A bunch of designers who came together to support the skilled artisans who make Lacquer toys. They collectively call themselves the Indian Design Society. In this episode Faiza Qidwai, one of the contributors shares how they came up with the idea. Please feel free to visit www.indiandesignsociety.org for more info. Follow D Talks on Instagram @dtalksthedesignpodcast Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT...
Oct 26, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode Shivangi, studying Masters in Communication Design at IDC, IIT Bombay shares how she prepared for the Ceed exam. Things that worked for her and things that did not. She secured an All India Rank 7 in Ceed 2020 and got into Industrial Design and Communication Design at IDC. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Oct 21, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Jatin Anand, one of my students, secured an All India Rank 2 in UCEED 2020 shares how he prepared for the exam. what worked for him and what did not. He received guidance from his mentors and says it is absolutely necessary for students who want to appear for design entrance exams. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Oct 02, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Pallavi Gautam shares her experience as a Mobility Designer. She switched from engineering to design by pursuing a Masters in Design from IIT Delhi. Having worked at Royal Enfield for 5 years as an Industrial Designer after graduation, she decided to go for a second Master's degree at Artcenter College of design, California. Please visit www.pallavigautam.com to check out her work. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT...
Sep 12, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Whenever we think about Transportation Design all that comes to our mind are those crazy perspective sketches, dramatic photoshop renders, and alias models. We often design for the design briefs, but how does that design brief come into existence? Who creates those briefs for the automotive giants? What does the process of designing a brief involve? In this episode, Harsh Agarwal talks about exactly that. He is a Masters in Transportation Systems and Design from Artcenter, California. He emphasi...
Sep 09, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 10
UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT. These are the Design Entrance Exams in India. There are so many questions that pop up in the mind of a design aspirant when he or she thinks about the design entrance exams. Questions, like I have studied Psychology in my bachelors, am I eligible for this exam?, How can I start my preparation? What are the things that are expected out of you as a candidate and so on. Prasanna Gadkari, a UX Designer at Amazon & Founder of TEACUP BLOG, a blog where over 400 experie...
Aug 10, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This episode is about the art of Cardmaking. Swati Gupta, the owner of the brand - Hues of memories started her crafting journey in February 2014. She's been hooked to this art form since then and along with cardmaking, she specializes in Watercolour painting and calligraphy. She makes customised cards, gifts, tags, watercolour paintings and wooden magnets. She conducts workshops all over India online and offline. Her cards are more than just greeting cards, they have a story to tell. Swati shar...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Sumit Yempalle, a Visual Designer in the IT Industry, a talented Sitar player, and the director of Ek Cup Chaha shares his take on Storytelling. Ek Cup Chaha a stop motion animation film made using sand animation, received 11 Film festival selections & 12 awards. That includes RamMohan Viewer's choice award at Anifest conducted by the animation society of India, awards at Rajasthan International film festival & at Pune design festival. In this conversation, he also talks about the import...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Roshan Kumar Sahu a design graduate from IDC, IIT Bombay, and currently a product designer at Idea Forg. He shares how he answered different questions that he was asked in the IDC interview and sheds light on how one must be prepared for the interview. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Jul 21, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This is a solo episode and I talk about my NID interview experience at Gandhinagar Campus in 2016. I had applied for Lifestyle accessory design and secured an All India Rank 14. Based on my interview experience, I have 8 main points to share with everyone who is going for the NID interview. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT...
Jul 18, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A lot of dreams are in fact decisions. Decisions based on just enough faith. For Soundarya Gottapu, who intuitively always knew she had a knack for creative thinking, it was a series of failed "plans" that eventually built faith to give that intuition a form by taking up Fashion Designing. Four years into it and she discovered a genuine inclination towards illustrating garments more than making them, which then expanded into Illustrations of a wide array of subjects. In this episode we talk abou...
Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In India, we have design entrance exams like UCEED, CEED(Common entrance exam for design), NID(national institute of design) & NIFT(National Institute of Fashion Technology). With the little information available on how to prepare for these exams, the struggle is real to understand how exactly one should prepare for the said exams. Let it be a bachelor's in design or master's in design, not only must the student take at least one of these exams but also excel in it. Ashish Verma a Masters in...
Jul 02, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Engineering is the most common career path taken by so many Indians. One of them is Prashanth Vantimitta. From a very young age, he's had a great passion for cars and design but due to incorrect guidance, he chose to study automobile engineering after school. However, his interest in cars only increased and the desire to design cars magnified sevenfold. Soon after Prashanth graduated from college, he decided to go for Transportation Design in Italy and now he works as a lead designer at Sankul D...
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
My name is Sanjay Reddy and I am an illustrator. I used to draw as a kid and I never thought I could make a living out of it. Back in the day, I did not have the exposure and guidance to explore my career options. I only came to know about design as a career option when I started my bachelors in engineering. I still remember the day I discovered it, I told my friends and parents that I can do a job where I will be paid to sketch. I can literally sketch in the office! That feeling was so good and...
May 31, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
