Certification to be achieved after this course

1. Certificate course in Design Research
2. Membership of Design Research Society, London, UK
3. Certificate course in Basics Foundation of Design

This course serves the students, aspirants to understand the basics of design research and building up a strong foundation by helping them utilize their precious time in a far better manner. DAD has understood, researched the systems and developed a world class study material that inculcates design thinking, design strategy that have been in latest trends. DAD works as per the latest and modern developments in design education systems. It is time to revise our education system and DAD’s community of designers has taken this as a social responsibility and chosen this is a medium of giving back to society.

Why is such a course required?

Till date students have been studying with commercial coaching systems of design due to lack of a proper non-profit educational service systems that actually killed the creativity by making students believe that even the creativity can me memorized as several other subjects. The creative freedom was bound by a set of rules defined by non-professionals who see education as their daily bread earning mode. Design is seen and taught as commodity and medium of showing the luxury. Students are not made aware of real life scenarios of design industry. The courses and their materials have never been revised and they end doing no good to the student’s career and their thought process.

Course Inputs

• Creative Ability Enhancement through Design Research, Design Thinking, Design Strategy, Design process
• Innovation and experimentation lab works
• Talent exchange programs
• Introduction to basics of computer aided designs
• Use of basics of Mathematics in Design
• English and communication abilities that drive design and fashion industry
• Logical and reasoning abilities to take several design decisions throughout the course
• Creative Reading and writing skills
• Comprehending abilities to the real life situations
• General Awareness with specifications in design and fashion
• History of Design and Fashion
• Visualization and Observation techniques
• Mediums of representation of Ideas like drawing, coloring and art abilities
• Basics of Fashion and Design
• Basics of Indian craft and Design
• Introduction to national and international brands and their ideologies
• Elements of Design

How will this course help?

• Can take up any design entrance examinations for further studies in more than 250 national, international and government approved institutions
• Can join NIFT, NID, IIT, CEED, UCEED, IICD, FDDI and other institutions
• A design portfolio will be developed
• Can join design industry at very early stage of life with developed skills in design
• Can take up design research as a future
• Can  be assistants to design consultants
• Can join event management companies
• Can join design and branding companies

Duration– One year/ two semesters