的東西了吧，所以有時候一個人在房間裡做作業真是遇到很多困難，越做就越哀怨，多點人討論比較好，還可以互相學習，所以以後我希望可以多跟幾個朋友找機會聚在一起做作業
將生活週遭的東西都拍下來，個人覺得很有趣，也很有意義，可以試試看！BLOG是個好玩意
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