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Design & Fashion Institutes in India , Career in Design and Fashion! = DII, Indore - A Benchmark Institute of Design

Scope of Design Career

Design is everything. Design is everywhere. To design is to create, feel, smell, hear, communicate, embody, plan, and so much more. Design is a natural human trait. Our homes are designed, our clothes are designed, and messages from birth to death are designed.

Design is a complex activity. Design is both a process and an outcome. It is the process of turning ideas into tangible things. Design is a conversation between designer and user. Each placement of an object, the choice of materials, the addition of hooks, handles, knobs, and switches, is both for utility and for communication. The physical placement and the perceptual appearance, sound and touch, all talk to the users, suggesting actions to be taken. Sometimes this conversation is accidental, but in the hands of good designers, the communication is intentional.

Lately design has seen an explosive growth across the world. In a cover story on “The Rebirth of Design,”  Time magazine declared design to be one of the fifteen hottest professions of our time in terms of job growth, salaries, and other financial compensations.

Today’s economy is driven by what might be called 'the creative industry'. Creative Industries are growing at an average of 10% per annum with a global turnover of $2240 billion. Workforce in creative industries is growing at the rate of 5% per annum as compared to 1.5% for whole economy. As per the statistics of Government of India, more than 10,000 designers are required by the industry every year. Today only about 800 students are graduating as designers. This big gap creates unprecedented opportunity for students studying design.

Animation industry in India is estimated to be at USD460 million in 2008. New Media comprises

Internet and Mobile and continues to be the fastest growing medium in the country. In 2008 this medium grew by 74% to Rs.680 cr. and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 27%. It is forecasted that global animation market will generate revenues worth US$ 50-70 billion annually.

The Indian Real Estate Industry in December 2008 was estimated to be US$ 48 billion with a CAGR of 30%. Growing population, rising income levels, urbanization and the rapid growth of the IT sector are the key drivers for the Indian real estate sector, which consequently translates as opportunity for interior designers. Architectural Outsourcing Service in India has the potential to grow to $12 billion.

The Indian Graphic & Communication Design Industry is on the rise. There is an increasing need for graphic communication in the modern day commercial activities. With the growth in services like Printing, Packaging, Advertising, Publishing and Film, etc, the Graphic & Communication Design Industry is expected to grow at a fast pace. Advertising as a sector is growing at 12% and print media growth is happening at healthy rate of 6.9% CAGR.

The current size of Indian Fashion Industry stands at around Rs. 290 crore and is expected to grow more than double, and reach Rs. 750 crore by 2012. The Industry is expected to create additional employment opportunities for over 50,000 skilled professionals like fashion designer, merchandisers etc. by 2012.

To sum up, Design as a career offers tremendous prospects. It is a career where you have fun everyday, earn better than others, and get a job more easily. In this career you will have the pleasure and satisfaction of creating something new and opportunity to become famous.

I am impressed with the institute called DII, in Indore because of their unique approach, faculties, infrastructure and most importantly vision. Lets have a look of it......

About DII

DII is one place where you will love to learn and you will discover it soon.

Design Institute of India is fast shaping into one of the premier design colleges in India. It is geared to take India to the new level of design by creating a platform for those designers whose creative and innovative ideas will redefine design at national and global level. Here, the crucial perspective is to produce high quality design professionals having in-depth knowledge, who shall be an asset primarily for the country and the world. The handpicked regular and visiting faculties will facilitate this by providing students with multifarious inputs based on academic knowledge, industry experience and futuristic needs. Curriculum lays a special emphasis on theory as well as practical knowledge to prepare the students for the real world. 

The courses offer many different creative career possibilities. However, all courses call for hard work and dedication in order to achieve best possible future in design. Much information can also be gathered from the Programs link. Good luck in your future.

Programs by DII, Indore

University Recognized Under Graduate Programs in

1. Fashion Design
2. Interior Design
3. Graphic Design
4. Animation Film Design

Note: Click on any of courses to understand it further

Duration: 4 years including 1-year foundation.

