Hasta La Ideas

In the early ’90s my alma mater, Pratt Institute, had its share of problems and dissatisfied students. I’ll never forget a piece of bathroom graffiti scrawled above the toilet paper dispenser in the ID department men’s room: “Diplomas – take one!”

A group of recently graduated and very disgruntled design students from the UK’s Coventry University have taken their unhappiness a step further than Sharpie slander in the loo: They’ve built a website maligning the school’s Auto Design program.

We are a small group of recent graduates from Coventry University Transport and Automotive Design that are very displeased with our experience there and decided to provide some insider information for all you Car Designer wannabes that are considering studying there….

Also please understand that by making this report we are damaging the reputation of the course we graduated from so in effect we are damaging the image of our certificate when applying for jobs. But for designers it’s not the reputation of their degree that really matters in the long term only ones passion, dedication, skill and hard work.

The mudslinging starts here.

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