NID's creative display at IHC

For youngsters, creativity remains the biggest motivation. As their imagination runs riot they come up with something unique and out of the box. Looking at the works of the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad passouts, whose works were displayed recently at India Habitat Centre, it becomes apparent that these talented youngsters are pushing the envelope and doing some exceptionally good work.
Take the case of a totally new concept of ludo. You can play this ludo to learn traffic rules. Manish Kumar Singh has come up with this unique design concept which has two cars and two pedestrians besides bridges, zebra crossings and signages. The main purpose of this ludo is to make children aware of traffic rules. Then there was an art piece of steel using advanced technology. This miniature steel garden can be used to beautify public places or your living room. Another major attraction of this exhibition was the car for the Indian youth named Eva. It is a concept car designed by Peter Alwin for the youth of 2020. The interiors are flexible one can customize the vehicle to suit users of different ages and even the differently-abled. All these projects have been privately funded and guided by NID faculty.
Said Pradyumna Vyas, director, NID, “This year, the NID is entering the golden jubilee year which marks the fifty years of formal design education in India. In these fifty years, NID’s biggest achievement has been to promote a multi-disciplinary learning environment where 17 disciplines ranging from the disciplines of industrial design, communication design, textile and apparel design to IT integrated design are housed across three campuses in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru.” The exhibition now moves to Bangalore.
In the last five decades, NID has trained more than 2,000 graduates who have been instrumental in setting up other design institutions, design offices in organizations, their own design studios and in spreading the power of design to build the nation’s economy. The exhibition was inaugurated by RP Singh, secretary, DIPP, government of India.