Help me decide my future!

rdkarthik · 10th June 2006, 09:41

@SRK.

First of all, try to understand where you fit in as a designer - somebody who can develop complete new designs from scratch, or somebody who is good at modifying what is already there... If you are inclined to be the former, but currently the latter ( what i feel you are, from your posts ), a little commited hard work can surely get you through.. NID entrance exams papers (more than any other universities) are really good at judging your aptitute that way..

I would suggest you involve yourself with designs in a broader perspective, not just with cars. For example, you see an object, like your cell phone, analyze that design, see what its drawbacks are, how it can be bettered,and then implement a new design yourself... Exercises like these can really make you think differently and develop new ideas. That is what is expected of a good designer.

Next comes plotting your ideas into a tangible medium. Make sure you have a good connection between what you think and you can show. Again for this, thinnk broad, lay emphasis on scaling and depth of your designs. Personally feel designing by hand can give you an edge over working on computers, as this gives you the artistic edge as well.

Some of these websites might help you-
www.designerspace.com
www.cardesignnews.com

If you didnt get into NID or any other institute this year, dont lose hope, make sure you try harder next year... Life is awesome when you get to work on what you love.

It is hard to reach a position like foose or dc, and even harder to do it without formal education in that stream (unless you are very-very-very good). Hope you get the picture.

Would be interested to see your sketches.

@edmund-

Congratulations!!! All the best for you subsequent rounds of interviews.

SRK · 13th June 2006, 12:00

rdkarthik,
Thankyou I will rty to implement what you have said here.
I want to be a designer who can design from scratch at the same time someone who can design stuff for custom cars.
That way I want to be a combination of foose and dc.
I'll try my best next time!!

Edmund · 18th June 2006, 02:19

Guys.......thank you for your prayers......and support...... i've made it into IID, Pune!!!!

Transportation Design, here i come!!!

www.iidpune.org

@SRK: Like you said yourself, better luck next time........ you could also try out for SID [Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune] next year!!!!

Edmund · 18th June 2006, 02:38

The campus!!!!

Construction on the 125 acre campus is in full swing and looks very promising,
I, having schooled in a boarding for 7 years, am surely gonna enjoy this course and campus!!!!

In the 4th picture you see the train, the railway lines actually are the boundary wall for a certain part!!!

khanak · 18th June 2006, 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edmund

Guys.......thank you for your prayers......and support...... i've made it into IID, Pune!!!!

Transportation Design, here i come!!!

www.iidpune.org

@SRK: Like you said yourself, better luck next time........ you could also try out for SID [Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune] next year!!!!

Congratulations man ................well done
btw are you in the undergraduate programme or the postgraduate one?

Edmund · 18th June 2006, 05:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by khanak

Congratulations man ................well done
btw are you in the undergraduate programme or the postgraduate one?

Undergraduate, 4.5 years, I had to drop out of TYBA earlier this year due to inefficencies, carelessness and bad spirit of a particular open university!!!!

But yeah, the duration of the UG course will make the stream chosen very thorough and ofcourse, Fun!!!

SRK · 20th June 2006, 21:10

Congrats! Edmund
Will try this year to get admission in an engineering college,if possible in automobile branch or may be mechanical.
And If I like it I'll continue with it and then I'll attend a PG design course.But if I feel that I am not gaining anything then I may join it and leave engg alone.
Also can you give me the site add of SID.
Hope to learn some techniques from you!!
Also isnt this the the 1st batch of this institue??

Edmund · 21st June 2006, 05:54

@SRK: www.symbiosisdesign.ac.in and yeah this is the first batch of the institute!!!

SRK · 23rd June 2006, 09:21

Edmund SID doesnt have automobile.So I think I may not try it.
Also trying to get Admitted to Saboo SIddik Engg. College
Guys pray for me.............

Edmund · 23rd June 2006, 09:41

I'm having major problems with getting my funds together for the course!!!

This is unreal!!!!

Rehaan · 17th March 2007, 03:00

Not to be discouraging, but here is an article that may be worth a read -

(I havent actually read it myself yet) - Designing Designers - It’s no harder than being a fighter pilot

cya
R

ramie2400 · 17th March 2007, 12:42

M.E.T. in Mumbai(Bandra Reclamation) as introduced MBA in Design,you may g there and find about the ful details,and for sure put your hands on Photoshop,Animo(product/car designing),3d packagesthiswll help you out.
I started with all techinical college worked in my factory made machines,then went for car/product designing career,all i ended up doing all kinds of commercial works ad visualization and animation,pay scale became icing 7figues/p.a.,so dropped the idea of going abroad,lots of scope in mumbai.

ramie

payam · 17th March 2007, 13:40

srk
i know one universty which is based in italy but it has got branches in uk,spain,australia and usa my cousine who is living in italy and doing fashion design told me it is the best colege in europe in term of designing they have course for car desighn also
there is a office which represent this uni in india
here is the web site:
OPUNLNew
hope it helps you

SRK · 17th March 2007, 18:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by payam

srk
i know one universty which is based in italy but it has got branches in uk,spain,australia and usa my cousine who is living in italy and doing fashion design told me it is the best colege in europe in term of designing they have course for car desighn also
there is a office which represent this uni in india
here is the web site:
OPUNLNew
hope it helps you

Hi payam..