Eligibility: XIIth Arts/ Science/ Commerce from state board, CBSE, ICSE, IB.

Admission: Through an on-line/ on-campus test.

Certification: DII Diploma + Degree from a Recognized University.

Additional benefit: Certificate of Basic Foundation & Advanced Foundation at the end of I/ II semester respectively.

Note: The degree for all above programs will be provided in association with a recognized university using DLP mode.

Design Institute of India

Foundation Year Campus:
9-10, Ranibaug, Khandwa Road, Indore - 452001
Phone: +91-731-324 5116, 324 5117
Fax: +91 731 287 7239
e-mail: info@designinstitute.in

Campus:
Village Sonvay,
Agra Mumbai National Highway
(4 kms from Pigdamber Over-bridge),
Post Pigdamber 453331.
Indore, MP, India

www.designinstitute.in

King of the Bahai Festival : Ridvan

Ridvan Festival (Pronounced as “Rezwan”)


Introduction

The Festival of Ridvan is considered the greatest festival in Bahá'í Faith. It is a 12-day long festival and starts from April 21 and culminates at sunset May 2. The first, ninth and twelfth days are consecrated for special worship and service.



Ridvan marks the public declaration of Bahá'u'lláh to his claim as the great messenger of God, “The Promised One of All Religions,”, that the Báb had predicted in 1844.

Origin


Bahá'í believe that while Bahá'u'lláh was in imprisonment in 1853, God revealed to him that he was to be that Promised One. However, Bahá'u'lláh kept the revelation a secret for ten years after his release. But, inspite of his silence he became extremely influential with the people. This prompted authorities in Baghdad to send him and his followers to Constantinople.


He is the return of Lord Krishna, Zarathustra, Moses, Jesus Christ and Muhammad.
 Before his departure, in 1863, Bahá'u'lláh went to a garden, now famous as ‘Garden of Ridvan’. Ridvan means paradise, good pleasure and splendor. Bahá'u'lláh spent 12 days in the garden where people from all walks of life came to pay their respect. At one point in this period, Bahá'u'lláh declared to some of the people gathered that he was the Promised One.
Celebrations
Bahá'í have no rituals, so there aren't many traditions, but most Bahá'í bodies do hold elections for their governing bodies on the first day of Ridvan.


People also observe meeting and prayers on Bahá’í Ridvan. Feasting, dining and merry making are also the essential part of the festivities. Some also give gifts to friends and relatives and alms to the poor and the needy.


Happy Ridvan to all of you!

Intel demos software that reads your mind

Here is an Intel prototype of a much smaller version of brain-scanning equipment.
(Credit: Intel) 

You may one day in the not-extremely-distant future control your computer and other devices just by thinking.

Intel's research shows that thinking about different words produces different activity in the brain.

Thinking about different words produces different activity in the brain.

At Intel's Tech Heaven event in Manhattan on Wednesday, the company demonstrated software under development that can tell--under very controlled circumstances--what a person is thinking by reading brain waves. The chipmaker has been working with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to develop software and an interface to convert brain waves scanned from MRIs into something recognizable by computers.

Though still in the early research stages, the technology looks promising to researchers. In a preliminary test conducted by Intel Labs senior researcher Dean Pomerleau, the system scanned a person's brain to record its activity while showing the person certain words, specifically concrete objects like "barn" and "house" and "screwdriver."

The scans revealed that some words produced a very similar pattern of brain activity, while other words generated quite different levels of activity. The software uses those similar and dissimilar patterns to decipher what the brain is thinking.

After the computer analyzed the brain patterns produced by different words, the testers asked the subject to think about one of two new words. The challenge for the computer was then to determine which word the person was thinking based on the previous brain scan. In the test, the computer scored 10 out of 10 for a perfect grade.

Intel mind-reading software.

