Details of Accessory Design course at NIFT
View complete NIFT info at http://blog.malvikajain.com/nift-admission/
Huge thanks to my friend Ankit for writing this post. He passed out of AD, NIFT, Delhi in 2009.
Basic requirement: Interest in tactile/practical/hands on implementation of design concepts and capacity to infer 2d into 3d.The course starts with object drawing and rendering in place, FORM STUDIES...verrry important - I think it’s the essence of a good AD guy... materials and techniques - theory and simple practical assignments like woodwork...simple tools...complex machines-lathe/drilling/sheet cutting/moulds/casting/dies/heat forming etc.
Design methodology:
Starts around the end of the 1st sem (sem 3) and involves getting the student to start processing random creativity or ideas with a process. Includes data collection/ research/ analysis/ filtering/ design brief/ conceptualization/ presentations (LOTS OF THEM)/ mock ups made of paper/wood/bleh bleh/ and then the final prototype -- the closest possible thing to the real product. All this is done in the design lab. And it’s is all judged by the jury finally.
What you learn in AD:
History of design, presentations-fun exercises, field trips, Introduction to photography, Specialization in product photography, fashion forecasts, craft cluster initiative in which students make trips to Jhabua, Bagh, Hoshiarpur, Haryana, Farukhnagar, Chamba and then do a design project based on the trip.
Product graphics with logo design, Making real products from prototypes, Techno aesthetic detailing, technical drawing with ortho/iso/rendered views of small complex products.
Learning design softwares Corel, Photoshop, Director. Rhino, 3ds max.
Basic marketing, management and technical theory classes with written exams.
The excess lectures are big bores when students should be out seeing stuff available in the market and using it. But then, no one is stopping you from getting out there.
The laboratory is always open during modules where lab work is needed. So u can wok whenever and however you wish, in class or in the laboratory or outside. Just that the work should be completed.
Faculty:
Mostly internal faculty with some visiting faculty. Decent. Some of the faculty is made of young passouts. So the environment is friendly and informal with them. Jobs get done but you need to push your cause....like fieldtrips, extension of lab timings, extra inputs in classes.
Big trump card in Delhi: ANNA (Tool lab n prototyping specialist... Mr.Murugan)
Scope:
Retail and Visual Merchandizing is a big new thing for AD. It’s really coming up and AD people are great for it with their technically sound base with design sense. Comes useful in furniture and lighting solutions, especially in Delhi.
AD is versatile and many career options are open in retail and home interiors after the course. You can get involved with making appliances. Or enter design studios/design export houses as people who can overlook an entire sequence of processes from the idea to the final thing.
Overall advice:
Join it...For products n accessories, it’s good after NID.
For complete NIFT details goto http://blog.malvikajain.com/nift-admission/
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June 7th, 2009 - 23:51
hi……i m here for d first time……plz help me mam
i hav got 196 gen rank …….will i b able to get td or kd in delhi ??????????
June 7th, 2009 - 23:54
one more thng …….is it ok to do nift after a gap of 4 years …..or ppl will treat me as a old man……
June 8th, 2009 - 00:30
@veaan: in design colleges, people do come after graduation i.e 4 years after school. so though there will be an age difference.. but people get used to it and finally you guys gotta be working together.. everything works out that way.
June 13th, 2009 - 21:45
hey malvika im giving ad as 3rd option wit air 237(obc)
do u think i can get banglore or hyderabad ?????
plz reply
August 11th, 2009 - 18:28
hi malavika
my daughter is doing her ad in nift delhi this year . she had a chance to join ryerson in fc but we felt nift was better .she wants to do her exchange programme in ryerson ,when should she apply and what is a twinning programme? can she come to ryerson for fc if she is in ad now?
August 11th, 2009 - 23:48
Hi honey,
Your daughter can totally apply for FC at Ryerson. A friend of mine from the tech course at NIFT went and did graphics at Ryerson in an exchange programme. But why should she be chosen over an FC student to do the exchange programme? She will have to make a strong case by writing a good Statement of Purpose.
In AD, a lot of technical stuff is taught that your daughter may not wish to miss out on if she is going to be a product designer finally. If that’s not her clear aim, she should totally apply for FC in Ryerson. As a second choice on the exchange application form, she should choose an AD exchange programme to somewhere else, as AD to AD will be easier.
You can read details about exchange programmes on my blog-post about the same. Go to the NIFT page on this blog.
September 18th, 2009 - 07:54
hi,
third post! haha
anyway, im more inclined towards ad than the other courses but i want to know a few thingd about it first
1 is it easier or tougher than fc and fd
2 does it have as good a scope in chennai
3 will it be very rough work for which one needs a lot of strength.
thanks for all the info.
mrin.
September 19th, 2009 - 06:55
@mrin:
1 easier
2 dunno
3 u dont need to have brute force for this dept. heh
March 31st, 2010 - 20:20
hi i m nift.my second semester is about to end.
i m in foundation course.i m looking for some summer internship.what should i do?
May 5th, 2010 - 23:36
hi i am too over with my first year in nift…could you please guide how to go about getting an internship..i will be delhi but i have no contacts…can i approach a designer on my owwith portfolio or sumthing???please suggest i really wana do internship….
May 30th, 2010 - 23:44
Hey!!
I got thru NIFT this year..and am interested in accesory design.
I wud be obliged if u let me kno if the Hyderabad Nift is good for this course.
Thnks and rgds!
June 21st, 2010 - 19:32
hi, i m srinadh frm hyd. I got thru NIFT this year, and i m interested in accesory design. I wud be obliged if u let me know the hyderabad NIFT is good for this course, plz let me know the total information abt the course
July 1st, 2010 - 22:11
i wanna know about he starting of 2 year batch of AD
July 7th, 2010 - 18:36
Hiiii any one NIft delhi AD…
July 16th, 2010 - 15:59
i gt a seat in nift this yr . i opted 4 AD in chennai . was that a good choice r u think i should hav opted 4 something eles. i always wanted AD in chennai bt many say its a waste of time. they say textile ad fashion designing hav better scope. does AD hav a good future like fashion designing …. im dam confused..:(
…. waiting 4 ur reply …!!!
July 16th, 2010 - 16:01
i gt a seat in nift this yr . i opted 4 AD in chennai . was that a good choice r u think i should hav opted 4 something eles. i always wanted AD in chennai bt many say its a waste of time. they say textile ad fashion designing hav better scope. does AD hav a good future like fashion designing …. im dam confused..
…. waiting 4 ur reply …!!!
February 8th, 2011 - 22:04
mam, i wanna ask that i am unable to decide that which type of designing,either AD or FD have a good future!!i like both of them but i m unable to decide!! i m very much confused!! i m sure that you will surly help me out mam!!
thanx a lot….
February 8th, 2011 - 22:06
is textile and fashion designing much better than AD??? i m still waiting mam!!