Workshop on किस्सा खुर्सी का   Story of a “CHAIR”
Channel: MIT Institute of Design
Date: 17/02/2021

A design sensitisation workshop by Prof. Amit Deshmukh – HoD Interior Space & Furniture Design   What defines a chair? … is it anything that you can sit on? The chair design is considered as a very complex design process. But it also the most exciting of all. Many designers, architects have expressed their design philosophies through the design of a chair. A chair design puts you to test in every aspect of design.  So why as a design learning aspirant we are attempting it?   This workshop will give you a glimpse of the design process that goes behind the design of an object like a chair. It's an attempt to understand the design process as an expression. Design of an object happens with a context & how that context when materialised makes the same object a symbol of the qualities it is designed for.  The workshop is aimed for design aspirants giving them an opportunity to develop their portfolio, enhance creative thinking and skills, and give an idea of design discipline in greater depth.  What you'll learn: - How to extract context from a user through a mini questionnaire; - How to translate user insights into a design tangible that will express user qualities; - How to compose design elements in third dimension to deliver a useful product; - How to conceptualise & visualise a design idea; - How to present your design & write about it.