The future of Design ________________________________________ As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions. With a passion for design, storytelling, and experimentation, Amit is constantly exploring new ways to push the bo...
Mar 24, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 43
The Mindset and Portfolio needed while applying for Design jobs and Internships ________________________________________ As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions. With a passion for design, storytelling, and experiment...
Mar 17, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Unlike UCEED, the second round of design entrance exams like CEED, NID and NIFT requires the student to have a portfolio. The portfolio typically consists of 3-4 projects but the challenge is - How to decide which projects to include? How to make a design portfolio? What to include in a design project? Where to start and how many pages should each project contain? I talk about how to present a project in this episode, a framework that can be applied to projects from different domains, let it be ...
Mar 10, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Unlike UCEED, the second round of design entrance exams like CEED, NID and NIFT requires the student to have a portfolio. The portfolio typically consists of 3-4 projects but the challenge is - How to decide which projects to include? How to make a design portfolio? What to include in a design project? Where to start and how many pages should each project contain? I talk about how to present a project in this episode, a framework that can be applied to projects from different domains, let it be ...
Feb 25, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 40
As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions. With a passion for design, storytelling, and experimentation, Amit is constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of what's possible. His deep understanding of the lat...
Feb 18, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 39
As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions. With a passion for design, storytelling, and experimentation, Amit is constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of what's possible. His deep understanding of the lat...
Feb 13, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters in Apparel Design from NID. She talks about different modules in Apparel Design at NID. Online courses for UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT https://online.designexstudio.com/s/store Host https://www.instagram.com/sanjayreddy144/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjayreddy144/...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Soham Sinha is trained in Industrial Design and Architecture, currently offering User experience and Strategic Design solutions for Sage. An avid follower of Dieter Rams, I believe "Good design is thorough down to the last detail". Soham was one of the senior workshop facilitators during his time at Infosys ( 200+ designers). In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Soham talk about his design journey, transition to UX, Symbolism, History and evolution of Design System. ebook - The what ...
Jan 28, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Prasanna Gadkari, a UX designer at Amazon talks about how to prepare for the UI/UX job interviews. If you want to apply at Amazon, Google, or any company for a UI/UX position or if you're an aspirant/design student wondering how to begin your preparation for the job interviews and what to expect in the selection process then this episode is for you. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Oct 27, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Hitesh Kumar, NID AIR 17 | Transportation Design. Yet another inspiring story of a young design aspirant chasing his dreams and we are humbled to have been a small part of Hitesh Kumar's journey. Hitesh, a student of Designex Studio, secured a seat in Transportation Design on his second attempt. In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Hitesh about his journey, and how he prepared for transportation design. _________________________________ Online courses for UCEED CEED NID & NIFT ht...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Malvika Mohan AIR 4 | Animation, NID 2022 Malvika's interest in plots was piqued by narrative dances, graphic novels, and illustrations. As a classical dancer, studying body movements and expressions fascinated her. She enjoyed narrating storybooks to her friends and exploring their anticipation. Without school career counselling, she followed the tide and pursued engineering while also freelancing as an artist. Though late to the game, she hoped to learn Animation after graduation. Due to a per...
Aug 09, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Apeksha has worn many hats in her career - consultant, team leader and design entrepreneur. She has spent a decade developing identities and designing products for over 45 organizations including Ananda in the Himalayas, Elle Decor, SEOY India Awards led by Jubilant Bhartia & Schwab Foundation, Hyatt, DLF, 32nd avenue, Guesthouser.com, Fundamento.ai, Mila baby, Ohria Ayurveda and many more. Over the past decade at the forefront of the creative industry, Apeksha has seen that creative profess...
Jul 08, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 33
We are super elated to share this story with you all today. Manya Wahi, a student of Designex Studio, secured an All India Rank 1 in UCEED this year. In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Manya talks about her journey, and how she prepared for the design entrance exams - UCEED & NID. How she managed time during her preparation while she was juggling between school and exam prep. _________________________________ Sketching Workshop Batch 1 | June 6 - 20 - 15 Day Workshop - Live ses...
May 22, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Vipul Sachdeva, a 3D designer based out of Delhi. He's been in the design space for the last 5 years and his work focuses on 3D stylized characters and motion designing. Growing up, he was always fascinated by the world of animation and comics like Chacha Chaudhari, Pinki, etc. Not just for the entertainment value but fascinated by their capacity to communicate messages with simplicity. Their simplistic yet visually appealing style always stood out for him. The cinematic wonder of the Marvel uni...
May 04, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters in Apparel Design from NID. She talks about how she came to that decision and how she planned her preparation around her day job. 00:00 - Start 05:40 - Homa Praveen's journey | NIFT to NID 08:23 - How is Maters different from bachelor 11:03 - NID Preparation 16:45 - Managing work with the preparation 23:00 - Sketching practice 26:37 - Studio Test &a...
May 03, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Navneeth shares his journey into Transportation Design. How he evolved in the process, how he handled rejection, what did he do when he realized transportation design isn't what he expected it to be, and much more. Timestamps 00:36 - Introduction 06:58 - How did you convince your parents 08:25 - Moving to Italy 09:48 - Design Education 12:55 - Mindset 18:07 - Thesis 23:19 - Moving to Tokyo | Honda Experience 28:45 - Dealing with rejections 31:50 -...
