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verything around us – ev ery household item we tou ch, every website we visit, every bu s or plane that takes us fro m A to B – was once an idea in som eone’s head. And, with em erging technologies rapidly chan ging the way we interact with the world, those with both creative an d technical skills are in a unique position to shape our future . By itself, STEM is a highly creative field. It takes imagi nation to come up with scientific ex periments, solve complex engineering problems or find the answ er to maths mysteries. Bu t if you also find yourself scribbling de signs or love building dig ital worlds, a career combining STEM with design might be for yo u.
Product desig n is sim ilar to industrial desig n, bu t focuses more on the desig n and prototyping phase. Product desig ners also tend to work on ev eryday and dig ita l products, and need sk ills in user resea rch, sketchin g and prototyping.
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