As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions. With a passion for design, storytelling, and experimentation, Amit is constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of what's possible. His deep understanding of the...

As a Lead UX Designer with expertise in SaaS and enterprise products, Amit Shetty brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to every project. With a focus on designing innovative, efficient, and user-focused interactions, Amit dedicated to helping businesses grow and scale through effective design solutions.  With a passion for design, storytelling, and experimentation, Amit is constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of what's possible. His deep understanding of the...

Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod  After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters in Apparel Design from NID.  She talks about different modules in Apparel Design at NID.  Online courses for UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT https://online.designexstudio.com/s/store Host https://www.instagram.com/sanjayreddy144/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjayreddy144/

Soham Sinha is trained in Industrial Design and Architecture, currently offering User experience and Strategic Design solutions for Sage. An avid follower of Dieter Rams, I believe "Good design is thorough down to the last detail".  Soham was one of the senior workshop facilitators during his time at Infosys ( 200+ designers).   In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Soham talk about his design journey, transition to UX, Symbolism, History and evolution of Design System.   ebook  -...

Prasanna Gadkari, a UX designer at Amazon talks about how to prepare for the UI/UX job interviews. If you want to apply at Amazon, Google, or any company for a UI/UX position or if you're an aspirant/design student wondering how to begin your preparation for the job interviews and what to expect in the selection process then this episode is for you.  Host - Sanjay Reddy   Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

Hitesh Kumar, NID AIR 17 | Transportation Design. Yet another inspiring story of a young design aspirant chasing his dreams and we are humbled to have been a small part of Hitesh Kumar's journey.   Hitesh, a student of Designex Studio, secured a seat in Transportation Design on his second attempt.   In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Hitesh about his journey, and how he prepared for transportation design.  _________________________________  Online courses for UCEED CEED NID...

Malvika Mohan AIR 4 | Animation, NID 2022  Malvika's interest in plots was piqued by narrative dances, graphic novels, and illustrations. As a classical dancer, studying body movements and expressions fascinated her. She enjoyed narrating storybooks to her friends and exploring their anticipation. Without school career counselling, she followed the tide and pursued engineering while also freelancing as an artist. Though late to the game, she hoped to learn Animation after graduation. Due to a...

Apeksha has worn many hats in her career - consultant, team leader and design entrepreneur. She has spent a decade developing identities and designing products for over 45 organizations including Ananda in the Himalayas, Elle Decor, SEOY India Awards led by Jubilant Bhartia & Schwab Foundation, Hyatt, DLF, 32nd avenue, Guesthouser.com, Fundamento.ai, Mila baby, Ohria Ayurveda and many more.   Over the past decade at the forefront of the creative industry, Apeksha has seen that creative...

We are super elated to share this story with you all today. Manya Wahi, a student of Designex Studio, secured an All India Rank 1 in UCEED this year. In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Manya talks about her journey, and how she prepared for the design entrance exams - UCEED & NID. How she managed time during her preparation while she was juggling between school and exam prep.   _________________________________   Sketching Workshop  Batch 1  | June 6 - 20 - 15 Day Workshop...

Vipul Sachdeva, a 3D designer based out of Delhi. He's been in the design space for the last 5 years and his work focuses on 3D stylized characters and motion designing.   Growing up, he was always fascinated by the world of animation and comics like Chacha Chaudhari, Pinki, etc. Not just for the entertainment value but fascinated by their capacity to communicate messages with simplicity. Their simplistic yet visually appealing style always stood out for him. The cinematic wonder of the...

Homa Praveen | Assistant Manager, Design & Development, Design Pod After graduating in Knitwear Design from NIFT, Homa decided to go for Masters in Apparel Design from NID. She talks about how she came to that decision and how she planned her preparation around her day job. 00:00 - Start   05:40 - Homa Praveen's journey | NIFT to NID  08:23 - How is Maters different from bachelor  11:03 -  NID Preparation   16:45 - Managing work with the preparation   23:00 - Sketching...

In this episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast, Navneeth shares his journey into Transportation Design.   How he evolved in the process, how he handled rejection, what did he do when he realized transportation design isn't what he expected it to be, and much more.    Timestamps   00:36 - Introduction  06:58 - How did you convince your parents   08:25 - Moving to Italy  09:48 - Design Education   12:55 - Mindset  18:07 - Thesis   23:19 - Moving to Tokyo | Honda Experience  28:45 -...

With design entrance exams just around the corner, Sanjay talks about how one can deal with exam pressure and anxiety. How to come up with a plan that can help you in the exam prep.  Host - Sanjay Reddy  https://www.instagram.com/sanjayreddy144/ Crash course for UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT https://online.designexstudio.com/s/store/courses/description/Crash-Course-2022

Right from the idea to the product launch, in this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, Navneeth Kannan talks about the entire journey of Dispatch Vehicles.    Timestamps   00:00 - Introduction   04:10 - How did Dispatch happen?  19:26 - Response after launch  24:06 - Experience working w/people   28:38 - The Process   31:29 - Working w/engineers  36:00 - Standardization   38:00 - Product Timeline   40:49 - Biggest Challenge   42:15 - Conclusion...

