UID BDES

Campuses: Delhi NCR and Ahmedabad
Courses: B. Des and M. Des

• B.Design (Hons.) Interior & Furniture Design
• B.Design (Hons.) Visual Communication
• B.Design (Hons.) Animation and Digital Media
• B.Design (Hons.) Global Design Programme
• B. Design (Hons.) Fashion Design & Styling
• B. Design (Hons.) Product Design

• Experienced group of highly qualified faculty, sprawling Campuses, exemplary infrastructure, process driven curriculum, well designed & equipped studios workshops, support model making and prototype building.
• Excellent placement assistance. UID aims to impart competencies that aid opportunity mapping, strategies to transform design, innovative practices to develop entrepreneurial ventures, new businesses, and start-ups for the creative industry.
• State of the art digital Infrastructure with modern technologies such as AR/VR lab, Cyntiq Systems, Interactive Smart Tables. labs equipped with tools and techniques ranging from traditional craft based practice to the latest digital technologies.
• Its curriculum encourages a broad exploration of the design practice with an emphasis on user-centered approach and enables students to develop contemporary critical, technical and managerial skills.
• Strong impetus on collaboration and engagement with the prominent Indian and International professionals, industry, academic institutions and organizations such as IFFTI, Cumulus, WDO, ADI, WGSN to develop new practice, paradigms and thought leaders
• Collaboration and engagement with world-class educational institutions based in four culturally diverse countries; viz. India, Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom.
• The pedagogy of design course allows the students to develop a intra-disciplinary and contextual foundation in fashion with strengthening core fashion skillsets with inclusion and prominence on fashion styling, advanced textile expertise, media- make-up, photography, global business practices and social media marketing.
• Students engage in numerous design processes, analysis of design in various fields, working with various materials and engaging in creating garments for women’s wear, men’s wear or kidswear in all categories of pret, couture and avant garde
• There is a strong impetus on collaboration and engagement through numerous masterclass, workshops and projects with eminent Indian and International designers and professionals, industry leaders, academic institutions and organizations such as IFFTI, Cumulus, WDO, ADI, WGSN to develop new practice, paradigms and though leaders.
• The internships and placements are done with top designers and corporations of the garment manufacturing industry. Access to our extensive infrastructure, multidisciplinary workshops in the campus and international collaborations with various international universities with respect to summer schools, summer internships and projects keep the students up to date with fashion forecasts and the world trends.
• The ethos of all courses is driven with a research –oriented, iterative, inquisitive and eclectic approach with overarching critical contextualisation of culture, society, sustainability, ethics, trends, crafts, technology, market and business.
• The pedagogy engages students in an in-depth industry experience, which includes industry internship followed by a Graduation project. The emphasis is on experiential learning with hands-on experience of professional practices.

The Bachelors in Interior & Furniture Design programme teaches students to create imaginative spaces and meaningful interior products that meet the needs and enrich the experiences of modern life. Our students explore projects of varied scales such as residential, commercial, hospitality, interior furniture and products, exhibition & retail environments. They engage with live and theoretical design briefs exploring multidisciplinary ideas that allow them to explore both individual ambitions and collective practices.

The curriculum for the B.Des. Programme inculcates from the very beginning, the importance of design process and critical thinking. Structured to give the students adequate learning both conceptually and skills.

The Programme envisions that by the end of the course, students are not only trained and equipped with their professional learning, they are also sensitized and nurtured to be good, empathetic and ethical participants of a vibrant design community of the future who can bring about a change in the quality of life and create a sustainable new world.

The Animation and Motion Graphics Department at UID aims at providing top notch Industry standard training in the various facets of animation. Starting from traditional 2D classical animation to the new-age VR animation, every aspect of the subject is covered. The course prepares the student to master one’s skills and understanding so that they can choose any career in the production pipeline, be it in the pre-production, production or post-production level. Independent film-making and commercial film-making both are an integral part of the training.

The B.Design (Hons.) Global Design Programme at UID has been crafted through deep research, collaboration with top International Design Schools, using innovative approaches for reimagining Design education in India. It provides a unique opportunity for a student to understand global perspectives to tackle design challenges with an international style of learning in a global class room with world renowned faculty in a multi city / country learning model in vibrant Design Capitals of the world to give you a career edge.  Our vision is to provide students with an experience that is unparalleled, nurturing them to be design leaders and creative catalysts who deliver positive social, environmental, economic and cultural change.

The B.Des Fashion Design & Styling Programme focuses on holistic, dynamic and an individuality driven approach to prepare creative professionals for the fashion industry. The course breaks new ground as it has a balanced emphasis on conceptual, curatorial and managerial application of skills with underlying ethos that marries technical ability with industry and technology. The course design lays an equilibrium between fashion creation, fashion representation and fashion management with inclusion of styling, photography, communication, media make-up, global industry practices and entrepreneurship. The course allows the graduates to develop identity, expertise and voice in fashion through the choice of immersive projects and specializations aligned to create deeper and integrative learning experience.

B.Design (Hons.) programme of Industrial design focuses on designing products, systems and services that make life easier by developing creative thinking ability. It’s a balance of creativity, technology, cultural concerns, environmental needs, exploring materials, production techniques, aesthetics, the emerging fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence, and social issues in both local and global contexts. Students learn and apply user centric insights by becoming more empathetic.