M.Des Industrial Arts and Design Practices

Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology, Bangalore

The Postgraduate Program in Design (M.Des) at Srishti is a program specifically designed for graduates or experienced professionals who wish to extend and enhance their design knowledge and practice. The program is driven by an inter-disciplinary engagement with theories, methodologies and advanced skills of design thinking and doing. The engagement is divided into two phases. The first year focuses on understanding and appreciating the design thinking theories, methodologies and advanced skills. And the second year focuses on applying the understanding to drive a reflective inquiry into a complex real-world wicked problem. The Postgraduate Program in Design (M.Des) thereby offers a unique opportunity to chart a new direction in one’s creative practice towards contributing to knowledge creation and expansion going beyond the traditional skill-based design roles. The program is informed by the following learning disciplines. The course structure allows students : - To focus on a specific discipline - Textile, Product, Furniture design - To build an interdisciplinary practice - To develop an individual art practice informed by a discipline or techniques/material and develop rigor in conceptualization and translation.