Designing

Akshita Gandhi | Designer | Jungli Murgi

What is Designing?

You may be curious about a Career in Designing. One should first understand What a Career in Designing entails before investing time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in Designing. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Designing from non professionals.

Designer Akshita Gandhi invested 44 years & 5 months in Designing. Designer Akshita Gandhi defines Designing as:

Designing is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns.

How Designer Akshita Gandhi got into Designing?

I am a Graduate in Accessory Design in NIFT, New Delhi. I worked with Casa Paradox and Proform as a designer for some time. I then went on to do Masters in Product Design from IED, Milan. I work as a Freelance Designer under the brand name Jungli Murgi.

Designer Akshita Gandhi's Talk on Designing

Starts with what is:
1)	Designing

Next, it covers Education. We all know that only 10% of what is taught in Designing is actually used in real life. The Education section of the Talk clearly explained what is the 10% needed in Designing. It discusses following headings for Education in Designing:
2)	Art & Design History
3)	Fashion Blogs & Magazines
4)	Trend Forecasting
5)	Art Material
6)	Production Technology

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Designing demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out. It defines Skills in terms of following items for Designing:
7)	Drawing
8)	Computer Software Skills
9)	Attention to Detail
10)	Problem Solving
11)	Innovative Thinking

Designing has an interesting list of Positives. This Talk explains these Positives of Designing:
12)	Dynamic
13)	Creativity
14)	Recognition

Challenges are the other side of Positives and Designing is no exception:
15)	Competition
16)	Client Expectations
17)	Fear of Being Copied

In the final section of the Talk, Akshita Gandhi talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
18)	Designing

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Links for this Talk

Designer Akshita Gandhi's LifePage:

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https://www.lifepage.in/page/akshitagandhi

LifePage Career Talk on Designing

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https://www.lifepage.in/careers/designing

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20180102-0007

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5SNz98KM4

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