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19 August 2020

NID Industrial Design - MDes Domain Specific Practice Questions

The following questions are meant to assist you with your NID preparation (MDes domain-specific subjective part), especially fro the domain-specific test 'Industrial Design' as per the new pattern from NID 2020. I've made the following question to make you realize how easy it is to come up with your own questions using the situations around you, including the use of the internet. 

I - Question Type 1 (Creative and alternative thinking ability)

Draw 5 different uses (other than their intended use) for the following objects listed below. Each idea carries 2 marks.

  1. Writing pad (plastic )
  2. Earrings
  3. Cloth clip
  4. Safety pin
  5. Pen cap
  6. Umbrella
  7. Phone cover (rubber made)
  8. Beverage (fruit juice) tetra pack
  9. Toothbrush
  10. Tounge cleaner
  11. Shoe cardboard box
  12. Geometry box
  13. Mop
  14. Mosquito bat
  15. A computer mouse with cable
  16. CDs
  17. Fork
  18. Hat
  19. Pen refill
  20. Pen stand
  21. Bulb
  22. Tennis ball 
  23. Face mask
  24. Used coke bottle
  25. Plastic water pipe (any length) of dia up to 1 inch
  26. Disposable spoon

II - Question Type 2 (Problem identification ability)

Marking - (Each problem carries 10 marks- each sketch and the associated writeup carries 2 marks. So, don't prefer giving details to the sketches. Convey the ideas in a simpler way.)

  1. Imagine a person standing and ironing his/her cloth using an electric iron box. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  2. Imagine a person peeling off the skin/surface-layer of carrots. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  3. A physically disabled person has a problem with the spine that the person cannot raise his/her head up. The person can lower his/her head to a little from the horizontal position. Depict through sketches 5 (five) problems faced by the person while drinking water from a one liter bottle. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  4. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  5. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  6. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  7. Imagine a person chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  8. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  9. Imagine a person emptying their household domestic dustbin into a large public dustbin, both with closed lids. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  10. Imagine a person wearing a face mask for prolonged hours, as part of Virus prevention, while working at office. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person in wearing the mask. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  11. Imagine a person using an electric trimmer to shave their beard. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  12. Imagine a person using a gas stove lighter in kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.

Check similar questions released for CEED practice here


III - Question Type 3 (Problem-solving ability)

Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you carry your locker keys with you while going to college/office without the possibility of you forgetting to secure the keys with you. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 

(Marks - 16 marks, each solution carry 8 marks) 

  1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you switch off the electrical appliances, including light and fans, before you step out of your room, without the possibility of you forgetting to switch off. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 
  2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you get far from book reading or working in front of desktop/laptop (a break from the continuous task) once in every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing the task. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  3. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you maintain a healthy sitting posture (for the back) whenever you sit for reading, working, or even driving, without the possibility of you leaning back in wrong posture as if relaxing. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  4. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your children optimize/limit their presence in social networking sites like Instagram, Facebook etc. without the possibility of you being indulged into that constantly. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  5. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your grandmother take prescribed medicines every day, without the possibility of she ignoring or forgetting to take. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.

(similar questions for practice)

  1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you drink at least one glass of water every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing your long hours' work/study. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your father take deep breaths (mindfulness) for at least one minute at regular intervals, every day, to relieve stress and maintain healthy heart function without he getting ignoring the mindfulness. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.


IV - Question Type 4 (Design thinking ability)

For the questions listed below

  • Make a realistic drawing of the product designed, showing the relevant details.
  • Indicate the product's main features with labels in the sketch you made.

Problem statements:

