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D Talks - The Design Podcast

Welcome to my show! I"m Sanjay Reddy, an engineer turned Podcaster, Designer, Author & Mentor. D Talks - The Design Podcast is where aspiring designers, students, professionals, and career switchers discover what it really takes to build a career in design. Through candid conversations with designers, educators, and industry leaders, we explore design education, portfolios, internships, career growth, entrepreneurship, and the realities of the creative industry. If you"re curious about

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01:06:07

Ceramic & Glass Design at NID | D Talks with Shreya...

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2021/04/17

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 take in the

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01:28:17

Lifestyle Accessory Design at NID | D Talks with...

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2021/03/22

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 - The Design

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00:45:43

Product Design & Engineering at IISc Bangalore | D...

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2021/03/19

Dhruva Rathod, a Masters in Product Design and Engineering talks about his design journey 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

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01:14:21

Strategic Design Management at NID | D Talks with...

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2021/03/12

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. While he was

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01:28:37

Toy & Game Design at NID | AIR 4 NID'20 | D Talks...

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2021/02/20

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 Design

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00:59:01

Designer without a design education | NID'20 AIR 3 |...

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2020/12/05

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. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:29:23

How to Prepare for NID - Dtalks with Samriddhi Uniyal

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2020/11/07

One of our students Samriddhi Uniyal secured an All India Rank 13 in NID 2020 (B.Des) and Rank 51 in NIFT. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:13:02

Creative Welfare by Indian Design Society | D Talks...

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2020/10/26

A bunch of designers who came together to support the skilled artisans who make Lacquer toys. They collectively call themselves the Indian Design Society. In this episode Faiza Qidwai, one of the contributors shares how they came up with the idea. Please feel free to visit www.indiandesignsociety.org for more info. Follow D Talks on Instagram @dtalksthedesignpodcast Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:23:19

Ceed Preparation | D Talks w/ Shivangi, Communication...

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2020/10/21

In this episode Shivangi, studying Masters in Communication Design at IDC, IIT Bombay shares how she prepared for the Ceed exam. Things that worked for her and things that did not. She secured an All India Rank 7 in Ceed 2020 and got into Industrial Design and Communication Design at IDC. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:21:14

How to prepare for UCEED exam? - D Talks with Jatin...

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2020/10/02

Jatin Anand, one of my students, secured an All India Rank 2 in UCEED 2020 shares how he prepared for the exam. what worked for him and what did not. He received guidance from his mentors and says it is absolutely necessary for students who want to appear for design entrance exams. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:45:26

Women in Transportation Design - D Talks with Pallavi...

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2020/09/12

In this episode, Pallavi Gautam shares her experience as a Mobility Designer. She switched from engineering to design by pursuing a Masters in Design from IIT Delhi. Having worked at Royal Enfield for 5 years as an Industrial Designer after graduation, she decided to go for a second Master's degree at Artcenter College of design, California. Please visit www.pallavigautam.com to check out her work. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:52:09

UX Research in Transportation Design | D Talks with...

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2020/09/09

Whenever we think about Transportation Design all that comes to our mind are those crazy perspective sketches, dramatic photoshop renders, and alias models. We often design for the design briefs, but how does that design brief come into existence? Who creates those briefs for the automotive giants? What does the process of designing a brief involve? In this episode, Harsh Agarwal talks about exactly that. He is a Masters in Transportation Systems and Design from Artcenter, California. He emphasizes

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00:37:45

Design Entrance Exams - D Talks with Prasanna...

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2020/08/10

UCEED, CEED, NID & NIFT. These are the Design Entrance Exams in India. There are so many questions that pop up in the mind of a design aspirant when he or she thinks about the design entrance exams. Questions, like I have studied Psychology in my bachelors, am I eligible for this exam?, How can I start my preparation? What are the things that are expected out of you as a candidate and so on. Prasanna Gadkari, a UX Designer at Amazon & Founder of TEACUP BLOG, a blog where over 400 experiences

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01:13:56

The art of Cardmaking - D Talks with Swati Gupta,...

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2020/08/07

This episode is about the art of Cardmaking. Swati Gupta, the owner of the brand - Hues of memories started her crafting journey in February 2014. She's been hooked to this art form since then and along with cardmaking, she specializes in Watercolour painting and calligraphy. She makes customised cards, gifts, tags, watercolour paintings and wooden magnets. She conducts workshops all over India online and offline. Her cards are more than just greeting cards, they have a story to tell. Swati shares

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01:12:16

Storytelling - D Talks with Sumit Yempalle, Director...

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2020/07/29

Sumit Yempalle, a Visual Designer in the IT Industry, a talented Sitar player, and the director of Ek Cup Chaha shares his take on Storytelling. Ek Cup Chaha a stop motion animation film made using sand animation, received 11 Film festival selections & 12 awards. That includes RamMohan Viewer's choice award at Anifest conducted by the animation society of India, awards at Rajasthan International film festival & at Pune design festival. In this conversation, he also talks about the importance

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00:48:03

How to Prepare for IDC interview - D Talks with...

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2020/07/21

Roshan Kumar Sahu a design graduate from IDC, IIT Bombay, and currently a product designer at Idea Forg. He shares how he answered different questions that he was asked in the IDC interview and sheds light on how one must be prepared for the interview. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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00:15:50

How to Prepare for NID interview - D Talks with...

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2020/07/18

This is a solo episode and I talk about my NID interview experience at Gandhinagar Campus in 2016. I had applied for Lifestyle accessory design and secured an All India Rank 14. Based on my interview experience, I have 8 main points to share with everyone who is going for the NID interview. Host - Sanjay Reddy Online courses for NID, CEED, UCEED & NIFT

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01:11:34

Fashion Design & Creative Expression - D Talks with...

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2020/07/11

A lot of dreams are in fact decisions. Decisions based on just enough faith. For Soundarya Gottapu, who intuitively always knew she had a knack for creative thinking, it was a series of failed "plans" that eventually built faith to give that intuition a form by taking up Fashion Designing. Four years into it and she discovered a genuine inclination towards illustrating garments more than making them, which then expanded into Illustrations of a wide array of subjects. In this episode we talk about

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00:57:10

How to prepare for Design Entrance Exams? - DTalks...

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2020/07/02

In India, we have design entrance exams like UCEED, CEED(Common entrance exam for design), NID(national institute of design) & NIFT(National Institute of Fashion Technology). With the little information available on how to prepare for these exams, the struggle is real to understand how exactly one should prepare for the said exams. Let it be a bachelor's in design or master's in design, not only must the student take at least one of these exams but also excel in it. Ashish Verma a Masters in

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01:59:03

Engineering to Transportation Design - D Talks with...

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2020/06/27

Engineering is the most common career path taken by so many Indians. One of them is Prashanth Vantimitta. From a very young age, he's had a great passion for cars and design but due to incorrect guidance, he chose to study automobile engineering after school. However, his interest in cars only increased and the desire to design cars magnified sevenfold. Soon after Prashanth graduated from college, he decided to go for Transportation Design in Italy and now he works as a lead designer at Sankul

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