Comments on: My Tryst with IDC, IIT Bombay http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Work, Life and Thoughts of Siddharth Vanchinathan Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Siddharth Vanchinathan http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Siddharth Vanchinathan Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:14:04 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-718 @Satyam - I am currently doing my graduate studies in Industrial Design at Art Center College of Design :) - http://gradid.net @Satyam – I am currently doing my graduate studies in Industrial Design at Art Center College of Design :) – http://gradid.net

]]> By: Satyam Dubey http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Satyam Dubey Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:02:00 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-699 Hi Siddharth, I came across your blog just by chance and would like to know if you've already joined some design college. I am sure you have, if still in India and still applying, try MIT ID Pune also, i am a student there and presently on with an internship in bangalore. I hold IDC high in my list of top colleges for their resources and exposure and not to mention a strong faculty base. I personally feel that IDCians follow a strong, grounded practical approach of problem solving, especially in the Industrial Design department and I think their quote "Aesthetics with praticality" only highlights their approach of leaning a bit toward "function" followed by looks. True PD is not only about aesthetics but it is as much about it as its about function. For instance it can be a nightmare for a Prod.Designer to generalize the visual or "formal" cues that make a "good looking" product for masses. Don't worry about not getting through IDC, I did not too and trust me am not a bad design student either. I am happy with what i have learned and what i learn every single day....and ain't that the purpose entirely ;) good cheer Hi Siddharth,

I came across your blog just by chance and would like to know if you’ve already joined some design college. I am sure you have, if still in India and still applying, try MIT ID Pune also, i am a student there and presently on with an internship in bangalore.

I hold IDC high in my list of top colleges for their resources and exposure and not to mention a strong faculty base. I personally feel that IDCians follow a strong, grounded practical approach of problem solving, especially in the Industrial Design department and I think their quote “Aesthetics with praticality” only highlights their approach of leaning a bit toward “function” followed by looks.

True PD is not only about aesthetics but it is as much about it as its about function. For instance it can be a nightmare for a Prod.Designer to generalize the visual or “formal” cues that make a “good looking” product for masses.

Don’t worry about not getting through IDC, I did not too and trust me am not a bad design student either. I am happy with what i have learned and what i learn every single day….and ain’t that the purpose entirely ;)

good cheer

]]> By: aalok jaiswal http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-564 aalok jaiswal Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:53:54 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-564 Hi.... I am a mechanical engineer with work experience of two years. A car designing freak at mind. I was doing my M.Des. at IIITDM, Jabalpur, but i got admission in IDC Mobility and vehicle Design this year. I left my M.Des. studies midway to join same course in IDC. It means one year lost without work ex. and salary. Still i am a happy man with no complaints. As i have the opportunity to design cars. So dont complain that things are bad around you.... just keep following your passion and one day success will be there......any design institute with holistic approach to design is good. not just IDC but other schools are good if they are able to provide platform to satiate thrust of design in budding minds. Hi….
I am a mechanical engineer with work experience of two years. A car designing freak at mind. I was doing my M.Des. at IIITDM, Jabalpur, but i got admission in IDC Mobility and vehicle Design this year. I left my M.Des. studies midway to join same course in IDC. It means one year lost without work ex. and salary. Still i am a happy man with no complaints. As i have the opportunity to design cars.
So dont complain that things are bad around you…. just keep following your passion and one day success will be there……any design institute with holistic approach to design is good. not just IDC but other schools are good if they are able to provide platform to satiate thrust of design in budding minds.

]]> By: Sheetal Alreja http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Sheetal Alreja Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:18:12 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-159 Hi Siddharth, I am an ex IDCian and I happened to come across your blog. I am not really the kind who would bother to post comments but a particular comment that refers to me, so I thought of clarifying some points. I understand how you feel and question the selection process at IDC. Aspects of it are questionable, but you have to understand that IDC is a part of IIT Bombay which is a government entity. Even though it is a design school, IDC is obliged to follow IIT protocol in terms of selecting students. I am sure you would have said nicer things about IDC if you got selected… @ Sumit Why I decided to to an MFA after an MDes from IDC was my personal decision. I believe it should not be used as a scapegoat to question what is taught or the work that comes out of IDC. I attained a great deal from my education both at IDC as well as RIT. Hi Siddharth,
I am an ex IDCian and I happened to come across your blog.
I am not really the kind who would bother to post comments but a particular comment that refers to me, so I thought of clarifying some points.

I understand how you feel and question the selection process at IDC. Aspects of it are questionable, but you have to understand that IDC is a part of IIT Bombay which is a government entity. Even though it is a design school, IDC is obliged to follow IIT protocol in terms of selecting students. I am sure you would have said nicer things about IDC if you got selected…

@ Sumit Why I decided to to an MFA after an MDes from IDC was my personal decision. I believe it should not be used as a scapegoat to question what is taught or the work that comes out of IDC.
I attained a great deal from my education both at IDC as well as RIT.