  1. It's rainy season and you need to carry the following items to your college/office: laptop, files, mobile phone, chargers, swimsuit, Tiffin box, juice and water bottles. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together exclusively to be used during rainy days.
  2. Design a multipurpose pocket survival knife to be used by Indian Army soldiers when on an expedition. Identify the different needs and purposes of tools that can be included in a single product.
  3. Design a mosquito hunter robot (a tiny drone) the purpose of which was to hunt down any flying mosquitos that can bite humans in the room. Ignore the technical aspects and assume appropriate sensors, including mosquito detection and tracker. Showcase the features and the form of the robot to deal with the mosquito catching. The robot should also store the captured and killed mosquitos and should be able to dispose of them out after a few hours of operation. 
  4. You are a nurse and you need a product to carry the following items: antibiotics, stethoscope, scissors, medical tape, cotton, some liquids like tincture, lotion, sanitizers, sterilized mask, gloves, cotton ball, thermometer, tongue depressor etc. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together. The product should be easy to carry, portable, lightweight, and should preferably protect the components inside from fall or environment.
  5. Design a product to carry the following products safely: wired headphones, charger and charging cables, bluetooth headphones and/or over-the-ear headsets etc. The product was meant to carry the cables and items, tangle-free, and also to keep all the usable items in one place. 
  6. Design a cleaning and carrying product meant to be used in a multiplex that can help the housekeeping staff with mobilizing and doing the following tasks: has separate collection units for trays, dry and wet wastes and to collect bottles (both plastic and glass), a portable vacuum cleaner without cables, a mopping unit, facility for towels/clothes etc. The mobile product should facilitate the housekeeping person to take it around comfortably. 
  7. You want to stock all your gadgets as well as small jewelry at one common place so that you can access them at ease the next morning. Design a product that can safely accommodate the following: mobile phone (a stand type), smartwatch, truly wireless earphones, jewels like finger rings, chain, bracelets/bangles etc. The product should be such that when you try to access them in the morning right after you wake up from bed - in a half-sleep state - none of the items should go damage.  


V - Question Type 5 (Imagination and drawing ability)

Do the following for each of the listed scenarios 

  • Visualize and draw the 3D views of the scenarios mentioned below. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed).
  • Also try to draw shadows for all the situations, assuming a light source to the right of your view. Objects in actual size. 
  • Imagine that the first object shrinks to half its size and the second object enlarges to twice its size. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed). 

 Problem statements:

  1. A bucket (first object) and a Jug (second object), both resting on flat ground next to each other 
  2. A Laptop and a coffee mug (with coffee) both on top of a flat table
  3. A two-liter coke bottle and mobile phone both on the same flat surface
  4. A basket full of vegetables and a bowl of soup


You may find similar questions for practice, which are already listed in - NID subjective practice questions


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24 August 2019

Study materials for UCEED main topics

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Mathematical Geometry


Image-based reasoning is very important for UCEED. This requires good imagination and visualization skills. To get this skill, as a first step, you are advised to learn on how to visualize a given solid from all directions. This will help you build your aptitude skill. 

Here are set of my video tutorials that will help with non-verbal, design aptitude and geometry kind of questions

What to start? and How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants



How to count no. of surfaces in given solids




Here is my latest post - Improve imagination, work with 3D solids and unfolding of solid shapes





Some good video tutorials from youtube that help you with Solid transformations



source : Maths Online



source : Study pug


Other downloadable materials
Basic Geometry study (for reference) -
More - Sectioning of solids from NPTEL
    A very Good guide about - Using Perspective and Vanishing Points

    Observation and Visualisation skills


    1. Puzzles to improve observation

    Tangram Puzzles -     Downloadable PDF's
    PDF book on Non-verbal and Pictorial puzzles to improve observation

    Practice questions for Non-verbal (abstract test) questions

     2. Animation movement

    This topic covers the notion of frame making as used in animation. This basically involves the consecutive steps/positions of the image.

    Check the detail in downloadable (Pdf) form Tips for analyzing the pattern and graphic movements >>

    3. Working with Geometric Objects

     Some solved geomtry related questions (Pdf) with explanation -  working with geometry objects >>

    Learn a way of Solving number of faces on complex objects >>

    4. Hidden words and images

    Check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from here>>

    5. Tessellations

    Generally called as unfolded views, Tessellation is all about unwrapping a solid on a flat surface and drawing the unfolded view on a paper. I also gave easy way of solving tetrahedron tessellation problem in one of my pages. check below links

    My solution for tetrahedron tessellation problem - Tetrahedron Tessellation problem solving here>>

    Geometry representations by Malati - here>>

    Leisure time works

    • A detailed instructions on how to draw a tessellation by David B Sullivan -  here
    • Best tessellations work by Escher from teacherweb - here

    6. Illusions

    Improve Observation skills with Illusions -  here >>
    Second list of illusions - here >>

