北京硕士预科学生留言反馈

Luo Ke Xin (Kathy Luo), MA Chelsea Textiles
BA Beijing University of Technology, College of Art and Design

I spent the most valuable time so far that I took the pre-master course from October 2011 to April 2012. The course makes a perfect bridging of the change of my academic study from fashion design (BA) to textile design (MA), and finally I got my dream place at Chelsea. And it not only gives a chance to make new friends who come from different areas but also it is a great experience in both study and living aspects before going to London.

First of all, my knowledge of theoretical context of art and design has been improve a lot, and now I understand more about the Europe education institution during the pre-master course.

My speaking improved a lot during these few months, especially in an
academic discussion. I found it is enjoyable to have the discussion of my works or other’s works with a group atmosphere that is great.

I understand more deeply about the meaning of sketchbook and know how to make a creative sketchbook to show where my thinking is going. After I understand more about what is the process of a project, I will always ask questions to myself about why I make every decision in a design.

All in all, the whole process is about self-study, accumulating the knowledge and experiences step by step. A sentence that I would like to recommend is---- never wait for the last minute to do anything.

Jia Bei Bei (Juliet Jia), MA Camberwell Designer Maker
BA Central Academy of Fine Arts, Furniture Design

From the previous work to the new work, I believe that I have more focus on the meaning of why I do this work. In the early works, I just did some practice with an idea which comes from a sudden thinking or without any reason. Through this course I know a designer should be serious and thoughtful. So in my new work I do more thinking about the idea, concept, and why I use my material.

In my portfolio, I believe I have got so excited improvement. I can still remember that first time how I did my presentation to Dave, Sandra and classmates. I was so nervous, and did not know how to show my ideas in my works. However, now I can show my ideas with anyone in a clear logical language with more confidence. I know I should make the interviewer know who I am and my own option towards art and design work.

I think there are really some different between local study and international study. The most different is the attitude. The best thing is learn in an international environment, our mind is open, we can learn from each other, I like studying in this way I can learn so much and remain my own feature and develop my ideas.

Mingshi Zhao, MA Camberwell Digital Art
BA China Academy of Art, Visual Communication Design

I find that the group critique on my classmates is really helpful, and I can find something that I have never known about my works, they evaluate the works from different perspectives, which have broaden my concepts and stimulate me to get more inspirations to improve my works. From the first portfolio to the final portfolio, I can get the feeling that I do have a big improve in the theoretical aspects and the thinking of the views are deeper and deeper. My concept is more sophisticated than before.

In this course, teacher Sandra really helped me so much, she is a good teacher and responsible for every student in our class from many aspects. Not only the subject about the art and design she inspired me so much, but also the language and the attitude to the study and our inside mind. She gives us broaden view and space to think widely and deeply about our own works and also allow us different ideas from others, from this, we form the critical thinking gradually.

Qian Jiao (Viola Qian), MA Chelsea Fine Art
BA Central Academy of Fine Arts, Chinese Painting

The Masters Preparation Course helped me to improve my different kinds of abilities and skills, such as writing skill, speaking, independent thinking and self-learning ability. Also, this course helped me to develop a critical thinking method and academic English vocabulary. The course is very helpful to me, a deep impact on me. It prepared me well for when I enter the MA course.

There are different visitors come to this course, they come from different fields, and brought different ideas. I think it is valuable for us to learn. They interpreted for us and give us different suggestions. When I did a presentation, I learned more, not only for my ability, but also for my confidence. Different visitors gave me different advice. I collected the information and improved my portfolio every time.

王渝宁 (Sophie Wang) 现国内大四在读
成功被切尔西艺术学院纺织品设计专业硕士录取！
I believed that these six months already gave me an unforgettable and
meaningful experience. In variety of aspect, there are dramatic increasing, it means, the course can fulfill one’s potential.

Actually, after these six months, I developed a habit of keep thinking and observing all the time. Currently, I keep exploring my idea, investigating more possibilities.

老师讲授的很详尽，且耐心，我爱你，Sandra！纯英文授课的形式，不仅在英语水平上得到了提高，而且还在专业技能技法上得到了提升。教授形式不只是拘泥于教室，而是扩展到可以利用的一切资源，比如博物馆，图书馆，外面的任何事物，只要留心观察，处处皆学问。

郭颂(Andrea Song) 天津美术学院工业设计专业已毕业
成功被切尔西艺术学院室内与空间硕士录取！
In this course, I got lots of opportunities to communicate with other students and visitors in English, and I can use the English way of thinking to communicate with artwork. To be honest, I always use one design language to create or think my work in the past years, until I joined this group I understood what should I do and how to observe by different ways, but on a multi-analysis range. My early works were focus on the function, never think and analyse my work in other ways, but in here I can hear different views respond from my classmates and visitors. The biggest harvest is that I made many friends, meanwhile, these friends also help me and give me lots information about my design area and their design area thinking method in other viewpoint.

All in all, I want to thanks to my nice and patience teacher Sandra, and recommend this course to next students who want to choose this course. It brings a new life to me and let me understand how to analyse an art work or do my work with a critical and reflective thinking in the whole process.

经过研究生预科课程的学习，使我懂得怎么样鉴赏名师之作，更懂得了创意思维，以前学校的学习都是老师告诉做什么，然后自己去寻找，最后画出来或做出成品。现在老师所教授的都是要通过自己思维，自己的想法去创造，并不是一味的效仿，而是把自己头脑中所形成的展现出来。

刘钟耀 国内研究生即将毕业
成功被切尔西艺术学院平面设计硕士录取！
经过课程学习，思路比以前要清晰，想法变的很活跃。Sandra帮我们提前进入了研究状态。并且学到了如何对自己的创作去提出问题，思考问题和独立的解决问题。课程安排是活动式的，不单单停留在教室里，会涉及到博物馆、美术馆、艺术区等。所以思维能够拓展开来，不会局限和受限制。所以最终就是把你想法通过你自己的方式做出来。完全属于你自己的作品。

夏予思(Sicily Xia) 国内服装设计本科毕业
成功被切尔西艺术学院纺织品设计专业硕士录取！
In this course, The mentor and visitors are very friendly and serious, I can feel that they really want to help us finish our design. They are different from the Chinese teacher's education method, They pay more attention to the student individual ideas, help students more perfect their ideas, the more thorough research in their own work. This is very important and useful.

I can use this to analyze my work and other people’s work, that is interesting because you can find some detail you never find before, and from these information can development a new theory, it can help me to continue doing my research and practice.

我现在已经毕业，对于这段时间的学习，我发现我对艺术的鉴赏方面有一定的进步，了解怎样可以从多方面来了解一个作品，Sandra很有耐心，在交流方面不再那么紧张，而且可以更好的表达自己。

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