]]> By: Aashish Solanki http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Aashish Solanki Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:03:40 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-155 Hi Sid, I like that you have been honest about your experience. I have come across some brilliant guys from IDC and some not - so brilliant folks as well. My take is that you don't really need a masters. You are good enough and you have it in you. Just continue building the momentum and you'll reach where you ought to. Yes a part of this comes from my experience of not having studied design at all and yet running a design studio. I realized to make it to IDC / NID etc it's not only CREED and other exams but SUPER LUCK that needs to be with you. And of course money for 2 years!! If you are good in 2 years you will make some money, set up your own small design house and yet be content. I agree though that a good design school will surely hone you up but alas for a nation of a billion, only 150 seats in premier institutes is just mockery!! I believe you either have it in you or you don't. From what I've known you I can vouch that you have it in you. Just don't give up! :) May Design Win! @others - Internet has gives us all the freedom to rant and rave. Now that we are connected by one common thing (design) lets do something better than this? Setup an online design school for india? A design wiki? A showcase for all indian designers? c'mon! Hi Sid,

I like that you have been honest about your experience. I have come across some brilliant guys from IDC and some not – so brilliant folks as well. My take is that you don’t really need a masters. You are good enough and you have it in you.

Just continue building the momentum and you’ll reach where you ought to. Yes a part of this comes from my experience of not having studied design at all and yet running a design studio. I realized to make it to IDC / NID etc it’s not only CREED and other exams but SUPER LUCK that needs to be with you. And of course money for 2 years!!

If you are good in 2 years you will make some money, set up your own small design house and yet be content.

I agree though that a good design school will surely hone you up but alas for a nation of a billion, only 150 seats in premier institutes is just mockery!!

I believe you either have it in you or you don’t.

From what I’ve known you I can vouch that you have it in you. Just don’t give up! :)

May Design Win!

@others – Internet has gives us all the freedom to rant and rave. Now that we are connected by one common thing (design) lets do something better than this? Setup an online design school for india? A design wiki? A showcase for all indian designers? c’mon!

]]> By: Ravi Kumar http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Ravi Kumar Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:20:44 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-119 well yup.. it helps from useless people going to my websites and commenting about it... and then dissecting and defaming it in public forums... and exactly my point Mr Paul... I dont need to brag or show off my work unlime certain losers and failures i know. I keep my work out of the limelight. People who need to know about me they do, and people who dont, they are free to assume i head 8 teams or 28 or may be none... well yup.. it helps from useless people going to my websites and commenting about it… and then dissecting and defaming it in public forums…
and exactly my point Mr Paul… I dont need to brag or show off my work unlime certain losers and failures i know. I keep my work out of the limelight. People who need to know about me they do, and people who dont, they are free to assume i head 8 teams or 28 or may be none…

]]> By: Sumit Paul http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Sumit Paul Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:41:02 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-118 Commenting on blogs without leaving a link to your own blog/website does have its advantages ..... look at this guy ... he's heading four design teams it seems!! ;p ... for all we know he might actually be heading 7 or 8 ... but chooses to lie about it ... lol Commenting on blogs without leaving a link to your own blog/website does have its advantages ….. look at this guy … he’s heading four design teams it seems!! ;p … for all we know he might actually be heading 7 or 8 … but chooses to lie about it … lol

]]> By: Deepak http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Deepak Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:42:42 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-117 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't stop.... It's been fun... Continue, please do, and give jobless people like me something entertaining to do.... No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don’t stop…. It’s been fun… Continue, please do, and give jobless people like me something entertaining to do….

]]> By: Siddharth Vanchinathan http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Siddharth Vanchinathan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:53:55 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-116 Good for you man, seriously. Let's call it a truce, we've fought enough! Good for you man, seriously. Let’s call it a truce, we’ve fought enough!

]]> By: Ravi Kumar http://sidv.co/2009/06/my-tryst-with-idc-iit-bombay/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Ravi Kumar Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:08:01 +0000 http://siddharthvanchinathan.com/?p=173#comment-115 Oh.. So are you really paying me SId? Well... thats good news for side incomes.. :) Yeah sure, lets meet over a coffee... would love to meet the high and mighty crybaby in person... Sure lets meet at Design Yatra... Good to hear that you would be joinin us thr... Well, if its not raining in B'lore, hard luck for you. Maybe you can apply to some western uni's and hope it rains there... So, finally the answer about NID... May I ask why our Hero didnt apply to NID? Not enough courage? or is NID a too big a name for you? Or was it the stamp of IIT Bombay that pulled you to IDC? Thought you could make some easy money with the IIT B stamp huh? Dude, and about the reality check, yup, we all get our reality checks.. but some stand up and fight and some write blogs and defame institutes... and trust me, currently heading four design teams, i really dont think life could have been better than this. :) Oh.. So are you really paying me SId? Well… thats good news for side incomes.. :) Yeah sure, lets meet over a coffee… would love to meet the high and mighty crybaby in person… Sure lets meet at Design Yatra… Good to hear that you would be joinin us thr…
Well, if its not raining in B’lore, hard luck for you. Maybe you can apply to some western uni’s and hope it rains there…
So, finally the answer about NID… May I ask why our Hero didnt apply to NID? Not enough courage? or is NID a too big a name for you? Or was it the stamp of IIT Bombay that pulled you to IDC? Thought you could make some easy money with the IIT B stamp huh?
Dude, and about the reality check, yup, we all get our reality checks.. but some stand up and fight and some write blogs and defame institutes… and trust me, currently heading four design teams, i really dont think life could have been better than this. :)

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