    7. Evolution of objects (less important)

    Evolution generally means product cycle from past to present. So, you are generally required to observe and identify the everyday use items (say TV) from old to new generation.
    check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from Some examples of evolution here >>

    General Design Awareness study topics


    I have covered a lot of topics related to CEED Part - A exam in my earlier posts for CEED students.  The topics are basically related to several design field awareness, their past, present and future. Fortunately, most of those topics can be directly helpful for UCEED aspirants also. Thankfully; that reduced my burden :)

    I therefore have included those selected topics and skipped some topics that might not be useful. Hope this will be helpful for your preparation. 
    Free time reference study

     Extra 1 - Mirroring
    • Uses of convex and concave mirror - here
    • Uses of convex mirrors - here
    • Uses of concave mirrors - here

    Answer/solutions to Previous CEED papers


    Solving previous years CEED Part - A questions would  help you with UCEED preparation as both the syllabus are mostly same. Spare some time to solve CEED questions too !


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    Self-Evaluation test

    Before going through further materials as part of UCEED preparation. Let's see this. Assuming that you have over-viewed the above resources (topics related to geometry and pictorial questions), I would like you to check your understanding of the concept by solving one simple question.

    Sample Practice question for self evaluation 

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     Sample numerical and aptitude questions for UCEED

    English comprehension


    Comprehension material 1

    Very good exercise with answer key


    leisure time study - TOEFL material

    Indian cultural GA

    I strongly believe that - it's not that important to study topics like Indian Architecture, buildings, Indian past and present culture; but because I received requirement from a blog friend (through FB) to share these topics, I therefore include those topics here (that I have prepared for CEED).  I once again remind you that these topics are of least importance to your preparation !

    Indian state paintings and painters

    Indian musical instruments

    Something about India and time

    Cultural and complete Architectural collection of India  (Not Imp)

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    Materials and manufacturing related


    I had detailed and categorized materials as well as manufacturing process with examples of day-to-day products. Don't spend much time on this topic ! Just give a brief overview.

    1. Every day materials - here >>
    2. Plastic materials and manufacturing process - A very good guide for household plastic materials and their manufacturing process. You may not go through manufacturing process, just note for what material, what particular manufacturing process is employed - here >>
    3. Tips for selecting plastic materials - here >>
    4. Top Indian stone and rock carvings - here >>
    A very good website for practising unfolded views of solids - Practice unfolded views of solids >>




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    22 August 2013

    Tips for CEED Exam Preparation

    CEED exam generally tests candidate's design and communication ability. Here, we will discuss some general tips that are required for a designer as well as CEED aspirants. The following preliminary guidelines might help you make a preparation plan for CEED and helps you think like a "real designer". At the end of this page; list of preparations for PART-A and PART-B were separately given. This article is especially useful for the design thinking and design aptitude part of the CEED exam.


    Note : You may watch the video tutorial at the end of this section if you don't want to read this entire article 

    Observation & Problem Identification



    Before diving into the actual topic, let me clear you the importance of observation by the following exercise.



    Below shows a picture of mine along with one of my colleague taken during my vacation. Please observe the picture carefully because i'm gonna ask you some questions from it.

    Are you ready ?


    Ok, without looking at the picture (cover the picture with your hands), answer the following questions 


    1. What is the color of the hat that i'm wearing ?
    2. Did you see a water bottle ? What is the color of it ?
    3. Where am I standing ?
    4. How many girls/women, did you see in the picture ?

    If you answer such type of questions, then I may consider you as a good observer, else you need to develop the same with proper practice, within time. Such is the importance of observation and every designer must be keen in observing everything - that they come across.

    As said earlier, CEED tests your knowledge in creativity and innovation. Now what does it mean by creativity/innovation?  It’s your ability to develop an all new idea or modifying the existing idea based on the requirements/demands of the user or of your own identification. Unless you know about the existing idea, you cannot develop an alternative solution for that. This is where your observation skills help you. You are required to be keen about the surrounding things, products, mechanisms as well as people’s interest. Start analyzing and you will find some interesting facts as well. Trust me - this exercise will prove to be fun and help you improve your creative thinking skills. 


