Sharon Longdong
I am currently in my second year of the design program at Ohio State University, majoring in Industrial Design.
I am also minoring in Communication Technology. Furthermore, I am involved in PERMIAS, the Indonesian Student Association here at OSU. I am the current Outreach & Service Officer and former Event Coordinator. I take charge of our social media, creating posts and reaching out to other organizations for possible collaborations.
As cliché as it sounds, I have been creating art and drawing for as long as I can remember. You may be wondering, “Then why did you choose design over art?” Despite still really enjoying art to this day, the problem-solving aspect of design is very intriguing to me. I love the idea of basically meshing art and engineering into one concept to create innovative and useful products or designs to help and guide people.
I am excited to explore more about design as I progress through this program. Just in the first couple days of the first semester, I already learned so many things about design that I was not aware of before. Despite being interested in design and art since I was a child, I have never decided to really put my full focus into my passion until now. I have always suppressed this passion of mine and thought of it as just a hobby. Finally embracing what I love to do is compelling and even more of a reason as to why I am excited to be here.