D Talks - The Design Podcast

Design discussion with Revathi Kant, Chief Design Officer, Titan Company Limited. In this conversation, Revathi kant talks about the following: …

Every year thousands of students apply for design entrance exams (UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT) but we all know that there are only limited seats. it is for this and many other reasons many students face failure. Some …

The future of Design
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As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. …

The Mindset and Portfolio needed while applying for Design jobs and Internships

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As a Lead UX Designer with …

Unlike UCEED, the second round of design entrance exams like CEED, NID and NIFT requires the student to have a portfolio. The portfolio typically …

Unlike UCEED, the second round of design entrance exams like CEED, NID and NIFT requires the student to have a portfolio. The portfolio typically …

As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and …

As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and …

Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod 

After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters …

Soham Sinha is trained in Industrial Design and Architecture, currently offering User experience and Strategic Design solutions for Sage. An avid …

Prasanna Gadkari, a UX designer at Amazon talks about how to prepare for the UI/UX job interviews. If you want to apply at Amazon, Google, or any company for a UI/UX position or if you're an aspirant/design student …

Hitesh Kumar, NID AIR 17 | Transportation Design.

Yet another inspiring story of a young design aspirant chasing his dreams and we are humbled to have been a small part of Hitesh Kumar's journey.   Hitesh, a student of …

Malvika Mohan AIR 4 | Animation, NID 2022  Malvika's interest in plots was piqued by narrative dances, graphic novels, and illustrations. As a classical dancer, studying body movements and expressions fascinated her. …

Apeksha has worn many hats in her career - consultant, team leader and design entrepreneur. She has spent a decade developing identities and …

We are super elated to share this story with you all today. Manya Wahi, a student of Designex Studio, secured an All India Rank 1 in UCEED this year. In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Manya talks about …

Vipul Sachdeva, a 3D designer based out of Delhi. He's been in the design space for the last 5 years and his work focuses on 3D stylized characters …

Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters in Apparel Design from NID. She talks about how she came to that …

In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Navneeth shares his journey into Transportation Design.   How he evolved in the process, how he …

With design entrance exams just around the corner, Sanjay talks about how one can deal with exam pressure and anxiety. How to come up with a plan that can help you in the exam prep. 

Host - Sanjay Reddy  …

Right from the idea to the product launch, in this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, Navneeth Kannan talks about the entire journey of Dispatch Vehicles.   

Timestamps  

00:00 - Introduction  

04:10 - How did …

In this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, we discuss New Media Design. We have Manushi, AIR 1 in NID'18, now working as a Ux Designer at Microsoft.   Manushi shares her journey into design, what worked for her …

When one decides to follow their passion, everything else becomes secondary for them. They're focused on what they want to achieve and no hurdle is …

A conversation between Prasanna Gadkari, UX Designer at Amazon & Sanjay Reddy

Hightlights of the conversation - 

00:00 - Introduction  

01:58 - Challenges at work during Pandemic  

13:05 - Do this if you're looking …

Hit the feeling right and the form will be beautiful eventually.  says Nikhil Sorte, a Transportation Design at Groupe Renault who has a  Masters in …

Nikita Jaiswal, an M.Des in Graphic Design from the National Institue of Design (NID) talks about how she switched to design from an architectural background. In this episode, she also delves deep into semester-wise …

This episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast is all about Ceramic & Glass Design offered at the National Institute of Design.   

Shreya Lokhande, Bachelor in Design with majors in Ceramic & Glass Design talks …

What does Lifestyle Accessory Design(LAD) at NID offer? 

What are the modules that are taught in LAD? 

What roles can one assume after graduating in …

Dhruva Rathod, a Masters in Product Design and Engineering talks about his design journey 

00:00 - Introduction 

02:05 - Journey into Design

06:27 - Exam preparation

09:32 - Second round & Interview at IISc …

Host, Sanjay Reddy talks to Akhil Babu who completed his M.Des in Strategic Design Management from NID. Akhil is now working as a Designer at IBM.  In this episode, Akhil talks about his journey into design. Coming from …

This episode is about Aditi Sharma's story, how she did not give up after a failed first attempt at NID, how she managed to find mentors who would …

Aditya Sharma, worked at Amazon for 2 years as a designer without a formal education in Design. He secured an All India Rank 3 in NID 2020 and All India Rank 7 in CEED 2020.  He shares how he made it to Amazon and how …

One of our students Samriddhi Uniyal secured an All India Rank 13 in NID 2020 (B.Des) and Rank 51 in NIFT.

Host - Sanjay Reddy  

Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

A bunch of designers who came together to support the skilled artisans who make Lacquer toys. They collectively call themselves the Indian Design …

In this episode Shivangi, studying Masters in Communication Design at IDC, IIT Bombay shares how she prepared for the Ceed exam. Things that worked for her and things that did not. She secured an All India Rank 7 in …

Jatin Anand, one of my students, secured an All India Rank 2 in UCEED 2020 shares how he prepared for the exam. what worked for him and what did not. …

In this episode, Pallavi Gautam shares her experience as a Mobility Designer. She switched from engineering to design by pursuing a Masters in Design from IIT Delhi. Having worked at Royal Enfield for 5 years as an …

Whenever we think about Transportation Design all that comes to our mind are those crazy perspective sketches, dramatic photoshop renders, and alias models. We often design for the design briefs, but how does that …

UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT. These are the Design Entrance Exams in India. There are so many questions that pop up in the mind of a design aspirant when he or she thinks about the design entrance exams. Questions, like …

This episode is about the art of Cardmaking.  Swati Gupta, the owner of the brand - Hues of memories started her crafting journey in February 2014. She's been hooked to this art form since then and along with …

Sumit Yempalle, a Visual Designer in the IT Industry, a talented Sitar player, and the director of Ek Cup Chaha shares his take on Storytelling. Ek Cup Chaha a stop motion animation film made using sand animation, …

Roshan Kumar Sahu a design graduate from IDC, IIT Bombay, and currently a product designer at Idea Forg. He shares how he answered different questions that he was asked in the IDC interview and sheds light on how one …

This is a solo episode and I talk about my NID interview experience at Gandhinagar Campus in 2016. I had applied for Lifestyle accessory design and …

A lot of dreams are in fact decisions. Decisions based on just enough faith. For Soundarya Gottapu, who intuitively always knew she had a knack for creative thinking, it was a series of failed "plans" that eventually …

In India, we have design entrance exams like UCEED, CEED(Common entrance exam for design), NID(national institute of design) & NIFT(National …

Engineering is the most common career path taken by so many Indians. One of them is Prashanth Vantimitta. From a very young age, he's had a great passion for cars and design but due to incorrect guidance, he chose to …

My name is Sanjay Reddy and I am an illustrator. I used to draw as a kid and I never thought I could make a living out of it. Back in the day, I did …