Creating Mindfully
A Digital Talk Series CHAPTER 4 Ms. Priyadarshini Rao In the fourth edition of Why Fashion Matters The Design Village sojourns down the memory lane with the ever humble, Ms. Priyadarshini Rao as she heralds a fashion movement of her own accord and pace –…
A Rendezvous With Neapolitan Tailoring
A Digital Talk Series CHAPTER 3 Mr. Luca Rubinacci – The Harbinger For Neapolitan Tailoring The third edition of Why Fashion Matters transcends continents to discover the cradle of bespoke menswear – the city of Naples in the southern part of Italy. This time the…
Couture de l’Inde- wedding wear
A Digital Talk Series Chapter 2 Varun Bahl What is purposed to be an inadvertent essence of self, a collective, a community at large – the world we inhabit, our habits, our motion and function, Fashion, is propagated as a mere expression of emblazoned logos,…
A tête-à-tête With The Linen Saree
Digital Talk Series Chapter 1 Anavila Misra About The Talk Building upon Frances Corner’s famous book The Design Village has launched their digital talk series ‘Why Fashion Matters’, focused on the importance of fashion, the talk series aims to unravel the works of prolific Indian…
What You Can Do If You Can’t Get Through NID/NIFT?
NIFT and NID are part of the premium design colleges in the country. Apart from being government based colleges, they are also the oldest design schools of India, amassing a massive reputation. This also means that there are more than 5000 people who appear for…
How does one become a Fashion Designer and what is the scope of Fashion Design in India?
Fashion design as a profession tends to attract many people at an early age, but people often tend to focus only on the glamorous side of it and overlook all the work that goes behind becoming a successful fashion designer. Fashion is propagated as a…
What are the Types of Design Courses available in India ?
Design has been an integral part of India, even before being formalised into a separate sector. India is one the few countries to have formulated and adopted a National Design Policy along with the creation of India Design Council to implement the major provisions of…
How does one Become an Interior Designer and what is the scope of Interior Designing and career opportunities in India?
Spaces affect humans, they influence the physical, psychological, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the end-users. The spatial qualities define and determine how we feel, think, and act in a certain setting. An ideal space can accommodate everything and still be able to provide the desired…
TDV Reboots Design Learning amidst COVID Outbreak
As COVID-19 continues to be a rapidly evolving situation, The Design Village (TDV) is practising social distancing and our campus remains closed due to lockdown. However, to not disrupt the education of our design students, we’ve responded swiftly and shifted our classes to virtual learning…
What is design?
In the past century, the word “design” underwent a radical change in what it meant to society. Once upon a time, design was perceived to be about embellishment, about adding aesthetic value to utilitarian objects. It was also about image and fashion! Today it is…
How do I prepare my portfolio to apply for design school?
A portfolio is a reflective document and should speak of who you are, rather than who you are expected to be. It should convey why you want to be a designer. Diversity is good; but in trying to be comprehensive, you might miss expressing the…
TDV WILDNESS by Albert Shawn Figaredo
Setting itself aside from cliché box-like structures and faceless, characterless buildings that are littered everywhere in the urban matrix, the TDV ecosystem (read campus) creates a standard for itself and for others, through its complete uniqueness; however, does not reveal it at all at the…