    I will clear this with an example. In your student life, you might have used hundreds of pens, but did you ever thought (at least once) about the material of the pen, its shape, diameter and so on. Did you ever compare any two pens ? Small things appear silly, but actually they may help you. Keep an eye on your environment and develop a hobby of more exposure.

    Did you notice; I combined observation and problem Identification under a single heading. There are reasons for clubbing. When you start observing things, you will come to know some problems as well as alternatives. In fact you need to identify the problems. Problem identification is one most important tool for a designer besides sketching. As discussed in my other posts, every product will undergo frequent changes in design, usability and functionality. Now do you think this happens because the companies get negative feedback from the customers ? 


    It’s not like that. The companies look for problems and developments by analyzing the users mind, trend and innovation. Even the CEED examiners expect the same from you. So, be a problem generator as well as solver.  For example you take day-to-day things; say a water bottle, identify or generate problems associated with it (keep in mind the age category also), make a list and develop a new concept for this. You can do this for simple objects.

    "Be a problem generator"

    Being Creative


    Think like a child. Children’s seems to be more creative than adults. Do you know why? Because most of the time they raise the question why? That we don’t do. Even during your child age, you might have done some interesting creations (say art, drawings, prototypes and more). So, for every small thing - raise the questions: 


    Why like this? 

    Why can’t be like that? 


    In that way you can bring back your creative skills. 



    Creativity may not be educated; one cannot force you to create. It can be improved by your inner thoughts, personal passions and exposure to creative ideas of others. Design - definitely should be a passion for you, just for doing some degree or to choose some career path you cannot choose design, that won’t seem to be successful because a good number of awesome designers are out there competing with you.


    Sketching and rendering
    By now you should be in a position to understand why I put the sketching topic as a third discussion instead of first. The very first focus of a designer is to develop the concept or Idea, next comes the way to express/communicate that. Without a proper concept, you cannot start sketching. For this reason only, the idea part of this session was discussed first (all the above topics). Note that not all artists are designers, but almost all the designers are good artists.   

    It’s not like you can neglect sketching. Your design process is complete only when you show case the same through proper channel (and its hand or digital sketching for designers). Sketching is the process of showing your overall expression, concept or idea. It even shows your talent. Drawing is a form of visual communication (VC) and you may be aware that VC is the most powerful form of delivering ideas.

    So, a CEED examiner usually expects you to be a good communicator and this is confirmed by your sketching assignments in the exam. Drawing does carry more marks. A simple narrow sketch with only pencil shades is recommended. You need not use expert drawing techniques like oil painting and other coloring techniques. This of course takes hell lot of time and you will be struck with a single question without attempting others. 


    Time is a major factor during CEED exam and you are required to draw all your sketching works in that constrained time.  The examiner simply expects your ideas to be rightly communicated, and mostly not impressed by your coloring. Even some persons who are excellent in pencil sketching are poor in coloring. Take my case; I used to draw pencil drawings of Gods at the age of 14, the drawings looks awesome, but whenever I apply colors to them, the drawings look dull.  

    There are different views of drawing; of the all, perspective drawing is the most natural one. You should be good at perspective drawing (with pencils and pens) and even you should give importance to shading techniques. You must learn pencil shading of objects on different surfaces (materials). Now please note that in your question paper, lots of space will be given for rough work. Utilize this space and show case your sketching process in a rough way. Remember that the examiner is interested in your stages of design process and he might be going through it.

    At this point, I will give you a strategy of what I follow usually. Take a look at the below picture; you will see roads and houses in a typical Indian street.



    But to my eyes, I visualize the scene as shown in the next picture. I started looking in a perspective style. Wherever I go; whenever I travel by bike or car; whenever I sit idle in a room or office; I look things, scenes and even individual objects similarly as mentioned. This is definitely improving my visualization skills and I hope this will even reduce time to learn and practice sketching. Give a try and you will understand the difference within two or three days. You can also make a habit of drawing whatever you see.


    Customer oriented

    Ultimately it’s the end-users who are going to enjoy your designed product. Be like a psychologist; understand user’s necessity, expectations, demands and trends. Necessity for different age groups will be different. So whenever you are doing some exercises as practice, be user-oriented. Think yourself as a user and list what you expect from that product and what you don’t want to be included in the product.

