NCAD Industrial Design

rockerstienbeft

Is anyone else thinking about applying for Industrial Design in NCAD? If so, how are you set for the portfolio interview in April?

rockerstienbeft

Whoa, looks like there's a lot of competition for this course from boards.ie!

croker1

what does NCAD stand for???

rockerstienbeft

National College of Art and Design

croker1

aaaaaaaaahhhhh i see!!!:L and where is that???

rockerstienbeft

Thomas Street in town, neeaar enough temple bar.

Map

rockerstienbeft

So noone else on boards is going in to the interview next week? (or has done it already)

LYDIABANK

how did u get on with the interview after? im doing one in april!

rockerstienbeft

I think it went pretty good, I got in! They're really quite sound about the interview, so long as you have an interest in the subject! Best of luck for two weeks time, you'll do grand!

LYDIABANK

thanks any tips for the portfolio or questions to prepare?

rockerstienbeft

Your enthusiasm should be all you need! knowledge of a few famous designers, interest in how things function, really depends on what you're into, Furniture design, product design, mechanical design, they're all suitable. If you did Tech G or DCG, bring in some technical drawings or solidworks printouts, that sorto thing. Be confident in the work that you're bringing in, the interviewers are generally quite sound. Best of luck!

LYDIABANK

Great thanks a million for your help. i have some technical drawings and auto cad drawings in my portfolio , interview is tomorrow! woohoo! thanks again :cool:

Selohesra007

rockerstienbeft wrote: »

Your enthusiasm should be all you need! knowledge of a few famous designers, interest in how things function, really depends on what you're into, Furniture design, product design, mechanical design, they're all suitable. If you did Tech G or DCG, bring in some technical drawings or solidworks printouts, that sorto thing. Be confident in the work that you're bringing in, the interviewers are generally quite sound. Best of luck!

Had mine today;).... when do you find out roughly if you got in or not? And was/is 1st year a bit of crack, intense, awful or mix of all!?!:p

LYDIABANK

Selohesra007 wrote: »

Had mine today;).... when do you find out roughly if you got in or not? And was/is 1st year a bit of crack, intense, awful or mix of all!?!:p

How did you get on in your interview? i had mine on the wednesday! everyone seemed confident enough, but i got asked to describe how a hoover worked..really put me on the spot! was able to give a general description. very general at that....:eek:

Selohesra007

LYDIABANK wrote: »

How did you get on in your interview? i had mine on the wednesday! everyone seemed confident enough, but i got asked to describe how a hoover worked..really put me on the spot! was able to give a general description. very general at that....:eek:

haha I think i got on well but sure ye never know wit these things, they asked if i was at the open day and i said i wasnt so that might be bad... was there much people applying at the interviews on wednesday?

LYDIABANK

Selohesra007 wrote: »

haha I think i got on well but sure ye never know wit these things, they asked if i was at the open day and i said i wasnt so that might be bad... was there much people applying at the interviews on wednesday?

I think they asked me that too actually,i was at it about 2 years ago! well there was a staedy flow of people coming and going. They also asked me what products need to be improved on...:cool: do you know how many places there are?

Selohesra007

No idea, cant see it on their website either... we are told before the leavin cert if we are in or not aren't we?

cushy101

Selohesra007 wrote: »

No idea, cant see it on their website either... we are told before the leavin cert if we are in or not aren't we?

I did my interview for ind.des. a week ago, I asked my careers guidence teacher about the course and apparently we should get a letter in a few weeks telling us if we have been accepted into the college and then we just have to get the minimum requirements to get in! Im ****ing ten times more stressed about that letter than my leaving now, but if you get in, the leaving is gonna be pimps!:cool:

LYDIABANK

cushy101 wrote: »

I did my interview for ind.des. a week ago, I asked my careers guidence teacher about the course and apparently we should get a letter in a few weeks telling us if we have been accepted into the college and then we just have to get the minimum requirements to get in! Im ****ing ten times more stressed about that letter than my leaving now, but if you get in, the leaving is gonna be pimps!:cool:

Yeah results are out in May i think i have my leaving cert already done but i dont have the maths for it......i was reading the entry requirements and it says bla bla bla maths OR ......bit confused about the OR BIT.....

cushy101

Grade B3 or Higher in Ordinary Level Mathematics (Grade D3 Higher Level Maths is acceptable)

OR


One of the following subjects at Grade D3 on a Higher Level paper or C3 or higher on an Ordinary Level paper: Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physics with Chemistry, Engineering, Construction Studies, Agricultural Science, Technical Drawing, Biology or applicants may be accepted on the basis of exceptional talent or industrial experience supported by a portfolio of personal work...

