This is the statement of purpose for my application to DAE. (Statement describing your motivation and expectations concerning the programme and your studies at Design Academy Eindhoven, including your professional expectations after completing your study.)
I am looking for advice on how to make it sharper and if it clearly describes the motivation and expecatations. I think I couldn't prperly organize it. Any kind of advice would be very helpful and appreciated. Also, should I add my hobbies and be more detailed about how my work life was or how I performed there or my achievements???
To whom it may concern
Hi,
My name is Lamia Noshin and I am writing this motivation letter with great interest in the Master's of Design program at the Design Academy Eindhoven. I completed my Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at The University of Dhaka in November, 2022. Currently, I am occupied as a Senior Staff Designer at Ollyo, a software company in Bangladesh.
With a profound interest in the Fine Arts field and a strong desire to delve deeper, I am eager to contribute to your esteemed program.
For me, as a kid who started her journey with drawing classes from her father, I was actually disruptive towards early stage drawings. It was all about colors and weird forms for me and never a proper "Village Scenerio" or "A Fruit Basket". I chose Fine Arts as my field of expertise in education because all my life I yearned for proper experimentation of something I have always been more interested in. Another take on this, would be the political and social stigma over the entire field of arts in Bangladesh. I have always looked forward to be strong in my decisions and it felt very important to break the barriers in our country that always pulled all the creative minds backwards.Throughout my entire academic career I have been persistent to my practice as an art enthusiast. I chose Sculpture as a major according to the perception of good grasp on my personal growth because no other subject offered a long term course of "Personal Projects". However, I did preferably good on all the Project courses of 4 years.
The part I enjoyed the most about my major was that I got to experiment a lot. Starting from different mediums and medias to merge them together and make something bigger out of it.
Completing the foundation years under the Faculty of Fine Arts gave me a whole new perspective and insights into the field of art and design. Within these years, I also participated in exhibitions organized by the faculty as well as volunteered through some of the film festivals that were regularly held by the Dhaka University Film Club.
Soon enough, I realized that I had developed a keen interest in the subjects like design and technical drawing too, which subsequently helped me find my path through the career as well. While submitting one of my projects based on "Experimental Typography" which I later tried to merge in the digital platform the overall interest on digital media grew rapidly because throughoughout the entire work process I discovered a number of other great experimental projects and artists.
Following my graduation, I started with an internship in an advertising agency where I had to develop social contents. The knack of experimentation only grew bigger to create a greater environment at my work places. Although later in this internship I felt like my process and thoughts somehow got confined within a box.
When I got into Ollyo - one of the leading software companies in Bangladesh; my entire design perception transformed upside down. I had a very little amount of knowledge until then and once I started my amazing journey with the design team - my goals, theories and the hunger to explore never stopped since then. There were even classes hold where I got to know about the amazing future of tech & design.
On my initial days I had fun exploring character design, illustration and fun typography creations. I worked in different projects collaborating with creative teams and developer teams.
Furthermore, I did a few branding projects and my next key-goal was to explore a bit about motion design because I was always so fascinated about motion graphics considering the fact that static designs at some point felt like having a certain limitation. Learning motion was one of the very few incident that had me clinged by the entire work process. The process and learnings of an experiment or research has always been so much more meaningful to me than the outcomes. However, I also added some value on the UI part which I think I should have an idea about as a creative designer.
After a considerably short but hands-on experiences, I strongly think I am quite ready to devote myself into graduate studies. In claiming so, I can safely say that due to my association with higher amount art and design activities, I have become fairly adept in different streams. My plans of remaining a praticing designer and serve the upcoming generation with a good designing psychology and skill motivates me to complete, first, a masters degree program keeping the focus on different sections of designing. Having studied and work with almost no structured training I look forward to a graduate program that teaches me the mechanisms of design in a more structured and thoughtful way.
My future plan involves mostly to design for a greater good. To collaborate with greater teams and lead the future art & design enthusiasts in my country in a structured and non-traditional way. I belong from an under developed country and I have always dreamt for the maximum contribution even if it's only from where I stand at present. There are a lot of people who can acquire greater design mindset and collaborate better in the real world with good guidance and nurture. With my degree and proper experience, I have always promised myself to return back to my roots and deliver the best to those people.
