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Foundation In Design

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Overview

Programme is geared to assist in developing values, attitudes, sensorial skills and aesthetic sensitivity necessary for specialisation in design. Introduces fundamentals of design and orients students to thinking of design as a creative problem solving process. It helps develop an evolved ‘design’ perception understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of the design.

Programme Highlights :

  • Understand the basics of Design research, like documenting, planning research studies, conducting interviews and usability studies, and synthesizing research results.

  • Follow the design process: empathize with users, define pain points, ideate solutions, create wireframes and prototypes, test and iterate on designs.

  • Experience of Working with Prestigious Organisations, Professionals and Educators From National Institute Of Design and National Institute of Fashion Technology.

  • Learn Soft Skills For Personal Up-gradation and Develop Detail Aspects of Overall Design Concept.

  • Job Opportunities with the Top Industries.

Modules

Foundation of Design

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Lectures and practical exercises looking at the roles that psychology and semiotics play in design. You'll examine the complex nature of design thinking and creative techniques, and the ways in which these relate to actual practice.

Understanding Methodology and Procedure

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Concentrating on the techniques and processes in research, modelling and drawing, this module equips you with a set of tools for designing, looking at research methods and ways to generate and record ideas.

Studio Practice

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You'll explore ways that the contemporary designer can negotiate a changing social, cultural, ecological and political terrain. You'll be encouraged to adopt a personal, ethical and ideological stance in tackling projects concerning the social, cultural, environmental and political domain. In the spring term, you'll work on ‘industry-based projects’, the briefings for which come from the commercial sector.

Design Management

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This module aims to provide students with an overview of the knowledge and expertise design management brings to organisations and prepare them to work successfully with designers on strategic design issues.

User Experience

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The discipline lays emphasis on understanding the fundamental importance of creating a visual vocabulary through drawing, the development of aesthetic judgment and values of form, proportion, image and language. The discipline encourages students to work on a variety of projects while majoring in selected sub-domains of UX Design. The areas covered include UX Research, Wireframe Design, Low Fidelity Prototype, High Fidelity Design, typography, Presentation and type design, publication design, image-making, illustration, identity, branding, information, & communication systems in digital domains as well as analogous media.

Product Design

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The Product Design discipline deals with issues related to the design of a wide range of products, services and experiences by providing tangible solutions to the needs of users. As part of the curriculum, students learn to apply basic principles of design, knowledge of ergonomics, materials and manufacturing techniques as well as their own aesthetic sensibilities.

Textile Design

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The Textile Design discipline encourages students to engage with a wide spectrum of materials and technology, from the perspectives of industry, sustainability, social responsibility and inclusive design. The curriculum emphasizes on building a variety of skills through increasingly complex design projects related to the apparel, furnishing and allied industries, with inputs in social sciences, craft economics, trends, brand identity, technology and computer-aided design.

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