The MRI and scanning equipment used in the initial research is as large as a traditional MRI machine. But researchers around the world are striving to miniaturize the technology, and Pomerleau is hopeful the equipment could one day be small enough to be built into a hat.

If and when the system becomes more consumer friendly, Pomerleau believes that people could use it to command computers or robots through one's thoughts.

Designed to showcase products currently under development, the Tech Heaven event also pulled the curtain on a number of other potential new technologies from Intel.

Intel's Light Peak is a thin, flexible, optical fiber cable--about the width of a human hair--that could potentially transfer data at up to 10 billion bits per second. As an example, Light Peak could download the entire contents of the Library of Congress--10 terabytes of data--in just 17 minutes.

Intel's Understand Me project could turn your smartphone into a true personal assistant and even a mobile life coach. By detecting and analyzing your location, your social interactions, and other aspects of your day-to-day life, your phone could offer recommendations to help you improve certain behaviors and patterns.

Finally, Intel's Dispute Finder can monitor the pages you read on the Internet and alert you to any content that may be dubious or disputed by another source, helping you better determine which information you can trust and which you can't.

Airtel Launched Amazing iphone 3GS…

Airtel Launched Amazing iphone 3GS

Airtel has been confirmed to bring the iPhone 3GS to India. Vodafone is expected to launch the same shortly, but come Friday, March 26, Airtel will be the sole carrier.

The price of the iPhone 3GS has gone sky-rocketing. The 16GB model retails at Rs. 35,500, while the 32GB model costs Rs. 41,500. In Maharashtra, these handsets would also be levied with additional VAT, bring the prices closer to Rs. 40,000 for the 16GB and Rs. 46,000 for the 32GB.
As of now, there are no exchange offers for current iPhone 3G users, nor are there any new specialised tariff plans. It looks like those hoping that Airtel would start a flat unlimited-bandwidth scheme are in for a disappointment.
But anyway, the latest and greatest from Apple has finally hit the Indian shores and here’s what is new in the
Airtel iPhone 3GS:

Improved Performance: Everything you do on iPhone 3GS is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G. The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.
Video Recording: Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it – all on your iPhone 3GS. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points.

Voice Control: Recognises the names in your Contacts and knows the music on your iPod. So if you want to place a call or play a song, all you have to do is ask.
Digital Compass: With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3GS can point the way. Use the new Compass app, or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.
Cut, Copy & Paste: Cut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too.

Spotlight Search: Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one convenient place. Spotlight searches all your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.

Landscape Keyboard: Want more room to type on the intelligent software keyboard? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.

Voice Memos: Capture and share a thought, a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go with the new Voice Memos application. Very High price but no doubt Fun and Utils unlimited........If you can afford , its the best gadget.....:) Bye . Sameer Sharma sameer.sharma@ds-india.com

