Options in Design

Designing is exciting and stimulating profession. Designers tap their hidden or suppressed fountainheads of creativity within them and create designs which improve our everyday life. Area of interest for a designer may vary from textiles to top applications of technology.

Graduate degrees or equivalent programs in Design are available to 10+2/equivalent students. Admission to good institutes is based on rigorous aptitude tests and interviews. Most institutes have a foundation course of 1-2 years after which the students choose their area of specialization, from furniture, fashion, textile, jewelry, animation, product, visual, automobile design and many more. The students have the opportunity of further specialization at a Post Graduate level from select reputed institutes.

Some of the design options available to students of late are listed below:

1)     Textile/Apparel/Leather/Footwear/Jewelry/Accessory Design & its Merchandising.

2)     Communication Design comprising of Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Visual Communication         Design, Animation Design, Film & Video Communication Design, & Exhibition Design.

3)     Industrial Design comprising of Product Design, Furniture & Or Interior Design, Fine Arts, Ceramic         & Glass Design, Toy Design & Development, Transportation & Automobile Design.

4)     I.T Integrated Design comprising of New Media Design, Software & User Interface Design,                 Information & Digital Design.

5)     Inter- Disciplinary Design studies: Design Management comprising of Strategic Design                         Management.

Careers in design are on the upswing. Designers in all fields find remunerative jobs or set up their own studios/ consultancies, catering to design needs of various companies. Definitely, designers, with better education, better marketing / communication skills, talent and perseverance get the premium jobs.