Realization @ the right time !!!

Hey, good that we had this subject. Otherwise who has time to really sit, think and RESEARCH about a topic.
My subject: Design education makes us multi faceted. I firmly believe in it today. I now realize my worth. I am happy that I wrote the paper and all thanks to Rashmi mam who was after us to get to the right sources for our research and the compilation. Without her it might have been just a replication of the data provided in the internet but she made sure that it does not happen in our case.

untamed innocence

REBORN 1st september

Writing for an Audience, ...with Humility

More Writing Resources
http://www.capturedeliverexcel.com/humility.html

http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/writing-with-passion-and-humility/2007/05/24/1179601574771.html

http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/handouts/audience.html

Some Useful Refrences

Here are some useful links to material which relates directly to some of your topics, it is valuable reading for all, to develop your ideas, reflect on ideas of others or to just be provoked - take a look and do explore these resources they have many further links embedded in them.

on education
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Catalyst-Learning-Meredith-Davis/dp/0871202840
http://www.core77.com/design.edu/09.04_zerillo.asp
http://www.answers.com/topic/instructional-design-learning-through-design
http://www.idesignthinking.com/main.html

on trends
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/garden/07trend.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/beyond_the_schlock_of_the_new_eight_strategies_for_design_and_foresight_by_kevin_mccullagh_10912.asp

on branding
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/About-Design/Business-Essentials/The-power-of-branding-a-practical-guide/
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/brandyou.html?page=0%2C1
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/06/small_is_the_ne.html

on celebrity
http://www.helium.com/knowledge/52966-how-celebrities-influence-fashion-accessories-trends
http://www.reportbuyer.com/blog/consumers-are-tiring-of-the-%E2%80%9Ccult-of-celebrity%E2%80%9D/

specialist- generalist debate
http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2008/03/11/is-it-better-to-be-a-creative-generalist-or-a-specialist

new materials
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/poorjewelry_1.html

marketing to women
http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/07/31/marketing-jewelry-to-women/
http://marketingtowomenonline.typepad.com/blog/2006/07/di_modolo_and_t.html

Useful resources for essay writing

Explore these sites for helpful tips and guidelines for writing your papers

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/what.shtml
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

EXPONENTIAL ADORNMENT

The piece that was displayed in IIJS 08 had exponents as its source.






The pattern that I observed in the exponents is their sudden increase. The resultant of the exponent keeps increasing when the exponent is increased keeping the base same throughout. But this increase is very abrupt.

There is no common pattern in their growth but still there is some relationship between the numbers, which is its base.

Taking this as my concept, I worked out with this techno-mechanical piece which could be worn either horizontally or vertically, giving the piece an entire new look.
These pictures below explain the wearibility of the piece:

Colloquium Topics - discussed on Sat.6th Sept.2008

More Colloquium Topics - As finalised on Tuesday 16th Sept. 2008
....... and more topics finalised on Friday 19th & Tuesday 23rd Sept. 2008

Nitika – Merchandising as a career option

Ruchira – Establishing a brand for a jewelry designer

Arti – Struggles in the life of a jewelry designer

Ishita – Can jewelry be sustainable? how?

Saukata – Incorporating knowledge relating gemstones and astrology in the curriculum

Vidhu - Trends and how far do you take them

Saumya – Ethical Fashion

Vershali – Emergence of alternative materials for jewelry of the future

Anu - Hi-fashion.....Mainstream fashion........Street fashion (to be finalised) Fashion - for the common man / from the common man

Kavita – Strengths and weaknesses of a multifaceted designer from Nift

Vivek - Focusing on jewelry for the Indian male

Mauli – Ethical standards in the jewelry industry, and awareness for consumers

Disha – Branded jewelry

Anika – Designer's contribution in the handmade jewelry sector

Tenzin - Are Hi-fashion malls desirable?

Richa – Jewelry - mere adornment or a language of emotions

Apurva – The need for design education in schools

Himani – Jewelry Retail - In transition from family business to professional management

Samiksha – Impact of globalization on the Indian jewelry industry

Ashvanty- Designers are just following the marketing departments

Priya - Celebrities influencing Trends

Maneet - Certification for Gemstones

Sudeept - Are jewelry designers equipped for life style product design?

Priyanka - Recycling of gold jewelry in the Indian context

Suchira – Significance of photography for jewelry design

Sanghamitra – Jewelry – necessity or luxury

Nidhi – Building awareness about conflict diamonds in the Indian context

Robin - Promotion and advertising of jewelry

Swaneet - Acceptance of cultured pearls

Kratika - Preservation of old jewelry and designs

Priyanka Kansal - Automobiles, Electronics and Jewelry - competing for clients budgets OR the transition from Indian mythological jewelery to contemporary jewelery

this is a useful site on the writing process : http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/process.html you may also like to take a look at this page on introductions to a paper : http://iws.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/intropar.html

The neckpiece

Theme: ‘Sophisticated’

Process: I chose sophistication in nature from which I picked up Spider web as the inspiration for form generation. Then I developed initial forms and converted it into the final jewellery. The piece is made in Silver, studded with white diamonds. Mother of Pearl in the centre.

Pair of earrings

Theme: ‘Sophisticated’

The piece to be made in Silver, studded with white diamonds. Mother of Pearl in the centre.

IIJS 2008

Each and everything around us is made up of small elements, similar or dissimilar, which combine together to form one complete form. In the same way if a form is broken down, it givezs different entities which may or may not be linked to each other. So there is a constant change going on around us due to this combining and separation of elements.

This integration and disintegration is a continuous process like we find in nuclear fission and fusion process. This phenomenon forms the basic theme of my jewelry piece. The piece is made in silver.

IIJS Jewelry Piece

Theme

The theme that neckpiece revolves around is “the beauty of a butterfly”. I interpreted its beauty not in terms of what nature has given to it but what it gives back to nature. Butterfly is responsible for pollination and is the reason that the earth is beautiful.

Material

• The metal used is silver.
• The flower is carved out of onyx.
• He stones are white round brilliant cubic zirconium.

Production Place

This piece has been produced at PC Jewelers, the place where I completed my internship in August.

THE BUTTERFLY......