In this episode of D Talks - the Design Podcast, we discuss New Media Design. We have Manushi, AIR 1 in NID'18, now working as a Ux Designer at Microsoft.   Manushi shares her journey into design, what worked for her and how she overcame the challenges that she faced. The coursework of New Media Design at the National Institute of Design is discussed in detail in this episode.   Timestamps   00:00 Introduction   06:43 Design journey & NID Exam  52:15 New Media Design | NID...

When one decides to follow their passion, everything else becomes secondary for them. They're focused on what they want to achieve and no hurdle is too big. Such is the story of Shriya Salunkhe. Shriya failed in many subjects in engineering and was clueless about what to do in life until she fell in love with UX.  The amount of work she had put in to learn about UX over the years eventually landed her a job. She is now working as an Associate UX Designer at Precisely.  Shriya talks about how...

A conversation between Prasanna Gadkari, UX Designer at Amazon & Sanjay Reddy Hightlights of the conversation -  00:00 - Introduction   01:58 - Challenges at work during Pandemic   13:05 - Do this if you're looking for opportunities  17:41 - How can freelancers get projects in Pandemic   19:47 - How to design for an uncertain future  23:20 - Design education in pandemic  30:44 - Relevance of design now & in future  35:58 - Mentality during a pandemic Host - Sanjay...

Hit the feeling right and the form will be beautiful eventually.  says Nikhil Sorte, a Transportation Design at Groupe Renault who has a  Masters in Transportation Design from IAAD, Turin, Italy.    In this conversation with Sanjay Reddy, Nikhil talks about the importance of emotions in car design and how passionate he is about Transportation design and his job. Nikhil was able to present scale models of his projects at Auto Expo in Delhi multiple times. His projects have been featured in...

Nikita Jaiswal, an M.Des in Graphic Design from the National Institue of Design (NID) talks about how she switched to design from an architectural background. In this episode, she also delves deep into semester-wise courses that are offered in Graphic Design at NID.  00:00 - Introduction  01:05 - Nikita's Design journey  08:53 - Portfolio  11:55 - NID interview experience 14:50 - Graphic Design at NID 20:37 - Semester-wise modules in Graphic Design at NID 27:22 - Prospects  30:10 -...

This episode of D Talks - The Design Podcast is all about Ceramic & Glass Design offered at the National Institute of Design.    Shreya Lokhande, Bachelor in Design with majors in Ceramic & Glass Design talks about the discipline Ceramic & Glass. In this conversation with Sanjay Reddy, Shreya also talks about her experience in the B.Des program at the National Institute of Design (NID).   The kind of problems students solve in Ceramic & Glass, semester-wise courses that they...

What does Lifestyle Accessory Design(LAD) at NID offer?  What are the modules that are taught in LAD?  What roles can one assume after graduating in LAD?  How to prepare yourself for LAD?  Angkeeta Goswami, graduated in Lifestyle Accessory Design from NID in 2018. She is now working as a CX Researcher & Design Strategist at Crompton Greaves. During her masters at NID Angkeeta also had an opportunity to go to Isreal as part of the exchange program at NID.    In this episode of D Talks...

00:00 - Introduction  02:05 - Journey into Design 06:27 - Exam preparation 09:32 - Second round & Interview at IISc Bangalore 14:40 - Interview  16:53 - What does IISc offer 18:46 - Semester wise coursework 24:35 - From Designing to launching a product 26:50 - Startup Culture at IISc 30:22 - Career options 32:13 - IISc campus 33:43 - How is IISc different from IDC/NID 35:45 - Suggestions for Design aspirants 40:10 - Observation 43:59 - Summary for aspirants

Host, Sanjay Reddy talks to Akhil Babu who completed his M.Des in Strategic Design Management from NID. Akhil is now working as a Designer at IBM.  In this episode, Akhil talks about his journey into design. Coming from an engineering background, how he convinced his parents that he wants to go for design, what strategy he used to prepare for design entrance exams, etc. He also shares some interesting questions he was asked by the jury in the Strategic Design Management interview at NID....

This episode is about Aditi Sharma's story, how she did not give up after a failed first attempt at NID, how she managed to find mentors who would guide her, how she planned her preparation, and so on.  Often times we hear students who give up after their first attempt at NID, UCEED, CEED, or NIFT. Aditi's story tells us how with dedication and one can make it through the exam and how one can inform oneself about design.  Aditi Sharma secured an All India Rank 4 in NID 2020 in Toy & Game...

Aditya Sharma, worked at Amazon for 2 years as a designer without a formal education in Design. He secured an All India Rank 3 in NID 2020 and All India Rank 7 in CEED 2020.  He shares how he made it to Amazon and how he prepared for the design entrance exams.