chitecture!

(sorry, just saw Pirates of the Caribbean)

'I'll be stealin' yer pay packets, me hearties! Aaaargh!'

just what we need more useless consumer products in the world.

just as much as we need more useless value engineered buildings in the world

vado

how was wilco?

we need more bands like wilco in the world

You know what we need more of in the world? Negativity! Aaaargh!

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condom designer would be okay. they aren't useless.

I'm so glad Vado retro didn't say edible underwear.....useless but fun!

just use a rubber glove.....this way you have 5 sizes to choose from

i get 65%

or the underwear with a built in condom
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already done, CHETOS

"Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design"

pinche product designers

"career moves" are for d-bags. Focus on your "night moves" instead.

-andrew

'after' is the word that gets me.....why does it have to be either/or?
Many architects try to do both- early modernists til now. granted, a lot of the products produced can be seen as self-indulgent, doing-it-cos-I-can type deals. i've noticed that some of the firms and/or projects that I find interesting are those that walk the line between architecture and product.

stevens institute in jersey has had a architectural products lab for a few years now; from what I have heard the design groups consist of different disciplines.

so, I guess, I would try to do both: arch. firm job w/product design moonlighting, or vice versa.

I just found out about a competition asking for 'self-fabricated housing' ideas; which sounds like possible product design to me. (IAAC-check bustler site)

check out (sorry for the non-links): eyebeam openlab and marc newsom.

b-a/a

I'm doing the opposite - starting my M.Arch this year, a few years after earning a B.Des in industrial design. The school I'm going to be attending has a partnership with a prominent, modern furniture company, and I'm thinking about trying to score a job there at some point. They hire people out of the architecture program when they need junior designers, interior designers, etc. We'll see how that goes.

But yeah, in response to the original question - why not? If you've got some aptitude for design, go for it. But by and large, product designers work on contract or are self-employed, so unless you're very comfortable with that, I wouldn't put all my eggs into that one basket. Maybe pursue it on the side while earning at your arch day job (that's if you have any time left at the end of the day).