iab, your story of ME to ID was blow for blow what I experienced switching from ME to design back at Michigan. 3 years into my degree I just didn’t care about the engineering way of doing things any more! It’s nice to hear someone else went through that whole process as well.
Hope you made it to Italy!
Back on topic, I’ve always gone with the standard “I design products and how people use them.” Works most of the time anyway.