D Talks - The Design Podcast
Oct 21, 2020
Ceed Preparation | D Talks w/ Shivangi, Communication Design, IDC IIT Bombay
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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 Ceed 2020 and got into Industrial Design and Communication Design at IDC.
Host - Sanjay Reddy
Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT
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Our host, Sanjay Reddy in conversation with Ananya Jindal, All India Rank 25, NID 2023. Ananya had won access to the B.Des Self-preparation course in one of the competitions organised by Designex Studio 00:00 - Introduction 10:42 - Preparation Strategy 12:50 - Dealing w/other's opinions & choices 14:06 - Preparation routine 16:19 - NID exam experience 18:36 - Questions in NID | Round 1& 2 27:55 - Toughest thing in the entire journey 29:25 - Taking decisions to switch b/w Part A&B 30:47 - Take away from Ananya's journey 32:16 - Conclusion ________________________________________ Online courses for UCEED CEED NID & NIFT
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Crafting User Experiences | Narayanan Rajagopalan, Vice President Design | HomeLane | D Talks - The Design Podcast
Established in 2014, HomeLane has grown into India’s tech-enabled home interiors brand, providing end-to-end interior services in a personalized, professional way. HomeLane currently services 20+ cities across the country through 40+ Studios. The woes of any Indian consumer looking at designing their home interiors or renovating the same have always been many to count. The unorganized nature of the home interiors market, the perils of stretched timelines and the lack of price transparency have been some of the key challenges. HomeLane’s USP is driven by their design expertise and their technology prowess. Leveraging the extensive pool of in house designers and their own in house cutting edge technology SpaceCraft, HomeLane has been successfully creating unique home interiors for Indian home buyers from both low/mid income to high income cohorts. HomeLane’s technology has enabled them to create a seamless experience for customers through digital channels, thereby reducing the number if 1-1 interactions and the turnaround time on projects. Their concept of experience centres across 20 cities is a unique approach which provides unique and immersive experience to their customers. In this episode we also discuss the strategic decisions HomeLane has taken to craft their smart catalogue. Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 02:29 - HomeLane 02:48 - Building solutions with Design & Technology 06:10 - Initial Adoption 07:41 - Crafting an experience for the customer 12:44 - Curating the Catalogue 14:44 - Understanding & addressing users from different cities 19:29 - Designers at HomeLane 21:50 - Role of a Designer at HomeLane 25:14 - Learnings 27:52 - the future 30:10 - Expectations from Designers 31:48 - Strategic decisions 34:45 Conclusion ________________________________________
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Design, Design thinking, & AI | Nick Talbot, Global Head - Design & Innovation, TATA Elxsi | D Talks
Nick Talbot is the Global Design and Innovation Head, Tata Elxsi. In his current role, Nick is responsible for all design initiatives for the Industrial Design division of Tata Elxsi across the globe including India. This includes innovation driven initiatives for customers and supporting them with new product creation, development and delivery. He is also responsible for IP portfolio creation within Tata Elxsi. He has enjoyed a varied career where he has led key projects, including the design of a production train for Bombardier, a concept show car for Ford and production of running prototypes of ENV - the world’s first hydrogen fuelled motorcycle. More recently Nick led the team that created the ‘Aircruise’ concept for Samsung construction and trading. He has also been the recipient of the Giugiaro Award for Transportation Innovation. Prior to Tata Elxsi, he was one of the senior directors at Seymourpowell, one of the world’s leading design and innovation firms. An alumnus of Royal College of Art, London, Nick Talbot holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Design. He brings with him over 25 years of design experience working with some of the world’s most innovative brands. Tata Elxsi, a design-led technology company headquartered in Bengaluru. For over 25 years, Tata Elxsi has been among the world’s leading providers of design, innovation and technology services for diverse set of industries including Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, Communications, Telecom, Healthcare, Transportation amongst others. Some key projects where Tata Elxsi has helped to enhance the end consumer experience include - Kochi Metro, Terminal 2- Mumbai, Augmented and Virtual Reality for Tata Motors at Geneva Motor Show, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), and Airtel Internet TV. In this episode: 00:00 - Introduction 03:34 - What is Design? 08:55 - Perception of Design in India 10:41 - Scope of Design in India 14:50 - Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs 20:20 - Enabling Design Thinking in various industries 23:46 - Mixed Reality 25:24 - AI & Future 26:40 - End of the Designer? 32:02 - I wish I had known earlier 33:47 - Advise for aspirants 37:08 - Conclusion ________________________________________ Project Aircruise TATA Elxsi Assistive concept ________________________________________ Online courses for UCEED CEED NID & NIFT ________________________________________ Connect with Sanjay Reddy(Host) Linkedin ADPList Instagram
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