This is what is on the web site! Seems doable! chances are you did at least one of those subjects!:D There doesn't seem to be too many places though!

LYDIABANK

cushy101 wrote: »

Grade B3 or Higher in Ordinary Level Mathematics (Grade D3 Higher Level Maths is acceptable)

OR


One of the following subjects at Grade D3 on a Higher Level paper or C3 or higher on an Ordinary Level paper: Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physics with Chemistry, Engineering, Construction Studies, Agricultural Science, Technical Drawing, Biology or applicants may be accepted on the basis of exceptional talent or industrial experience supported by a portfolio of personal work...

This is what is on the web site! Seems doable! chances are you did at least one of those subjects!:D There doesn't seem to be too many places though!

Thanks i did biology.id say that will come in handy for industrial design ha...

Selohesra007

I'd say only a few more stressful days till we know...

LYDIABANK

I got my letter today...im all confused........im number 9 on a waiting list....

cushy101

My letter says i have been offered a place as long as i meet the minimum entry requirements:D I think it means thats the number of people who will have to fail or drop out before they offer you a place, but im still kinda unsure if this is the actual offer and if its an actual saved place place

LYDIABANK

cushy101 wrote: »

My letter says i have been offered a place as long as i meet the minimum entry requirements:D I think it means thats the number of people who will have to fail or drop out before they offer you a place, but im still kinda unsure if this is the actual offer and if its an actual saved place place

It means i have to wish and pray that the following will happen...8 people will either a) not meet the entry requirements or b) change there mind in the change of mind form.....im number 9 on the list im not too hopeful!! very disappointed as this will be my 2nd attempt to go to college as i was studying architectural technology in waterford and i didnt like it..i deferred 2nd year....back to the drawing board for me i think.hoping i get in...Well done on getting in though might see you there in september :rolleyes:

cushy101

LYDIABANK wrote: »

It means i have to wish and pray that the following will happen...8 people will either a) not meet the entry requirements or b) change there mind in the change of mind form.....im number 9 on the list im not too hopeful!! very disappointed as this will be my 2nd attempt to go to college as i was studying architectural technology in waterford and i didnt like it..i deferred 2nd year....back to the drawing board for me i think.hoping i get in...Well done on getting in though might see you there in september :rolleyes:

Hey be optimistic!! Im sure that a fair few will drop out:D I was unsure whether i wanted it or not till i did the interview, 9 people is not that many:D

LYDIABANK

cushy101 wrote: »

Hey be optimistic!! Im sure that a fair few will drop out:D I was unsure whether i wanted it or not till i did the interview, 9 people is not that many:D

I wish i was as optimistic as you! but see.. if i dont get offered the place in round one..i cant take the chance of waiting for it in round two if you get me??...:(:(
im dying to go to college.i was doing a ****ty plc course in design for the past year in my hometown! miss the college scene but itching to just be in college!! are you doing your leaving cert?

cushy101

Yup, im new to this whole college system, the leaving shouldnt be a problem compared to the months spent working on my portfolio!:D but if i was you I'd ring the college and ask the amount of people who lost their spot to get a guesstimate wheter or not its likely you will get a spot:D

LYDIABANK

Yea thats what my mam said to do!....is this you mom?? haha or i might just hand them a brown envelope and demand i get a place! do you know anyone else who applied for it?

Maisie72

My daughter was offered a place and also offered visual communication in DIT. She is totally torn between the 2. I bet there are lots of people in her position so I would say 9th on a list is not too bad a position to be in at all.

Anybody got any opions on either course/college that might help her decide??

cushy101

LYDIABANK wrote: »

Yea thats what my mam said to do!....is this you mom?? haha or i might just hand them a brown envelope and demand i get a place! do you know anyone else who applied for it?

