Cross-Industry CMF Opportunities 跨產業的CMF源源機會

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Ch7. Unwrapping CMF Design on Cross-Industry Opportunities
Ch7. 拆招CMF設計談跨產業的源源機會

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As a niche profession, does that mean there are fewer job openings for CMF designers? Frankly, yes.

But looking at the picture from a different angle, due to the shortage of CMF talents, hiring managers often have to also consider designers from outside of the industry. _{(中文請見下方)}

Second, because Color Trend evolves year to year, manufacturing processes advance time to time, whenever a designer enters a new CMF role, it is necessary to absorb all of these new knowledges anyways. That is, a designer’s matureness and flexibility to adapt quickly become more critical than previous experience in the exact same industry. For these reasons considered, it comes naturally for CMF designers to be open to cross-industry opportunities ?

So what are the industry opportunities for CMF designers?

In the consumer electronic industry, there are products such as computers, mobile phones (and accessories), cameras, speakers; in the home appliance industries, there are televisions, kitchen and bathroom appliances; in the emerging industries, there are also drones, e-cigarettes, robots, smart fitness equipments, IoT, and the list goes on.

In addition, material companies have also been recruiting CMF designers in recent years.

Although named differently, there are also similar roles in other industries with similar function interacting with colors and materials, such as Color and Trim Designer in transportation industry, Color Designer in shoe industry, and even FF&E Designer in interior design industry.

Though small to medium-sized companies rarely open positions to hire CMF designers, but basically wherever Industrial Design is demanded, there is a potential need for CMF design.

Let’s wrap up here for now. There will be another chapter to talk about how to make a career decision among these vastly different industries ?

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CMF作為極為小眾的一門專業，是否就業機會也甚少呢？
對，還真的不多

從另一個角度思考，正因為CMF人才短缺，所以公司在招聘時往往不會侷限於同產業的就職設計師。

再來色彩趨勢年年有演變、工藝材料時時有創新，在設計師進入一份新的CMF工作時，無論如何都需要快速吸收新知，相比之下，招聘時更考驗設計師的應變能力，而過往產業經歷僅作為加分項而非必要條件。綜述以上原因， CMF設計師天生就更具備跨產業的工作機會

那麼身為CMF設計師有哪些產業機會呢？

從最熟悉的3C消費類電子產品說起，如電腦及週邊、手機及週邊、相機、音響等；家居電子產業如電視、廚房衛浴大小家電等；新興產業如無人機、電子菸、機器人、智能健身器材、IoT等。

除此之外，原材料廠如塑膠粒子、油漆廠等，在近年來也有招聘CMF設計師的趨勢。.剛剛尚未提及的交通工具產業，如汽機車、電動車、自行車等，也有名為Color & Trim Designer（譯為色彩及裝飾設計師）的相關職位，而運動鞋類則有Color Designer，甚至連室內設計也有FF&E Designer（全稱Furniture, Fixture, and Equipment）。雖然各有不同的稱呼，但都是日常與色彩、材質互動的設計師。

即使中小企業較少會開設CMF設計的職位，但基本上只要有工業設計需求的地方，就會有CMF設計的可能。

懶人包：職缺少、人才也少、產業多元。

這次先收尾在這裡，之後還會有一篇談如何在這些產業中做選擇