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Hey! Just joined after seeing your comment about this place yesterday.
I am not an industrial designer, alas, I actually went to uni for the first time in my 30s and chose this as my topic to study, but the course was kind of a scam and then Covid hit halfway through our second year so other than meeting a couple of cool people it was basically a complete waste of time!
That said, one of the lads on the course was big into his CAD and taught me some skills that I'm still using. Myself and my husband got into making our own resin dice, and knowing how to CAD was huge in terms of designing 3d printed contraptions to create weird and wonderful dice moulds.
It's something I'd love to get back into in a hobbyist context, but without any tools of my own or makerspaces nearby everything would be limited to digital design. The reason I chose an industrial design degree in the first place was that after a career as a web developer, I wanted to make something physical for a change!
So I guess what this rambling rant is saying is, I'm basically here to live vicariously and compliment people on their awesome ideas and weird inventions. Which isn't super helpful to you but at least it's someone responding 😄
Welcome!
Btw, I started in web design/mobile app design myself and moved into industrial a few years ago for pretty much the same reason (plus burnout :)
Is this a common pipeline I was hitherto unaware of? You know what they say about great minds, and all that!
I've settled more on gamedev these days, it sort of feels like a cross between the two since it's still digital but you're making something a bit more interactive than a regular web app. Do miss the smell of sawdust from the uni workshop, though!
I guess it’s just easier to get into purely digital design first and then branch out from there :)