Jan 27, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 30
With design entrance exams just around the corner, Sanjay talks about how one can deal with exam pressure and anxiety. How to come up with a plan that can help you in the exam prep. Host - Sanjay Reddy https://www.instagram.com/sanjayreddy144/ Crash course for UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT https://online.designexstudio.com/s/store/courses/description/Crash-Course-2022
Nov 01, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Right from the idea to the product launch, in this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, Navneeth Kannan talks about the entire journey of Dispatch Vehicles. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 04:10 - How did Dispatch happen? 19:26 - Response after launch 24:06 - Experience working w/people 28:38 - The Process 31:29 - Working w/engineers 36:00 - Standardization 38:00 - Product Timeline 40:49 - Biggest Challenge 42:15 - Conclusion ___________________________________________ Learn at your own conv...
Oct 05, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, we discuss New Media Design. We have Manushi, AIR 1 in NID'18, now working as a Ux Designer at Microsoft. Manushi shares her journey into design, what worked for her and how she overcame the challenges that she faced. The coursework of New Media Design at the National Institute of Design is discussed in detail in this episode. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 06:43 Design journey & NID Exam 52:15 New Media Design | NID experience 59:19 Unlearning...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 27
When one decides to follow their passion, everything else becomes secondary for them. They're focused on what they want to achieve and no hurdle is too big. Such is the story of Shriya Salunkhe. Shriya failed in many subjects in engineering and was clueless about what to do in life until she fell in love with UX. The amount of work she had put in to learn about UX over the years eventually landed her a job. She is now working as an Associate UX Designer at Precisely. Shriya talks about how she w...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 26
A conversation between Prasanna Gadkari, UX Designer at Amazon & Sanjay Reddy Hightlights of the conversation - 00:00 - Introduction 01:58 - Challenges at work during Pandemic 13:05 - Do this if you're looking for opportunities 17:41 - How can freelancers get projects in Pandemic 19:47 - How to design for an uncertain future 23:20 - Design education in pandemic 30:44 - Relevance of design now & in future 35:58 - Mentality during a pandemic Host - Sanjay Reddy Instagram Check out our onli...
Jun 16, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Hit the feeling right and the form will be beautiful eventually. says Nikhil Sorte, a Transportation Design at Groupe Renault who has a Masters in Transportation Design from IAAD, Turin, Italy. In this conversation with Sanjay Reddy, Nikhil talks about the importance of emotions in car design and how passionate he is about Transportation design and his job. Nikhil was able to present scale models of his projects at Auto Expo in Delhi multiple times. His projects have been featured in magazines i...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Nikita Jaiswal, an M.Des in Graphic Design from the National Institue of Design (NID) talks about how she switched to design from an architectural background. In this episode, she also delves deep into semester-wise courses that are offered in Graphic Design at NID. 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - Nikita's Design journey 08:53 - Portfolio 11:55 - NID interview experience 14:50 - Graphic Design at NID 20:37 - Semester-wise modules in Graphic Design at NID 27:22 - Prospects 30:10 - Exchange Program 3...
May 11, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 23
This episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast is all about Ceramic & Glass Design offered at the National Institute of Design. Shreya Lokhande, Bachelor in Design with majors in Ceramic & Glass Design talks about the discipline Ceramic & Glass. In this conversation with Sanjay Reddy, Shreya also talks about her experience in the B.Des program at the National Institute of Design (NID). The kind of problems students solve in Ceramic & Glass, semester-wise courses that they take in t...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 22
What does Lifestyle Accessory Design(LAD) at NID offer? What are the modules that are taught in LAD? What roles can one assume after graduating in LAD? How to prepare yourself for LAD? Angkeeta Goswami, graduated in Lifestyle Accessory Design from NID in 2018. She is now working as a CX Researcher & Design Strategist at Crompton Greaves. During her masters at NID Angkeeta also had an opportunity to go to Isreal as part of the exchange program at NID. In this episode of D Talks - The Design P...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Dhruva Rathod, a Masters in Product Design and Engineering talks about his design journey 00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - Journey into Design 06:27 - Exam preparation 09:32 - Second round & Interview at IISc Bangalore 14:40 - Interview 16:53 - What does IISc offer 18:46 - Semester wise coursework 24:35 - From Designing to launching a product 26:50 - Startup Culture at IISc 30:22 - Career options 32:13 - IISc campus 33:43 - How is IISc different from IDC/NID 35:45 - Suggestions for Design aspira...
Mar 19, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Host, Sanjay Reddy talks to Akhil Babu who completed his M.Des in Strategic Design Management from NID. Akhil is now working as a Designer at IBM. In this episode, Akhil talks about his journey into design. Coming from an engineering background, how he convinced his parents that he wants to go for design, what strategy he used to prepare for design entrance exams, etc. He also shares some interesting questions he was asked by the jury in the Strategic Design Management interview at NID. While he...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 19
This episode is about Aditi Sharma's story, how she did not give up after a failed first attempt at NID, how she managed to find mentors who would guide her, how she planned her preparation, and so on. Often times we hear students who give up after their first attempt at NID, UCEED, CEED, or NIFT. Aditi's story tells us how with dedication and one can make it through the exam and how one can inform oneself about design. Aditi Sharma secured an All India Rank 4 in NID 2020 in Toy & Game Desig...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Aditya Sharma, worked at Amazon for 2 years as a designer without a formal education in Design. He secured an All India Rank 3 in NID 2020 and All India Rank 7 in CEED 2020. He shares how he made it to Amazon and how he prepared for the design entrance exams. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Dec 05, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 17
One of our students Samriddhi Uniyal secured an All India Rank 13 in NID 2020 (B.Des) and Rank 51 in NIFT. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
Nov 07, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 16