No one I'l be all alone in dublin, aside from a few friends dispersed throughout the city:D, Im just think that 2 months is a long time for people to change there minds and that you have a good shot at getting a place:D in if all else fails the bitchy envelope plan might work(depending if you can do good bitchy)

cushy101

Maisie wrote: »

My daughter was offered a place and also offered visual communication in DIT. She is totally torn between the 2. I bet there are lots of people in her position so I would say 9th on a list is not too bad a position to be in at all.

Anybody got any opions on either course/college that might help her decide??

I had to pick between both of them(accepted in both) but i feel industrial design best suits my abilities

just ask her is she wants to design the product or does she want to advertise it:D

(just fyi industrial designers earn more:D)

Selohesra007

I got a place in this course aswell:D providing I get the min in the leaving cert... havent been on boards in awile.

cushy101

Selohesra007 wrote: »

I got a place in this course aswell:D providing I get the min in the leaving cert... havent been on boards in awile.

Well join the party! and by party I mean just me so far(and a few hopefuls). Its so nice to know all i need is to get c3's in two of my higher subjects. I'm sitting outside eating pizza and getting my tan on. This is gonna be the best leaving ever:D

Selohesra007

cushy101 wrote: »

Well join the party! and by party I mean just me so far(and a few hopefuls). Its so nice to know all i need is to get c3's in two of my higher subjects. I'm sitting outside eating pizza and getting my tan on. This is gonna be the best leaving ever:D

haha, it will be great alri. Are you droppin to any/many ordinary subjects since the letter?

cushy101

Selohesra007 wrote: »

haha, it will be great alri. Are you droppin to any/many ordinary subjects since the letter?

Na im gonna keep the 4 higher(const.st., engi, agri sci, DCG) im doing just to be sure! Its the only thing that could stop me from getting my place!

Selohesra007

Ye im stayin in 4 honours aswell... bio and dcg should get me in, hopefully

cushy101

Selohesra007 wrote: »

Ye im stayin in 4 honours aswell... bio and dcg should get me in, hopefully

I was told i should have full marks on my dcg project so that should be easily passed and il surely get one out of the other three! We dont need the b3 in maths because of DCG ya?

Selohesra007

I doubt it because it says technical drawing and well that is dcg with a bit of industrial design in it. And they asked me loads of questions about dcg so they are really interested in it.

Selohesra007

I think there's loads of people who have got in who did the core year at NCAD this year... so they have no leaving to worry about

cushy101

Selohesra007 wrote: »

I think there's loads of people who have got in who did the core year at NCAD this year... so they have no leaving to worry about

but like do the we only need a b3 in maths or a hounor in one of those other subjects instead ya?
I remember at my interview i was the only person who wasnt in college

Selohesra007

Dont know... I have just dropped to pass recently so I think a B3 is well doable.

positiveholes

got accepted to ncad industrial design did lc last year so i have it if i want it which nice..but im seriously considering astophysics in maynooth

rockerstienbeft

Hey y'all, Congrats on all your interviews and results! I can fill ya in on how the course works, I personally found that there was a lack of information.

Ok! So, come late September all of the Industrial Designers will be in core year for a few months. I was quite surprised to hear that originally, but yeah Core year is pretty good. It's certainly not as technical or practical as the industrial design course which begins in late February, but it's definitely an experience. It's a chance to try out different fields. So, if you are torn between industrial design and another field, such as fine art or graphic design, you can explore these different areas and see if they're more suited to you. At the end of the year you can choose to swap out of industrial design and into the other option, should you choose to.

Also, it's the perfect opportunity to get to know your year. - relevant for good nights out and stuff. It's probably the case that you won't know too many people going into NCAD at the mo, but ya! you'll find it really easy to talk to people when you're workin' next to them. I've found everyone in the college to be really sound, everyones got different backgrounds and ambitions.

Core year might be difficult or hard to understand at points, but keep in mind that the grades you receive are for art and creative exploration, it won't be for industrial design til later on. don't get disheartened, some tutors can be a little blunt... I'm sure things'll go grand though.

In late February you'll finally go into ID. The projects will change from open ended self-motivated pieces into function based briefs that are almost engineering by comparison. So, you'll go from painting, making or sculpting to designing and constructing.

Sorry for this extra long post, i'll just put in a note about lectures:

In first year there are visual culture lectures on Monday morning and Thursday morning. These are the only lectures during core, the rest is studio time. In the ID section we do these visual culture lectures as well as drawing tutorials once a week and physics lectures twice a week. The difference is certainly notable on a timetable!


