Many people who aspire to have a vibrant design career path often have no idea where to begin. Let’s say you’re a creative individual who is artistically inclined, and you’ve decided you want to continue on the path of design. You would be conflicted on which field of design to chose. Which colleges to apply to, and most importantly, how to get accepted into your dream college? To give flight to your design dreams, it’s important to know where you stand, and how to move forward.
Where does a successful design career start?
The first step is realising you have a passion for design. You cannot expect your design career to flourish if you aren’t enthusiastic about design. Once you know for sure that you want to pursue a career in design, here’s what to do next.
Bachelors in Design (B.Des)
As explained in the poster above, once you have graduated 12th grade, you have a variety of options to chose from. You can apply to private colleges offering design courses. In India, IIT Bombay, NIFT and NID are renowned institutions for design courses. These universities have their own entrance exams – UCEED, NIFT Written test and NID DAT.
Post Graduation (M.Des)
B.des graduates aren’t the only people eligible to apply for a post graduation in design. Graduates from most other courses such as Engineering, Fine Arts,etc. can also sign up for an M.Des degree. For entry into colleges offering Post Graduation courses, there are obviously a different set of entrance exams to attempt. NIFT, NID and IIT offer PG courses in design as well.
Long story short, that’s how you kickstart your design career and make the best out of it!
A common misconception is that the design process and design thinking are both the same thing. People belonging to many different fields try to employ design thinking so that they can think more “creatively”. However, they end up following the design process. People belonging to fields other than design can’t benefit from this. What’s the …
Sketching ideas are the first steps in the design process and something every designer should do. Sketching isn’t just limited to designers, it occurs in many careers that require something to get built. Design Sketches help to convey ideas, demonstrate functionality, visualise user flow, and illustrate anything that requires human interaction. Gemklip hosts design sketching …
It’s human nature to take for granted the simplest objects we use in our day to day lives. We don’t really think about them, we don’t wan’t to know who designed them, we don’t want to know how it came to being (most of us, at least). To us, it is just something that does …
When customers visit the Gemklip Design Store at Kamanahalli, we want them to leave with a new experience. A feeling of excitement that makes them want to return again, maybe even with a few friends. This depended, to a great extent, on the interiors and store decor. Achieving this result and at the same time, …
Design Career Path
Many people who aspire to have a vibrant design career path often have no idea where to begin. Let’s say you’re a creative individual who is artistically inclined, and you’ve decided you want to continue on the path of design. You would be conflicted on which field of design to chose. Which colleges to apply to, and most importantly, how to get accepted into your dream college? To give flight to your design dreams, it’s important to know where you stand, and how to move forward.
Where does a successful design career start?
The first step is realising you have a passion for design. You cannot expect your design career to flourish if you aren’t enthusiastic about design. Once you know for sure that you want to pursue a career in design, here’s what to do next.
Bachelors in Design (B.Des)
As explained in the poster above, once you have graduated 12th grade, you have a variety of options to chose from. You can apply to private colleges offering design courses. In India, IIT Bombay, NIFT and NID are renowned institutions for design courses. These universities have their own entrance exams – UCEED, NIFT Written test and NID DAT.
Post Graduation (M.Des)
B.des graduates aren’t the only people eligible to apply for a post graduation in design. Graduates from most other courses such as Engineering, Fine Arts,etc. can also sign up for an M.Des degree. For entry into colleges offering Post Graduation courses, there are obviously a different set of entrance exams to attempt. NIFT, NID and IIT offer PG courses in design as well.
Long story short, that’s how you kickstart your design career and make the best out of it!
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