Introduction A designer is in charge of conceptualizing and creating the visual aspects of a project. Opportunities in design profession has increased manifold for students as there are hundreds of sectors which need highly skilled and innovative professionals. Engineering, manufacturing, automobiles, fashion, entertainment, advertising, interior designing, food, IT, architecture are some of the sectors where designers are in great demand. The career in design holds immense scope and potential for skilled and talented individuals with innovative ideas. The basic traits that a designer should have are -innovative thinking, creative ability, the ability to draw, visual perception, sound aesthetics, empathy with the user and creative engineering. There are various types of designs-
Interior Design
Fashion Design
Footwear Design
Accessory Design
Product Design
Computer Aided Design
There are various types of designers –
Commercial Environment Designer:
Costume Designer:
Doll Fashion Designer
Environment Designer
Event Manager
Exhibit Designer
Industrial Designer
Prosthetic Technician
Software Designer
Web Designer
With new technologies and new industries emerging, new types of designers are needed every day in areas like software, industruial products and environmental science. Other types: Creative design
Ceramics designer
Furniture designer
Glass blower/designer
Industrial/product designer
Interior and Spatial designer
Jewellery designer
Metalworks/silversmith designer
Tapestry designer
Textile designer
Display design
Exhibition designer
Museum exhibition designer
Photographic stylist
Production designer, theatre/television/film
Fashion
Costume designer
Embroidery designer
Fashion designer
Knitwear designer
Eligibility Minimum eligibility for diploma/degree courses in design is 10+2. However, graduation in any discipline is also an essential eligibility criteria for admission to certain courses at the postgraduate level, but BE, B Tech, B Des, B Arch, B Interior Design are more preferred . Moreover, product design is offered only to science studesnt after standard XII. The selection criteria for some institutes are scores obtained in common entrance exams like CEED, NEED or GATE. CEED is Common Entrance Examination for Design that is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay(IIT,Bombay), NEED is National Entrance Examination for Design which is conducted by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Top Design Institutes are-
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
D J Academy of Design, Coimbatore
IILM School of Design, Gurgaon
Indian Institute of Craft & Design, Jaipur
Wigan & Leigh College, New Delhi
Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru