This Course on Design is intended to introduce ideas, methodologies, principles, fundamentals┬аand skills that comprise a common knowledge base important to all design disciplines. These┬аfundamentals will foster a multidisciplinary design experience among students and will prepare┬аthem to move to the next level.

It will provide the students with foundation and fundamentals of┬аskills in design. The course will benefit applicants who have little or no training or experience in┬аart and design and who wish to begin formal education in this field.

Total Marks:┬а100 (Theory - 60 and Practical - 40)

Part B: Vocational Skills

  • Unit 1: Introduction to Design
  • Unit 2: Design Tools & Techniques
  • Unit 3: Occupational Health and┬аSafety
  • Unit 4: Practical workshop

Unit-1: Introduction to Design

Session 1: Design Thinking

  • Human-centric approach to Design
  • Research and Discovery
  • Ideation
  • Prototyping & Piloting
  • Testing

Session 2: Design Fundamental

  • Geometry and space
  • Simple Product Design

Unit-2: Design Tools and Techniques

Session 1: Basic Materials

  • Categorization of Basic Materials and related properties
  • Material Forms and Sources and measures
  • Working on Basic Materials

Session 2: Basic Production Processes

  • Basic Production Processes in Textile Industry
  • Basic Production Processes in Wood Industry
  • Basic Production Processes in Metal Industry
  • Basic Production Processes in Plastic Industry

Unit 3: Occupational Health & Safety

  • Safety and Health responsibility in Metal and Plastic industry
  • Role of wav safe inspection in the above industries.
  • Hazard identification risk assessment and risk control in metal and plastic industries.
  • Dealing with emergency
  • Minimum 3 visits to industries related to the above areas.

Unit 4: Practical workshop

Session 1: Knowledge workshop

  • Source and Document information on environmentally friendly design
  • Project 1 : Research on a past movement of Design
  • Project 2 : Photograph and report on an Architectural monument of national repute / recognition
  • Project 3 : critique the Design of display and control of a complex product such as computer /┬аwashing medicine / medical equipment

Session 2: Design Concept workshop

  • Design concept workshop on Design for Handicapped
  • Design concept workshop on Sustainable Design
  • Design concept workshop on Interface Design

Session 3: Product Design workshop

  • Produce Design for a product for children
  • Produce Design for display and control for Senior Citizens
  • Design a functional product from waste

Session 4: Digital workshop

  • Introduction to Basic Design software
  • Digitize images for reproduction
  • Project 1 : Digital workshop Adobe Photoshop
  • Project 2 : Digital workshop Adobe Illustrator
  • Project 3 : Digital workshop Adobe In-Design

Syllabus for Class