After a long break Kiran Sasi ( friend- fellow filmmaker) gave me a three day lecture series at Sacred hearts college Thavera. The class was on Imagery ,Photography for Master students and Graphic novel design language for bachelor students.
I made detail slides on the design principles involved and how I can communicate about those in an interesting manner. Moreover the subjects are close to my heart and has become a part of my everyday life. When i say it friends and family they consider me and boring meandering blabber mouth. Whereas I could do that in my class at Sacred hearts college Thavera. Unlike NIFT design school which teaches tool oriented design Sacred hearts Thavera has a vision to teach design holistically.
It was a surprise when the professors at NIFT told the students more about Photoshop than about design in their orientation lecture. Indeed I had to give a pep talk on telling how Photoshop is just a tool like Hemingway's pen or Sachin's bat. The conversation was initiated not to rub shoulders with the authority at NIFT but to make students understand that design is not photoshop or illustrator. Representation of course is a tool based game.
(photo credits to Mahesh Vijay)
The students at Sacred hearts college Thavera are a naughty bunch. They are noisy and has a pedestrian attitude towards classroom education. If they are treated with respect they do try to treat you back with respect and in 9 out of 10 times it works.
I was also made one of the members in the board of studies. I don't know what change that would make. I wish I could make my students think more. The way I was made to think deeply and non objectively by my professors like prof. Raja Mohanty and subjectively and intrinsically like prof.Mandar Rane.
I made detail slides on the design principles involved and how I can communicate about those in an interesting manner. Moreover the subjects are close to my heart and has become a part of my everyday life. When i say it friends and family they consider me and boring meandering blabber mouth. Whereas I could do that in my class at Sacred hearts college Thavera. Unlike NIFT design school which teaches tool oriented design Sacred hearts Thavera has a vision to teach design holistically.
It was a surprise when the professors at NIFT told the students more about Photoshop than about design in their orientation lecture. Indeed I had to give a pep talk on telling how Photoshop is just a tool like Hemingway's pen or Sachin's bat. The conversation was initiated not to rub shoulders with the authority at NIFT but to make students understand that design is not photoshop or illustrator. Representation of course is a tool based game.
(photo credits to Mahesh Vijay)
I was also made one of the members in the board of studies. I don't know what change that would make. I wish I could make my students think more. The way I was made to think deeply and non objectively by my professors like prof. Raja Mohanty and subjectively and intrinsically like prof.Mandar Rane.
Some slides from the presentation - they are not in order and are complied work
Design education in colleges have reduced to photoshop learning and illustrator vector making. How do we bring about change ?
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