    Video Gaming


    Trust me, keeping your mind engaged with some mind and video games will help you develop alternative thought approach. Video gaming frees your boredom, and keeps your mind active. Gaming also helps you improve your problem solving skills. Alternative thinking is one most important quality of a good designer. Some preferred games are minesweeper, dots, sudoku and pewpew (in ios device).
    "A person in bore mood cannot create ideas"

    General Ability tests
    There are some good tests that I recommend you to go through (as there is more time for preparation). Most of the times, this type of questions may not appear in CEED exams. But it does improve your creative thinking power and also helps you with patterns. These tests are fun and you can spend a little time for this part.
    1. Abstract test
    2. Creative writing
    3. Mechanical Reasoning
    Note :  You can get this tests samples from Resources for CEED exam  post.

    Social networking
    Social media became a hub for knowledge sharing. There are many designers, who regularly shares their creative works in creative social platforms. Social networking acts as a platform for this type of groups. Following and knowing them will help you expose to various design aspects, alternatives, concepts and also lets you identify your position and role as a design graduate.  

    The best social networking sites that I recommend to get in touch with creative people are listed below
    1. Pinterest        : connect here
    2. Behance         : connect here
    3. Google +        : connect here
    4. Flickr               : connecthere
    5. Stumble upon : connect here
    6. Path                : connect here
    7. Twitter            : connect here
    8. Facebook       : connect here
    9. Tumblr            : connecthere
    You may also follow some designer blogs if you find more time.
      

    Comic strips



    It seems funny, but if you go through comic strips (like manga), you will come to know about how the author communicated the plot pictorially. Comic strips are really an amazing way of expressing your ideas in a funnier way. Japanese are famous for making manga. During leisure, you may go through some of the comic strips. You may even practice some stories in comic strip format.

    Note : I suggest you to keep all your exercises (even though it is silly) with you. It may be helpful for your portfolio preparation.   


    Patterns



    There is a separate subject for drawing in engineering first year called “Engineering Graphics”. I recommend CEED aspirants to go through them. The subject minds you to draw geometric objects in front, top, side as well as isometric views. By doing this drawing exercise, it’s likely that you will improve your thinking and visual perception skills. Also if you go through the previous CEED question papers, you will see pictorial questions similar to this and sometimes you are asked to draw three quarter views. For doing this quickly these exercises helps you.  


    I will now summarize the basic preparations for PART-A and PART-B sessions of CEED exam. Although there is no prescribed pattern for CEED examination, some of the below list may help you

    PART-A preparation check-list

    • Isometric drawings
    • General Knowledge
    • Tessellations
    • Companies and Brand logos
    • List of famous Artists/designers and their works
    • List of famous personalities in India
    • Knowledge on color patterns
    • Focus on regular “Fonts”
    • Abstract Tests 

    PART-B preparation check-list

    • Regular observation
    • Problem generation
    • Creativity and Lateral thinking
    • Perspective and Isometric drawings
    • Day-to-day simple mechanisms
    • Sketching and shading techniques
    • Developing habit of raising the question "why?"      

    CEED Preparation Time



    It depends on personal capabilities. If you are a born-designer, then I may say one month preparation is enough, for others a minimum of two months is required to go through every process.

    Here is a quick video tutorial on "Tips and steps for CEED exam Design-part preparation" :



    You may also want to watch "How to start and what to practice for CEED exam ?"



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    15 August 2013

    Is M.Des best for you ?

    You are here CEED >> CEDD 2014 details and dates

    Common Entrance Examination For Design (CEED) is an All India Entrance Examination conducted yearly for admissions to Masters in Design (M.Des) at IIT's and few other leading institutes. The exam is usually conducted by IIT Bombay on behalf of Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Just like GATE for M.Tech. The exam is meant to test candidates basic design ability.

    Note : You may also watch my video tutorial at the end of this section

    M.Des is basically a post-graduate program for aspirants looking for developing skills in design and creativity. When I came to know bout CEED for the first time, I was thinking that M.Des is All about regular engineering design which covers numerical and analytical analysis, a must for any R&D sector in India as well as abroad. I was excited, but later I found that I was in WRONG perception.

