This document discusses rethinking design education through an integrated studio model. It argues that an interdisciplinary approach that prepares students for lifelong learning and careers, not just first jobs, is needed. This involves integrating disciplines like interior architecture, communication, fashion and more. Students will develop skills like computational thinking, cross-cultural competency and a design mindset through learning by working in flexible studio spaces. The goal is to develop critically thinking design practitioners and entrepreneurs in India that meet international best practices.

1. R E T H I N K I N G D E S I G N E D U C A T I O N
A N I N T E G R A T E D S T U D I O
Ms. Archana Gupta
Course Leader
Interior Architecture and Design, IIAD

8. W H A T ’ S T H E C O M M O N T H R E A D ?

9. D E S I G N I S I N T H E M U N D A N E

11. I T I S C U L T U R E

15. HOW IT CREATES

16. T H E T H I R D W A V E
T H E I N F O R M A T I O N A G E

17. Interdisciplinary approach to learning
Learning while working
Life long learning
E D U C A T I O N I N T H E I N F O R M A T I O N
A G E

18. P R E P A R I N G S T U D E N T S
for a career progression, not just their 1st Jobs!

19. D I G I T A L I N F O R M A T I O N T E C H N O L O G Y
Transforming the world into a global village

20. P R E P A R E S T U D E N T S F O R T H E T H I R D
W A V E -
T H E I N F O R M A T I O N A G E

21. A U T O M A T I O N W I P E S A W A Y C O N V E N T I O N A L J O B S
I N N O V A T I O N - T H E D R I V I N G F O R C E F O R F U T U R E
J O B S
Automation
Conventional Jobs
Innovation
Future Jobs

22. IT companies offer up to 50% higher salaries to design students
than engineering graduates

23. I N D I A E D U C A T I O N T R E N D S
Total Graduates ~ 90 Lac (9 Million)
Design Graduates ~
27,000 to 33,000
(0.36% of total graduates)
Graduates in Other
Disciplines ~
89,67,000
(99.64% of total graduates)
Source:
Directorate of
Education

24. Source: CII,
India Design
Report 2015

25. D E S I G N D I S C I P L I N E S A T I I A D
COMMUNICATION
INTERIOR
ARCHITECTUR
E
FASHION
DESIGN

26. T E N S K I L L S F O R T H E F U T U R E
W O R K F O R C E
• SENSE MAKING
• SOCIAL
INTELLIGENCE
• NOVEL & ADAPTIVE
THINKING
• CROSS CULTURAL
COMPETENCY
• COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
• NEW MEDIA LITERACY
• MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
APPROACH
• COGNITIVE LOAD MANAGEMENT
• DESIGN MINDSET
• VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
Source: University of Phoenix Research Institute, USA

27. Meaning Making

28. N E G O T I A T I O N
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E
L E A R N I N G A T I I A D
I N D U S T R Y
P E E R S
T E A C H E R S / M E N T O R S
S T U D E N T P R O D U C T I O N
P R E S E N T A T I O N

29. O U R A P P R O A C H
• Integrated Disciplines
• Generic Keywords
• Flexible Adaptive Spaces
• International Best Practices
• Local Best Practices

30. INTERIOR ARCH FASHION
COMM.

31. Studio Space at
IIAD

32. I N T E G R A T E D S T U D I O

33. INDIA
Critically Thinking Design Practitioners
Entrepreneurs
and
WORLD

34. K I N G S T O N U N I V E R S I T Y
• Art and Design Department was established in the 1890s
• Among the Top Art and Design institutes in the UK
(as per Guardian Subject League Tables)
• Among the Top 2 Fashion Schools Globally
(as per businessoffashion.com)
• 9th Most Innovative Institution across Europe and USA
(as per Red Dot Rankings)

36. DESIGN DOES MATTER

37. Q U E S T I O N S ?
www.iiad.edu.in
archana.gupta@iiad.edu.in