英文摘要 |
Product/industrial design has been regarded as a masculine and male-dominated profession, and females have not been active in the field in the past. In the past decade, the number of females studying industrial design (ID) has increased dramatically and has reached to more than a half in Taiwan. It is especially important to understand what design work female ID students are engaged in after graduation and what problems they face. Compared with the research on women's participation in design-related majors such as crafts, architecture, interior design, etc., there are few studies on women in the product/industrial design field both in Taiwan and abroad. The authors conducted a series of studies on woman industrial designers’ career development. This article mainly focuses on woman industrial designers’ study and employment in Taiwan. The authors interviewed twenty women who were industrial design educated and now work within enterprise departments, design firms, design promotion institutes, personal studios, or the academia, etc. Semi-structured depth interviews were conducted to disclose those female industrial design workers’ development and difficulties during their career. Based on the transcripts, the findings were summarized as the following aspects: 1) reasons for majoring in industrial design and choosing current jobs; 2) proportion of female ID in class and workplace; 3) work contents and required qualifications for current jobs; 4) working hours, and frequency of overtime and travel; 5) difficulties and adjustment. The outcomes of this study would provide a reference to educate and guide female industrial design talents for their employment and career planning. |