    Friends, Remember that the “Design” what M.Des refers to is different from “Engineering Design”. M.Des is all about design, innovation and developing of new idea, product and so on. Precisely it involves developing a new concept or remodeling an existing one. Say for example if you mention designing a car, it means designing the exterior and interiors of the car, structure/looks and styling of the car, AND NOT about designing for efficiency, environment-friendly as well as latest technology. 

    The later part will be taken care by engineers and R&D team of the project. But there will be a regular co-ordination between the teams and of course designers are the one who develop and generate the concept from the scratch ! If you are totally interested in technical part, then I may say that M.Des is not correct option (In this case you may look for M.Tech). Although design courses at IISC and even at IIT Kanpur are exceptions !

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    Okay, I came across many design students who are always striving to prove that Design is everything and Engineering is nothing ! Yes, wherever possible, they try to criticize Engineering. I don't know why they have that grudge. That's why - I would cover the actual definition of 'Design' as per a true Engineer or scientist context - I mean what it mean by design to a true engineer who has good engineering skills, and not any ordinary degree holder !

    Design can be stated as the process that involves any one or combination of the following (as per the Engineer)

    1. Interpretation of process (theoretical evaluation)
    2. Making the theory go practical
    3. Applications of concepts
    4. Usage and application of Engineering tools - formulas, concepts, calculation techniques, methods etc
    5. Innovation of new things - concepts, theories, formulas that are used in practical applications,
    6. Analyze a complex situation - like say estimating the stress factors of structures etc
    7. Efficiencies, graphs, outcomes
    8. Most importantly 'A design process' means a check - that should be carried to verify whether the estimated concept meets the need - I mean whether It is practical or not

    And lot more to mention in this list. So, in this way a true engineer interprets the term design and there's no wrong in doing so, because he/she is technical minded. This article has been especially written for those who are getting confused between actual engineering design and the normal design - through CEED or NID. You have to agree with me the fact that every field is inter-related. Even medical is related with engineering and also the so called design. No stream is unique or something like that.

    If a PG design student (whom did his bachelors in Engineering) claim that Engineering is boring with no lateral works; and say Design is ever best - then you should understand that he/she has not taken the right choice before. Without any interest, he/she might have joined B.E (to get some degree) and after joining other alternative course, complaining that it is not good although he/she is not understanding that he/she had no taste in that field. So, he/she might actually mis-guide you and wants to make you follow in their own steps. Like I said, everybody has their own taste.

    So, If you are a die hard engineer (or engineering student) and wants to land in the beautiful world of Engineering Design (that can be considered as a part of Research), then skip this M.Des without any thinking and just go for your other technical higher studies - MS or even M.Tech's. 

    On the other hand - if you are not capable of handling the technical part or if you fear for the technical aspects of any stream and wants to land in a path where there is very less involvement of engineering problem solving - I mean if you dislikes the engineering way, then M.Des might be a best option; provided you have interest and passion for design. Of course, you still need to have good engineering aptitude skills. Indirectly - almost everyone have some mathematical aptitude skills - That works very well in Design.


    Okay, the below picture shows how an Engineer perceive a car




    The next picture shows how a designer visualize a car. Now, you should be able to understand the difference. right ?


    source : carscarnew blog

    Many design students say "The ratio of designers to engineers being 1 : 100". Well, this statement is absolutely true and I can say the ratio could also be 1 : 1000. But the fact is one should realize that the ratio is very less - not because there are few designers but because there are very few requirements in many industries/fields. 
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    So, At this point, I will suggest you to first look into your interest and preferences. Make a comparison table and list down the possible advantages and dis-advantages in opting M.Des or M.Tech. Also be keen to competition as well as career opportunities. Decide whether the preferred selection suites you or not. You are the best judge for your decisions. Even if the seniors (whom are doing M.Des) say that design is superb, awesome or everything, it's up to you to decide whether that is true or not. What they say is their perception. Some like pizza and some doesn't. Same applies to any career. You have to check whether what they say are actually true or not and decide. You can even join design forums in Facebook and learn more about the subject.     

    On the other side if you are really good at sketching/Art, creative ideas and likes to be involved in Product designs with little concern for technical aspects, then you are lucky to choose M.Des.

    Here is my video discussion regarding this topic for your reference





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