Anyhow, if there's anything you're curious about in terms of first year I.D. I've just finished it. and would be happy to help out!

cushy101

Seriously thanks! You just removed any doubt I had about doing this course. I am wondering though, is there a particular area/student village of dublin where the NCAD students live like other colleges, or are the NCAD students spead across the city? I'm looking at accommodation in Dublin atm.

rockerstienbeft

Hmm, i wouldn't know too much about accommodation as i'm a commuter from north Wicklow. From the people I've been talking to it seems like there's a wide variety of addresses. I know folk that travel all the way from kildare every mornin'! There's a fair bit of student accommodation in the city center.

Here are a few websites that are good for finding places to stay according to the NCAD website:

www.daft.ie.
www.rent.ie
www.kinlaydublin.ie
www.studentlettings.ie
www.easyroommate.com

However, I think it might be a better plan to get in contact with the SU representatives. Send em' a message, they will probably put you in touch with some good options. Click here to get to the 'NCAD SU' on facebook.

LYDIABANK

Aw..im getting quite sad reading all these posts as im still really disappointed about being number 9 on the waiting list.dam that hoover question!!!.i just havn a clue what to do now...:(

cushy101

rockerstienbeft wrote: »

Hmm, i wouldn't know too much about accommodation as i'm a commuter from north Wicklow. From the people I've been talking to it seems like there's a wide variety of addresses. I know folk that travel all the way from kildare every mornin'! There's a fair bit of student accommodation in the city center.

Here are a few websites that are good for finding places to stay according to the NCAD website:

www.daft.ie.
www.rent.ie
www.kinlaydublin.ie
www.studentlettings.ie
www.easyroommate.com

However, I think it might be a better plan to get in contact with the SU representatives. Send em' a message, they will probably put you in touch with some good options. Click here to get to the 'NCAD SU' on facebook.

I know a lot of the course is focused on the processes in making products and the machines used to make them. I'm just wondering how much of the course is spent designing concept products? Would you consider to be a creative course? And is it possible to be a product designer after this course? How many are in the course each year:D

rockerstienbeft

cushy101 wrote: »

I know a lot of the course is focused on the processes in making products and the machines used to make them. I'm just wondering how much of the course is spent designing concept products? Would you consider to be a creative course? And is it possible to be a product designer after this course? How many are in the course each year:D

Actually a lot of the course is spent designing products, virtually all of it! Granted in first year you have to do some interesting starter projects to do with mechanisms (cardboard chair, paper bridge, rubber band powered car) yet the rest of the course is designated to design. We work off briefs about design in the house or furniture design, product design and design for disability.

The projects in first year after core ended ignoring the above mentioned were to do with recycled materials - to make a product composed of at least 60% recycled paper and to make a kids toy. In other years i've seen people design furniture, kitchens, general products/inventions such as tents and the KUG (hybrid kettle mug), and there was an interesting project to design swim-wear for mastectomy patients.

In the later years we study about ergonomics and how the body interacts with objects and workspaces, we learn about materials used to make products and we learn the 3D software (Solidworks and Rhino) used to render and test these products. there's a good bit of model prototype making and presentations involved too. We get contacts from companies that endorse 'live projects' where stuff we design could actually be produced. There's work experience in 3rd year too. I'd definitely say that this course is designed to get you into the product design world. :cool:

This is definitely a creative course, yet not in the conventional sense. You will be required to solve problems in intuitive ways. If someone tells you to make something from a brief, the ideas that create the product come directly from your imagination. Granted there is a certain logical side to it as well, it's not raw creativity i suppose; not in the same way painting or visual art might be. It's a practical sort of creativity.

There are generally between 14-19 students in ID each year. My current course has about 15, I think one person is swapping out and another is swapping in.

heh, sorry again for the long replies, i think i'm overly enthusiastic about my course. but hey! you get more out of it when what you put more into it i suppose! :pac:

cushy101

I'm not complaining about the long replies! You're convincing me more and more that this course is awesome! defiantly my first choice now!

Selohesra007

Only 15 a year... wow and there must have been about 60 or so who applied

...Its definitely my first choice too:)