Therefore, I hope and look out most eagerly for the consideration of my application at your esteemed institution.
I am looking for advice on how to make it sharper and if it clearly describes the motivation and expecatations. I think I couldn't prperly organize it. Any kind of advice would be very helpful and appreciated. Also, should I add my hobbies and be more detailed about how my work life was or how I performed there or my achievements???
To whom it may concern
Hi,
My name is Lamia Noshin and I am writing this motivation letter with great interest in the Master's of Design program at the Design Academy Eindhoven. I completed my Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at The University of Dhaka in November, 2022. Currently, I am occupied as a Senior Staff Designer at Ollyo, a software company in Bangladesh.
With a profound interest in the Fine Arts field and a strong desire to delve deeper, I am eager to contribute to your esteemed program.
For me, as a kid who started her journey with drawing classes from her father, I was actually disruptive towards early stage drawings. It was all about colors and weird forms for me and never a proper "Village Scenerio" or "A Fruit Basket". I chose Fine Arts as my field of expertise in education because all my life I yearned for proper experimentation of something I have always been more interested in. Another take on this, would be the political and social stigma over the entire field of arts in Bangladesh. I have always looked forward to be strong in my decisions and it felt very important to break the barriers in our country that always pulled all the creative minds backwards.Throughout my entire academic career I have been persistent to my practice as an art enthusiast. I chose Sculpture as a major according to the perception of good grasp on my personal growth because no other subject offered a long term course of "Personal Projects". However, I did preferably good on all the Project courses of 4 years.
The part I enjoyed the most about my major was that I got to experiment a lot. Starting from different mediums and medias to merge them together and make something bigger out of it.
Completing the foundation years under the Faculty of Fine Arts gave me a whole new perspective and insights into the field of art and design. Within these years, I also participated in exhibitions organized by the faculty as well as volunteered through some of the film festivals that were regularly held by the Dhaka University Film Club.
Soon enough, I realized that I had developed a keen interest in the subjects like design and technical drawing too, which subsequently helped me find my path through the career as well. While submitting one of my projects based on "Experimental Typography" which I later tried to merge in the digital platform the overall interest on digital media grew rapidly because throughoughout the entire work process I discovered a number of other great experimental projects and artists.
Following my graduation, I started with an internship in an advertising agency where I had to develop social contents. The knack of experimentation only grew bigger to create a greater environment at my work places. Although later in this internship I felt like my process and thoughts somehow got confined within a box.
When I got into Ollyo - one of the leading software companies in Bangladesh; my entire design perception transformed upside down. I had a very little amount of knowledge until then and once I started my amazing journey with the design team - my goals, theories and the hunger to explore never stopped since then. There were even classes hold where I got to know about the amazing future of tech & design.
On my initial days I had fun exploring character design, illustration and fun typography creations. I worked in different projects collaborating with creative teams and developer teams.
Furthermore, I did a few branding projects and my next key-goal was to explore a bit about motion design because I was always so fascinated about motion graphics considering the fact that static designs at some point felt like having a certain limitation. Learning motion was one of the very few incident that had me clinged by the entire work process. The process and learnings of an experiment or research has always been so much more meaningful to me than the outcomes. However, I also added some value on the UI part which I think I should have an idea about as a creative designer.
After a considerably short but hands-on experiences, I strongly think I am quite ready to devote myself into graduate studies. In claiming so, I can safely say that due to my association with higher amount art and design activities, I have become fairly adept in different streams. My plans of remaining a praticing designer and serve the upcoming generation with a good designing psychology and skill motivates me to complete, first, a masters degree program keeping the focus on different sections of designing. Having studied and work with almost no structured training I look forward to a graduate program that teaches me the mechanisms of design in a more structured and thoughtful way.
My future plan involves mostly to design for a greater good. To collaborate with greater teams and lead the future art & design enthusiasts in my country in a structured and non-traditional way. I belong from an under developed country and I have always dreamt for the maximum contribution even if it's only from where I stand at present. There are a lot of people who can acquire greater design mindset and collaborate better in the real world with good guidance and nurture. With my degree and proper experience, I have always promised myself to return back to my roots and deliver the best to those people.
Therefore, I hope and look out most eagerly for the consideration of my application at your esteemed institution.