Apple iPad - Reasons to buy

Its more then a e-book reader and more then an iPhone ...lets have some good and basic know how and difference
Reasons to Buy:
1. Undeniably cool. The iPad looks like a giant iPod and the look supersizes quite nicely.
2. The best e-reader? The iPad is already generating comments that it will be a Kindle-beater and Nook-destroyer. The 16 GB $499 model may not be good for carrying around lots of movies and music, but it should hold a lot of books. I want to hear more about the hands-on reading experience, but early word is the iPad is an excellent place to enjoy a good book. Or a textbook, which is a huge potential market for the device.
3. Gaming. The iPhone became a surprise hit among gamers, or at least expanded the market to include lots of previous non-gamers (such as myself). Either way, the iPad is optimized to improve the iPhone gaming experience, allowing new elements to be added to games that can be played on both the iPhone/iPod touch and the new iPad.
4. The iPad makes it easy to share media. Not for a whole room, but you and a friend or two should be able to watch movies, listen to music, or pass the iPad back-and-forth for games. It's just the right size for sharing up-close and the lack of a keyboard makes the iPad easier to handle than a notebook.
5. Applications. With all the above going for it, the iPad almost doesn't have to do things like Web surfing and e-mail checking or document writing. But, it does them all and runs 140,000 iPhone apps besides. Sure, the best apps will be specially-written for the iPad, but you can use iPhone/iPod touch favorites right away.
6. Time may be on your side. The iPad may become much more compelling--thanks to new apps--between now and its March/April ship dates.
Reasons to Hold Off:
1. There is no subsidy on the 3G version. Apple wants you to pay $829 for the 64GB device, plus monthly wireless fees for AT&T's 3G. The first year total: $1,189.
2. The wrong screen. It's not clear why Apple didn't choose a 16:9 aspect ratio, the standard for widescreen entertainment, but not doing so makes the iPad much less interesting for watching movies.
3. It's not much of a work machine. New applications may hammer away at the iPad's limitations, but the truth is that a notebook or netbook or even (in many circumstances) an iPhone is much more useful. Maybe it isn't even fair to ask a device so well-tuned for entertainment to work at the office too, but Apple is promoting the iPad as a work tool. And right now, I have to respond, "No" in most circumstances.
4. If you don't need all the other features, a Kindle or Nook offer better battery life for e-reading, but lack the color screen.
5. The iPad is a "tweener," in the bad sense of the word. Not a computer, but not a smartphone, the iPad lacks the functionality of a notebook and the convenience of an iPhone or Droid. The iPad may be just one more thing to haul around if you already carry a notebook, which it doesn't come close to replacing.
6. By the time the iPad ships, the excitement may be over. Perhaps helping lots of people save money.
There are many more reasons, both pro and con, regarding an iPad purchase but the best one may be the simplest: You've either got to have one (and have the spare cash) or the iPad doesn't do much for you.
Since it won't be available until March or April (for the 3G models), you have lots of time to change your mind. And for the initial excitement to wear off.

It will take atleast 2-3 months to come to India.....email for more updates to me at sameer.sharma@gmail.com

Swine flu : Preventions & Cure!

Swine flu in India is spreading like wildfire, taking the toll to six. Officials say there are currently more than 800 cases of the H1N1 flu strain in India. Governments from all around the world are finding ways to combat this deadly disease. So what can you do to protect yourself? Stay calm and practice these 10 effective prevention tips.

1. Wash your hands frequently

Use the antibacterial soaps to cleanse your hands. Wash them often, at least 15 seconds and rinse with running water.

2. Get enough sleep

Try to get 8 hours of good sleep every night to keep your immune system in top flu-fighting shape.

3. Keep hydrated

Drink 8 to10 glasses of water each day to flush toxins from your system and maintain good moisture and mucous production in your sinuses.

4. Boost your immune system

Keeping your body strong, nourished, and ready to fight infection is important in flu prevention. So stick with whole grains, colorful vegetables, and vitamin-rich fruits.

5. Keep informed

The government is taking necessary steps to prevent the pandemic and periodically release guidelines to keep the pandemic away. Please make sure to keep up to date on the information and act in a calm manner.

6. Avoid alcohol

Apart from being a mood depressant, alcohol is an immune suppressant that can actually decrease your resistance to viral infections like swine flu. So stay away from alcoholic drinks so that your immune system may be strong.

7. Be physically active

Moderate exercise can support the immune system by increasing circulation and oxygenating the body. For example brisk walking for 30-40 minutes 3-4 times a week will significantly perk up your immunity.

8. Keep away from sick people

Flu virus spreads when particles dispersed into the air through a cough or sneeze reach someone else’s nose. So if you have to be around someone who is sick, try to stay a few feet away from them and especially, avoid physical contact.

9. Know when to get help

Consult your doctor if you have a cough and fever and follow their instructions, including taking medicine as prescribed.

10. Avoid crowded areas

Try to avoid unnecessary trips outside. Moreover, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.

For More Information Pls Email to sameer.sharma@ds-india.com