Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Realization @ the right time !!!
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.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Writing for an Audience, ...with Humility
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
Monday, September 22, 2008
Some Useful Refrences
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
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Useful resources for essay writing
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/what.shtml
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Monday, September 15, 2008
EXPONENTIAL ADORNMENT
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:
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Colloquium Topics - discussed on Sat.6th 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
Friday, September 5, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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 flower is carved out of onyx.
• He stones are white round brilliant cubic zirconium.
Production Place