I would like to tell you that I am into Auto engg.Now..

I am now interested in getting some kind of technical knowlede..
Maybe I'll do my designing after My BE..

Thanks!!

black12rr · 17th March 2007, 19:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edmund

I'm having major problems with getting my funds together for the course!!!

This is unreal!!!!

Congrats Edmund, whats the costs of the course ?

10th June 2006, 09:41	#31
rdkarthik BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: bangalore Posts: 206 Thanked: 13 Times	@SRK. First of all, try to understand where you fit in as a designer - somebody who can develop complete new designs from scratch, or somebody who is good at modifying what is already there... If you are inclined to be the former, but currently the latter ( what i feel you are, from your posts ), a little commited hard work can surely get you through.. NID entrance exams papers (more than any other universities) are really good at judging your aptitute that way.. I would suggest you involve yourself with designs in a broader perspective, not just with cars. For example, you see an object, like your cell phone, analyze that design, see what its drawbacks are, how it can be bettered,and then implement a new design yourself... Exercises like these can really make you think differently and develop new ideas. That is what is expected of a good designer. Next comes plotting your ideas into a tangible medium. Make sure you have a good connection between what you think and you can show. Again for this, thinnk broad, lay emphasis on scaling and depth of your designs. Personally feel designing by hand can give you an edge over working on computers, as this gives you the artistic edge as well. Some of these websites might help you- www.designerspace.com www.cardesignnews.com If you didnt get into NID or any other institute this year, dont lose hope, make sure you try harder next year... Life is awesome when you get to work on what you love. It is hard to reach a position like foose or dc, and even harder to do it without formal education in that stream (unless you are very-very-very good). Hope you get the picture. Would be interested to see your sketches. @edmund- Congratulations!!! All the best for you subsequent rounds of interviews.
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13th June 2006, 12:00	#32
SRK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,201 Thanked: 524 Times	rdkarthik, Thankyou I will rty to implement what you have said here. I want to be a designer who can design from scratch at the same time someone who can design stuff for custom cars. That way I want to be a combination of foose and dc. I'll try my best next time!!
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18th June 2006, 02:19	#33
Edmund BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 830 Thanked: 163 Times View My Garage	IID here i come!!!! Guys.......thank you for your prayers......and support...... i've made it into IID, Pune!!!! Transportation Design, here i come!!! www.iidpune.org @SRK: Like you said yourself, better luck next time........ you could also try out for SID [Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune] next year!!!! Last edited by Edmund : 18th June 2006 at 02:22.
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18th June 2006, 02:38	#34
Edmund BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 830 Thanked: 163 Times View My Garage	The IID, Pune campus!!!! The campus!!!! Construction on the 125 acre campus is in full swing and looks very promising, I, having schooled in a boarding for 7 years, am surely gonna enjoy this course and campus!!!! In the 4th picture you see the train, the railway lines actually are the boundary wall for a certain part!!!
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20th June 2006, 21:10	#37
SRK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,201 Thanked: 524 Times	Congrats! Edmund Will try this year to get admission in an engineering college,if possible in automobile branch or may be mechanical. And If I like it I'll continue with it and then I'll attend a PG design course.But if I feel that I am not gaining anything then I may join it and leave engg alone. Also can you give me the site add of SID. Hope to learn some techniques from you!! Also isnt this the the 1st batch of this institue??
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21st June 2006, 05:54	#38
Edmund BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 830 Thanked: 163 Times View My Garage	@SRK: www.symbiosisdesign.ac.in and yeah this is the first batch of the institute!!!
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23rd June 2006, 09:21	#39
SRK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,201 Thanked: 524 Times	Edmund SID doesnt have automobile.So I think I may not try it. Also trying to get Admitted to Saboo SIddik Engg. College Guys pray for me.............
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23rd June 2006, 09:41	#40
Edmund BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 830 Thanked: 163 Times View My Garage	I'm having major problems with getting my funds together for the course!!! This is unreal!!!! Last edited by Edmund : 23rd June 2006 at 09:45.
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17th March 2007, 03:00	#41
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,046 Thanked: 34,074 Times	Not to be discouraging, but here is an article that may be worth a read - (I havent actually read it myself yet) - Designing Designers - It’s no harder than being a fighter pilot cya R Last edited by Rehaan : 17th March 2007 at 03:02.
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17th March 2007, 12:42	#42
ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	M.E.T. in Mumbai(Bandra Reclamation) as introduced MBA in Design,you may g there and find about the ful details,and for sure put your hands on Photoshop,Animo(product/car designing),3d packagesthiswll help you out. I started with all techinical college worked in my factory made machines,then went for car/product designing career,all i ended up doing all kinds of commercial works ad visualization and animation,pay scale became icing 7figues/p.a.,so dropped the idea of going abroad,lots of scope in mumbai. ramie
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17th March 2007, 13:40	#43
payam BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pune Posts: 924 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	srk i know one universty which is based in italy but it has got branches in uk,spain,australia and usa my cousine who is living in italy and doing fashion design told me it is the best colege in europe in term of designing they have course for car desighn also there is a office which represent this uni in india here is the web site: OPUNLNew hope it helps you
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