SYMBIOSIS
INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
SYMBIOSIS... a saga of excellence Symbiosis is one of India’s leading educational Institutions imparting quality education for over 38 years. A family of 35 academic institutions spread across 20 campuses in and around Pune, it is host to over 27,000 Indian and International students from more than 70 different countries on campus and over 1,00,000 students off campus. Symbiosis is a term in life science, meaning ‘living together of two different organism, for the benefit of each other’. Dr. S B Mujumdar, himself a professor of botany, thought this name apt for the institution. Symbiosis has come a long way since then. These students are offered the best learning resources, industry exposure, a strong international students’ alumni network, a global recognition, and above all, a truly enriching Indian experience.
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Symbiosis Institute of Design About SID Constituent of Symbiosis International University, Symbiosis Institute of Design creates an alcove to germinate your design thoughts to unleash your design skills on a prosperous dais. This creative dais aims at creating experts who can with their creative impulse get intoxicated within the ecstacy of design ďŹ nally to participate and contribute to the most vibrant and the competitive world of design. The work ambience enables one to explore the authentic conventional skills and the ethnic non–conventional skills, with no compromise to lead ahead the rooted traditions of art n craft to grow with the contemporary world of design.
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Vision To cultivate a creative environment and emphasize the social, emotional, physical, intellectual development of a designer in everyone to enhance the quality of life
Mission To craft an ambience to promote conďŹ dent possession of an individual’s innate talents, acquire the skills needed for being successful on the design dais and establish values that will enable him to act with thoughtfulness and humanity.
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DESIGN...... as a Career ! Design thought is iterative. Design is rapidly going through a phase of change and innovation due to the increasing consumer demand of preferred utility and comfort. Communication Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Communication, all these rewarding careers are generating opportunities in the Design profession.This career not only provides one with the satisfaction of seeing ideas manifested into shape and form, but rewards one with recognition. Career counseling advisors assess student’s interests, personality, values and skills, and also help them explore career options in design.
Foundation Programme Students learn how to develop basic knowhow and skills making eective use of the sketch-book, explore recording methods, develop visual perception, acquire profes sional attitudes to set projects and show a critical, contextual and historical awareness in the areas of design. It is a two semester foundation program forwarding new skills of communication and the creative potential of the interchange between words and images in traditional and innovative media.
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Fashion Commiunication Fashion Communication is a new but very exciting ďŹ eld that has opened up in the fashion industry. In today’s scene of extremely fast developments in the fashion industry, many Indian brands are competing with international brands. This stream nurtures designers capable of oering innovative & commercially viable communication solutions for the fashion & lifestyle industry in diverse areas such as visual merchandising, styling, graphic design, display and exhibit design, advertising, event management, public relations and creative writing etc.
Communication Design The Communication Design (CD) program develops an understanding and mastery of communication design principles, theories, and skills. The goal of the program is to prepare students for superior levels of professional employment as communication planners and designers in the areas of print communication, design planning, dynamic information design, interactive multimedia, and internet communication,
Areas of specialization within CD : Graphic Design Video Film Design Animation Film Design User Experience Design
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Industrial Design Industrial Design program nurtures the creative mind through rigorous inputs in technology, thinking and conceptualizing abilities. Simple Product Design, Technically Complex Product as well as Systems Design are major learning landmarks in the process. All the learning is project based to achieve these objectives Inputs in design methodology, research, materials and processes are given. All the learning at the institute is exposed to a ďŹ eld test through the Degree project. Hand skills, Digital Skills, Visualization skills and Articulation skills are integral part of this profession with keenness to learn and adapt to modern technology.
Fashion Design Fashion design program provides focused inputs on fashion apparel design. It imbibes the ability to canalize creativity along with an understanding of textiles, ornamentation techniques garment construction and manufacturing techniques in tandem with the fashion business requirements. The curriculum harnesses design acumen which addresses all niche segments ranging from exports, couture to Pret-a-porter lines for Brands/labels with a glocal approach. Students are guided by systematic & sequential design exploration, hands-on experience enabling one to conceptualize & create draped, tailored & composite garments of superlative quality.
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